Good Enough

In less than two days, I’m heading off to California for a weekend writing workshop, and I’m terrified. I feel so under-prepared for the weekend. My novel still has about three chapters left to be finished. There are plot holes and consistency issues galore. My second chapter is in shambles. I wanted to take something […]

To Prologue or Not to Prologue

When writing a novel, there are various ways to start it. You can start with the scenery like Steinbeck or in media res like the Greeks and Romans. You can start with dialogue or action. “A dark and stormy night” or a bit of poetry. Or you can start with a prologue. By prologue, I […]

Odds are…

I ran my first game on Sunday. I’ve never had so much fun and been so freaked out at the same time. Fortunately, my players were all great and seemed to have as much fun as I did, and Lady Awesome was around to help whenever I got into trouble plot-wise. In all, it was […]

What’s in a Game?

I have a confession to make. I’m a gamer. Okay, so I’m not a gamer in the video game sense or computer games. Then how dare I call myself a gamer? Because I’m a closet tabletop RPG gamer. I never intended to be one. I mean, people who do role playing with dice and silly […]

Napping

So I had intentions to blog this week, but life ended up being busy, and I’ve been distracted. Also, I’ve been the victim of bad dreams and poor sleep. These are all excuses, but then, I think daily blogging might be biting off more than I can chew, at least right now. No, I’m not […]

Rebel, Rebel

Okay, so I realize it seems like I’m claiming to be some kind of rebel in my tagline. Is it too meta to talk about my own tag line? Whatever. There’s a story behind it, which I will tell, but first, some history on the word “rebel.” It has various meanings, like most words. Here’s […]

Graphobia

Ever have those times when you open up a word document to write, look at the screen, and then say, “nope,” and hit minimize before anyone can so much as read one word over your shoulder? Or perhaps you do anything but look at the notebook that holds an unfinished project, your favorite pen sitting […]