Evidence of Wildlife

Leafcutter bees are awesomely neat, but almost impossible to catch in the act. Still, they leave evidence behind.

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Worldbuilding: Flying Islands

We see them in fantasy art, videogames, and sometimes anime – SAO and Dog Days have a few. But I haven’t seen flying islands written into many fantasy books.

Fanfic Worldbuilding: DtB/Bleach

Has been a hectic day, so… have some stray crossover worldbuilding thoughts.

The most visible obstacle in crossing Bleach and Darker than Black is the moon.

On Writing: Things I Won’t Write

There’s the advice to write what you know, and the further advice that if you can’t do that, then research enough to know what you write. But useful as those are, they leave out something critical

Anime Review – Phantasy Star Online 2

Hmm. I think I’d give this 4 out of 5 – with the caveat that as a writer, I sometimes like things that do not work perfectly, so I can poke what works, what doesn’t, and what ideas/techniques I can either adopt or avoid like the plague.

Brief Pearl of Fire Update – Body Slam

…If you thought you heard the sound of splintering balsa wood, shattering sugar-glass, and crashing cheap crockery, you’re likely not wrong.

Anime Review: Amagi Brilliant Park

This is a gem. But it’s also a case of, you might want to check out the TV Tropes page first, because the first ep does get off to a slow start. The show needs some visual space to introduce the stunning magnitude of the problems in Amagi Brilliant Park,