As I wait for other projects to either cloud my vision or die, I return to an old friend. I hope to tell more tales here one day so I might as well come prepared. Continue reading Again, Old Friend

Been half a year since I transitioned the home rig to a Chromebook. Honestly, haven’t looked back once. Does all I need: writing, email, social media, YouTube for music sometimes, other smaller sites for design and such [Canva, LucidPress, etc]. Also: a great slate for stickers. Continue reading A Book of Chrome

Well, huzzah for brain tricks. I did up this editing chart for me to cross off as I worked through the novella, and by the end of the month, it completely helped me cross the finish line. Colouring in those little icons red – sometimes after each chapter, sometimes at the end of the night’s work, was a good feeling. It showed me how I was clipping along, and the work was adding up, and that’s what the ol’ brain needs sometimes. Very glad to have flown through the book. And on another note: I didn’t hate rereading my work. … Continue reading The Novella Editing Board Worked

I love OGNs, I want to see more of them, read more of them, make more of them. As such, it excites me greatly to see Elsa Charretier and Matt Fraction launching a new series called NOVEMBER, that’s 3 HC OGNs, starting later this year.† I mean, I’m here for the OGn, but Elsa Charretier is an all time classic in the making, her art is phenomenally skillful and brilliant. Then match that with Matt Fraction writing and this announcement has me thirty shades of excited. This is the kind of creative team, and format, and genre/content that completely floors me. … Continue reading Begin the OGN Takeover

Played an awesome D&D one-shot tonight with some mates and I learnt [reminded myself of] a pretty awesome thing about writing and staying true to characters. I’d only previously played one character – a young half-orc warlock who was smarter than he was wise, so fairly impulsive with a lot to learn, and a bit of a chip on his shoulder. He was relatively quick to action, and fairly in it for his own internal reasons of gaining a better understanding of the world he hadn’t yet explored enough of. In this adventure, I shifted to a different character, a … Continue reading Acting In Character: A D&D Lesson

Brains are stupid. I figure knowing you have a problem is halfway to the solution. I need to give my novel one final solid edit before I hit up beta readers. I should just be able to dive in and make it happen. And I will. But I wondered if I could help myself out s a little. Enter: The Editing Board. My novel has 4 acts, and 15 chapters in each [correct at time of printing], so I’ve drawn up this visual schedule to help me feel like I’m making progress. The night’s editing will obviously be planned into … Continue reading Visually Gamifying Editing

Printed off my pdf of DANGEROUS TIMES, a newspaper rpg set in the 20s with magic, and it’s beautiful stuff. I’m hard pressed to think of something right now that scratches more of my itches. I’m excited to dive in and soak my brain in these game mechanics. Continue reading RPG, Newspapers, Magic

Ran a county fair with the school D&D group. It was insanity. Of the finest kind. We let them train their characters using these tokens, they had a blast. Sometimes teaching is the best fun. Continue reading D&D County Fair