On Writing: Faking It Past Weak Points

Everybody’s got their weak points when it comes to writing. I’ve got several, but there’s one in specific that always gets me: 3-D motion of bodies in space.

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Post-NaNo Update: Uncanny Spirits

No, not the kind traditionally associated with New Year’s, although I’m sure a lot of weirder monsters in folklore owe part of their more bizarre descriptions to whatever the heck someone was drinking.

Book Review: Venom Doc

Venom Doc, by Bryan Grieg Fry.

First reaction (to cover and reviews): Say, this looks kind of interesting. Venom, natural history – all kinds of potential storybuilding stuff!

NaNoWriMo: Doing the Research

One really awesome thing about the internet?

You can look up the requirements to become a private investigator

Worldbuilding: Starting Points

I think a lot of worldbuilding books start in the wrong place. They start with the world.

Earring Tales: Pendant Trial Run

This was actually my first trial run at making a pendant, to see if the general idea held up.

The Cost of Horror

I was reading a bit of The Monster Hunter in Modern Popular Culture, and stumbled over a few paragraphs that both startled me and, unfortunately, seem to explain a lot. In brief, the author believes horror is enticing because for a short time the audience can imagine themselves as monstrous;