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  • Your eyes are reading this post (unless they aren’t)

    A few days ago I found myself writing “his fingers plucked at the strings” in one of my stories. Well, wait. That doesn’t look right. I’ll get the same kind of weird cringe when I see phrases like “his eyes watched” or “his foot stepped”.  Why is that, though? It adds unnecessary words. In modern… Read more

  • What type of Creative are you?

    I don’t think I can log onto Facebook anymore without seeing one of those personality tests: “Which Hogwarts house do you belong in?” “What Disney Princess are you?” “What city should you live in?”  And right alongside them: “50 things only introverts will understand” and “Only nerds will get these jokes”, etc. So while we’re… Read more

  • A quick diatribe on dialogue

    Real dialogue sounds something like this: “By the way, did you know they’re making Pacific Rim 2? Oh, and dinner’s ready.” Cue five minutes of shouting and vague TV noises while Boxy shoots at zombies while some cheesy horror flick is playing on the second monitor, followed by: “What?”   Seriously, that was last night’s… Read more

  • An honest Critique (Partner)

    What is a Critique Partner? If you’re like me and you cut your teeth writing for fandom, you might be more familiar with the term beta editor. I much prefer critique partner, because where beta editor implies a one-sided relationship (“you read my stuff and tell me what you think”) critique partner implies a more… Read more

  • Some of you may remember my previous post about my new puppy, Baldur. It’s been a few months since then, and my itty bitty puppy is growing up. Read more

  • 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 watched, and his were the… Read more