I’ve been telling myself that I’d start writing some book reviews, and I decided to to stop procrastinating. The Orphan Fleet, Volume 1 is a print omnibus of two YA fantasy e-novellas by Brendan Detzner. The first follows the adventures of an airship dockworker named Jiaire, and the second focuses on … Continue reading
It’s time for the 4th and final week of the November Flash Challenge! If you don’t know what this is by now, look back through some of the previous Story Seed posts. Story Seed #7 “Music for my eyes” by NekroXIII Questions to Consider (Don’t read these if you don’t want your … Continue reading
Welcome to week 3 of the November Flash Challenge. A quick recap of the aim: take one or both of the following images as inspiration and write a story. Feel free to adhere as close or deviate as far from the inspiring image(s) as works for you. (Same goes for the … Continue reading
This past weekend was Windycon, and I had a blast. I’ve been going to Windycon every year for the past four and always had a great time. This year was the first time I signed up to be on panels, and it definitely made for a different — and even … Continue reading
Here are the story seeds for week 2 of the November Flash Challenge I launched last week. Take one or both of the following images as inspiration and write a story! It doesn’t matter how closely you adhere or how far you stray from the original image(s), nor should you … Continue reading
For those of us who don’t have the time to do NaNoWriMo this month but still want to get in on the writing action, I’ve decided to kick-off a November Flash Challenge. This is also the start of a “Story Seeds” blog series I’ve had percolating in my backbrain for awhile now, … Continue reading
This is Part 3 of a series of posts I’m doing about building skill in descriptive narrative prose and language use. In this installment I dig down into some theory and practice (my own personal theory and practice, anyway). Click here for Part 1. Or click here for Part 2. With … Continue reading
This is Part 2 of a series of posts I’m doing about building skill in descriptive narrative prose and language use. Click here for Part 1. Poetic Prose: Think like a Storyteller, Write like a Poet I admit it: I have dabbled in poetry. The Forbidden Art. I took a … Continue reading
This is Part 1 of a series of posts I’m doing about building skill in descriptive narrative prose and language use. This installment provides a basic introduction and some warm-up exercises. Recently a friend from my writing group, the very talented z.m. quỳnh, complimented my use of language and description … Continue reading
I had a new and unexpected experience this past Friday at the Nebula Award Weekend. Someone recognized me from the internet. A few months back, looking for feedback on short stories, I joined Codex, a forum for “neo-pro” spec-fic writers. After joining, I decided I should do what a normal, sociable … Continue reading
