Tag Archives: writing

Environmental or Physical Setting

The second layer we are going to look at is probably the most obvious.  It isn’t also the second most important or the second one you work on.  That’s just the order I’m going in at this time.  So, let’s … Continue reading

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Teaser Tuesday: Inner Conference

(I have to be honest.  It took me a few minutes to remember where this showed up in the series.  Back when I first posted this teaser, I put up a different cover than what should have been there.  I’m … Continue reading

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Temporal Setting

I went looking for author subjects and found this on the three layers of setting.  I always enjoy world-building, so I wanted to look into this.  Now, I think most authors do this without meaning to, but it’s good to … Continue reading

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Goal Post: Progress Through Endurance

So, I kind of made progress with Coven of the Gray.  Did I fully design any of the 13 members?  No.  I did choose their biome, role, and a few powers.  I managed to create an idea of the first 2 … Continue reading

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Poetry Day: The Marchers of Vindervurld

(Another fantastical creation.  Kind of sad too.) Upon the marshy hollows Their feet make a sucking plop As purest mud Grabs at their boots That are moldy to the laces Beings of all sizes March in a sturdy mob Fat … Continue reading

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Is Not Killing Weak or Strong?

. . . . . . . . (I made this post on September 16, 2014.  I’m reposting it because it works for the question I’m going to put at the very end.) For anyone who doesn’t know the above … Continue reading

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Teaser Tuesday: Oh, It’s You

(Looking back I still enjoy the debut of Gregorio Roman in War of Nytefall: Loyalty.)

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Violent Past and Forgiveness

Now, I don’t remember the character that made me wonder about this topic.  It can fall into various categories with high body counts: Former supervillain Hero who was a soldier Monster that gains humanity Serial killer who gets a second … Continue reading

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Goal Post: Freakin’, Frackin’ Bacteria!!

  Let’s do a quick list of maladies that hit me this school year: Shot to stomach that caused digestion trouble for a week. Drug-resistant staph infection that put me in hospital, required 3 weeks of wound care, and left … Continue reading

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Poetry Day: The Living Dead

(Another poem about death . . . or life.  Sorry?) We are mortal beings In the grand expanse of time Our half-blink existence Cherished by so few Because so many miss the point They live to die Believing it the … Continue reading

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