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  • Some Days Just Suck For Writing

    Allow me to expound upon this point. Once upon a time, I had no idea what I wanted to be when I grew up. This means I looked into a variety of things. Some things I still wish I could do, but those doors are pretty much closed, now. But the writing door was still…

  • Quantifiable Measurements

    I find it odd that we try to measure such weird things. Like art. Art is not quantifiable. You either “get it” or you don’t. You either like it or you don’t. What I think is crap someone else thinks is awesome. We apply the same goofy measurements to writing. True, there is a difference…

  • Mercurial Monday

    You’d buy it.   You know you would. *Image created by KattyWampusBooks **This counts for this week’s Mercurial Monday. Because I’m mercurial.

  • My Writing Process (1)

    I’m starting this as I start working on Book 3 of my Fantasy Series (August 2015). I’ve tried writing it out before, but I keep forgetting all sorts of steps. I believe the fashionable term for my writing style is “organic,” but some call it disorganized. *** 1 – Get hit upside the head with…

  • Alternate Timelines

    I’m working on building an alternate timeline for my steampunk. Big surprise, I know, but what I find interesting is how one little event, by a NOBODY, can have a ripple effect. Sometimes these ripples are tiny. Sometimes they’re massive. Take, for example, a real event in the life of my  mother. Mom gets lost…

  • The Inspiration

    Or the Origin Story. Whichever. Characters have origin stories. Bob was born in a rail car outside Tampa during a rainstorm, his mother being attended to by three bears and an alien from the Crab Nebula, also named Bob, but pronounced “Jerome.” My origin story is not quite so awesome. I’ve run across people as…