Welcome to the official website of JW Troemner.

Author of The Dealmaker’s Gambit, the Urban Dragon Series, and Tatter and Shine

Category: Learning from the pros

  • The issue with Issue One

    Saturday was Free Comic Book Day. While I was making the rounds, I bought the first three issues of Loki: Agent of Asgard, and the new Amazing Spider-Man issue 1. In medias… what now? I’m a lifelong fan of Spider-Man. He was my first super hero; his was the first super hero movie I…

  • The case for creativity

    Next weekend I’ll be going to Chicago to see Team Starkid’s Twisted with my husband. For those who didn’t know, Starkid Productions started off as a student group in the University of Michigan, who created the Very Potter Musical just to goof off– and now they’re touring nationwide, and the…

  • Bioshock Infinite and Foreshadowing

    Bioshock Infinite recently came out to a whole slew of accolades– and not just about the gameplay. The characters were remarkable, the story was layered and intricate, and the ending… well, I’m going to talk about the ending, and how it uses really great foreshadowing to present that ending to…