On David McDonald‘s blog, I wrote a post about the debts I’ve paid to become a writer. I hope that by sharing my story, it will help other writers who have experienced something similar, understand and take comfort in the fact that you are not alone. Paying for My Passion (Valentinelli) is the kind of […]
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Wizard’s Guidance. A New Guest Post for Dice Castle!
This month I return to the Village of No-No’s in my continuing series at Geek’s Dream Girl. “Well, it’s a good thing you know how to do that at least.” The wizard quips as he unrolls the parchment. “Now, here’s something you might be interested in. Why don’t you go ahead and read this version […]
[My Guest Design Essay] Dystopia and Cybernetic Birds at Apex
Today I popped in to Apex Book Company and talked about my new story entitled “Tailfeather,” which was written for Apexology: Science Fiction & Fantasy. As I was writing the story, several themes emerged between the paragraphs. When I sat down to write Tailfeather I did not craft the tale with these themes in mind. […]
The Value of Micro-Communities
So, right after I get back online, Google+ launches. (Yes, I did slurp up an account.) The whole concept of Google+ is very similar to how we interact in real life, because it effectively creates cliques. Yes, putting people into circles is a form of cliques, whether we want to admit it or not. Quite […]
[My New Column] Dice Castle: From Commoner to Freelancer…
I am pleased to announce that my first column has been published at Geek’s Dream Girl. Since the site already had articles written about the topic, I decided to take a different approach and turn a commoner into a freelancer. For once-a-month we’ll be headed to Dice Castle. This first column talks about character creation. […]