Tag Archives: fiction

Happy Time Travelers Day

A curious holiday since I don’t believe anyone from the future has ever come to celebrate it.  Still, it does make me thing about the use of time travel in stories.  If it’s the core mechanic from the start then … Continue reading

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Is Hero Reputation Important?

This sounds like a stupid question because the answer should be obvious.  A hero is defined by their reputation, which is created through words and actions.  If they aren’t acting like a hero, they won’t be seen as one.  So, … Continue reading

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How to Gain and Lose Fame?

As I said on Monday, some people can get confused on what a hero should do for fame or infamy.  They think full on murder is noble while refusing to steal from the needy is a sign of weakness.  Let’s … Continue reading

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Fame vs Infamy

The meme is a little extreme, but it gets the point across.  Thought I made a post about this long ago, but it looks like I’ve merely mentioned this in passing.  People seem to get this wrong either by accident … Continue reading

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The Monstrous Feast

(Been a while since I wrote a new poem, so let’s see how this goes.) A gala has begun Decked with brightest lights Nobles and wizards Kings and heroes Have gathered To dine on oddest vittles Goblin ear soup Steeped … Continue reading

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Why Can’t You Eat Monsters?

This seems like a good week for this topic.  After watching the first season of ‘Delicious in Dungeon’, I started wondering why monsters aren’t eaten more often.  Nobody in any of these worlds thought of making griffin wings or selkie … Continue reading

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Questions 3: Basic Skills of Characters

Since basic skills can change from person to person, I figure I’ll open the floor.  Got my hands full today as well.  Keep in mind that I’m talking about the skills authors and readers don’t think about.  We take them … Continue reading

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7 Tips to Utilizing Basic Skills That Might Not Be Basic

This list isn’t going to work for every author, reader, or story.  Going to try to be as general as possible, but we’ll see how it goes. If you want to remove a basic skill from a character halfway through … Continue reading

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Skills We Take for Granted

This stems from something decades ago.  When making some 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons characters with players, one was asking why his barbarian wasn’t allowed to start with reading and writing.  He had to use points to give himself these … Continue reading

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The Over-the-Top Rebellious Teenager

So, this is the other character type I was thinking of last time I re-watched ‘Great Teacher Onizuka’.  Now, the story is that Onizuka is a former motorcycle gang member who is determined to be a teacher.  He gets a … Continue reading

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