Wow. As I sit here at my keyboard tonight, reflecting on the events of the day, I find myself uncertain as to where to begin. For the first time in Minnesota history, a white police officer has been held accountable for killing a man, a black man to be exact. And I’ve had front row… Continue reading A Few Thoughts
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Williwaw
So I totally blew the deadline on the #SwiftFicFriday prompt this week. But I did at least get something written, so that’s a win anyway. As usual we got 150-300 words and a prompt—this time the word williwaw—with which to work. Williwaw means 1) a sudden violent gust of cold land air common among mountainous… Continue reading Williwaw
Bathroom, Big Thaw, and LitCon
Image by Eugene Brennan from Pixabay Bathroom It’s been a long time since I’ve done a Random Sunday post, so it’s about time to do one. So, the question is where to start? The big thing that’s happening now is my bathroom has sprung a leak. Seriously. It’s leaking down into the downstairs bathroom. We… Continue reading Bathroom, Big Thaw, and LitCon
The Not-So-Subtle Art of Sci-Fi World-Building
Writing fiction is easy, they say. You can just make things up. How hard is that? What on Earth is world-building and why does it matter? Sound familiar? Yeah, I thought so. We’ve all heard these and it might be tempting to buy into them, focusing on characters and plot instead. Don’t get sucked into… Continue reading The Not-So-Subtle Art of Sci-Fi World-Building
Understanding the Future
Well, #SwiftFicFriday worked it's magic again. Seriously, Kat has been crazy good at finding prompts that are working for me lately. Anyway, This weekend we had the picture below and 150-300 words to work with. This picture totally played into a WIP I have planned out in a fantasy world I've been working in recently.… Continue reading Understanding the Future
Part author, part artist, all dreamer 