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The Empire has a Home

I admittedly have been quiet over here recently–most of my blogging energy has gone to Yeti.  But as I’ve been traveling I have been writing and submitting and re-writing and re-submitting and doing all that goes into finding a market … Continue reading →

Aragorn and Arwen

Arwen: Look, when daddy said you had to be King before you married me, I thought that meant you’d, you know, try to become king. Aragorn: These things take time Arwen: They’d take less time if you’d start! Aragorn: That’s … Continue reading →

Short Screenplay: Fool Me Once

I entered this five-page short into a competition for April Fool’s Day.  It wasn’t selected, so I thought it would be fun to add here.    Cutting and pasting has funked up the formatting, but I think it’s still readable. … Continue reading →

China Mieville on Monsters

I stumbled across this gem, where Mieville talks about his inspirations.  The interview is somewhat old now, but worth a read.   But it’s stuff on monsters that really stands out. “I use AD&D-type fascination with teratology in a lot of … Continue reading →

Meanwhile, over on Yeti

I reviewed Aldous Huxley’s Jesting Pilate over on my travel blog, but wanted to point out how great it was on this blog as well. Check out some of the highlights on ARE WE THERE YETI? or if you can … Continue reading →

Purushpur

Check out my entry on Purushpur over on Realm Tramper.

45 ways to avoid using the word “very.”

This entire article is, dare I say, very well written.

New Story in Tales of the Talisman

Any day now, issue 9 episode 2 of the Tales of the Talisman will be back from the presses.  This issue includes a lot of great fiction, art, book reviews, and more.  It also has one of my favorite stories … Continue reading →

Chuck Palahniuk on Writing

 [W]riters write because they weren’t invited to a party. At one point in their childhoods they were left off some guest list, so they kind of collapse back into entertaining themselves. Maybe that aspect [of my work] just comes from … Continue reading →

Steven Brust is ridiculous

One the better opening sentences of recent memory, courtesy of Steven Brust. Snow, tenderly caught by eddying breezes, swirled and spun in to and out of bright, lustrous shapes that gleamed against the emerald-blazoned black drape of sky and sparkled … Continue reading →