“Our gods are dead. We have killed them, and now we don’t know what to do with the bodies.”
Brother Lucius, Hierarch, Order of Kalesto
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Dead Gods
Endless Hour
Before I forget again and the deadline passes by completely, Jason Evans is running another of his really short fiction contests over on his blog. This one is called The Endless Hour and follows the same rules as all his others – 250 words based on the picture he’s provided. Deadline is this Wednesday by midnight, I [...]
Circadian Rhythms
I have a problem – I’m a night owl, and I always have been. Trouble is, being a night owl conflicts terribly with my daily routine. Come 9, 10 o’clock at night, my mind really starts to wake up and kick into high gear (provided, of course, I’m not simply wiped out and physically exhausted). My most [...]
Much Ado
I’m brain-burned today. Feels like someone aimed an unhealthy dose of microwaves right at my cranium and set it on ‘Well Done.’ Boom – crispy critterized brain goo.1 So much I wanted to get done today and so little actually accomplished. I supposed I should be more careful in the future to actually try to [...]
Heinlein’s Rules
Heinlein’s Rules – Good writing tips that every author should take note of and remember.
Ravings
“The trees are beginning to awaken from their winter-long slumber. The sap is flowing again, and the air is fresh and new. At long last the eternal winter has broken. We can have hope again and cast off this weight which has so long settled onto us. Man can once again live as he was [...]
Forthcoming
I’ve just quite a bit of material to write about, all of it stacking up in the queue. Most of it right now has to do with theology and philosophy and the like, some of it has to do with writing, and some to do with gaming. All of it requires a clear head to [...]
Appendices in Novels
Things I do not like to see in novels – Kalbzayn’s World
This is a bit of old news, but sometimes I keep things in my writing queue for longer than I should.
In the article cited above, Kalbzayn complains about supplemental material in speculative fiction novels.
Right away, before the story begins, Holly includes a guide giving rules on how to pronounce [...]
Like the British
I’ve apparently become somewhat enamored with some bits of British grammar – it’s been slowly-but-surely taking over my writing. For instance, I’ve noticed that instead of using the word ‘whining’, it’s become ‘whinging’. ‘Humor’ becomes ‘humour’, ‘theater’ gets a slight rearrangement and becomes ‘theatre’. Of course, my spellchecker hates all these spellings, but I think they look [...]