Bridge Crossover Ficbit – Who Ya Gonna Call?

“Tony.” Ichigo was giving him another glare. “You’re beating yourself up again. Which means you’re stressing the chain. Quit it.” He brushed his fingers across Zangetsu’s cleaver hilt. “We going to do this?”

Some Stray Worldbuilding Elements

Someone pointed out to me recently that a lot of movie fights are constrained by what will fit in a camera frame. This leads to, among other things, often misleading or minimal visual examples of the proper use of long-distance weapons. So if you plan to have proper use of arrow volleys or tank battles, make sure you read up on their historical use in warfare. The wonderful thing about a book is we can make the view as wide as we like. Take advantage of it!

On Writing: A Touch of Reality

Not all rose petals are soft. Not all plastic counters are smooth. Not all sunlight is warm – though those are usually the gray, moist, overcast days when there’s not so much defined sunlight as a diffuse illumination that means you still want to drive with your low lights on. Not so much that you can see, as that other people can see you.

Worldbuilding: An Army From the South?

All right, show of hands: has anyone else noticed a distinct fantasy trend of “armies from the north”?

Worldbuilding: Travel Guides

Here’s a neat trick when you want to create a fictional setting but you’ve never actually been to a place like that in your story. Be a smart tourist. Get a travel guide.

A Few Grumps with LitRPGs

You know, one story I’d love to read would be a previously-isekai’d main character getting back to modern Earth, possibly with friends… just in time for a System Apocalypse. Cue, “Aw heck. Now what?”

Bridge Crossover Ficbit – Risky Treatments

“Zangetsu is one of the most cleansing zanpakutou in all of Soul Society,” Unohana stated. “And you trust Ichigo. That strengthens your soul. His strike will give you the best chance.”

On Writing: 4 AM Argh

One of the good reasons to get regular exercise is to try to wear yourself out enough that you sleep through the original witching hours; about 3 to 4 AM. If you went to bed before midnight (hopefully), this is when you wake up having had enough sleep to get your brain semi-working, but not enough to face the day.

On Writing: Regular Maintenance

Every day, if you can, go for a walk. Even if it’s just pacing around your room for 15 minutes. Odds are you need to get your blood flowing – and if you’re trying to write a scene that has your characters doing intense action or intense thinking, you really need to get moving.

Colors of Another Sky Progress Update: Fighting Mermen

Yes, the draft is fighting me. I’m making progress, though. Even if sometimes it feels like scrambling together an update patch….