I’m happy to report that Flames Rising featured a preview of Tales of the Seven Dogs Society, my soon-to-be-released novella that I’ll be selling in less than two weeks at GenCon: Indy. In 1969, Jericho Usher disappeared without a trace, never explaining the otherworldly nature of the annex. Jericho Usher spent his lifetime investigating anomalous […]
Tag: game fiction
Novella Update: Into the Home Stretch
This week has had its ups and downs. Let’s just say that I’m eternally grateful to all the wonderful people I work with, my readers, my SO, my friends, and my two cats Rimmon and Zak (aka Fuzzballs of Doom) for putting up with me. Chocolate, bagels, coffee, and beer for everyone! Words: 22,000 Time […]
Gaming Fiction Day Four: Inferred Plot and Metaplot
Game fiction can sometimes have an “inferred” plot because of its popularity like many popular movies. Most people know Darth Vader is a bad guy. Writing about the rebels running from Darth Vader may seem like plot to you but really? That’s just a standard detail nowadays. Instead, those same rebels might be running from […]
Writing Game Fiction Day Three: Plot your Plot
So now you’ve decide you’re going to write this really awesome story based on the video game Final Fantasy X. You love the character of Yuna, so you’re going to sit down and write a story about…but wait? What is your story about? Okay, you’ve figured out that Final Fantasy X is based on the […]
Game Fiction Day Two: How to Fit your Story to the Theme of the Game
If I gave you a list of well-known movies, I bet that you’ll quickly identify what the theme of the movie is. For example, we know Indiana Jones is pulp, we completely “get” that Army of Darkness is a comedy, and we understand that X-Men III was supposed to be an action movie where Phoenix […]