Dire situations can lead to self-discovery. And sometimes soiled drawers. Very few of us are born experts. The process of going from novice to expert can be long and arduous. At times, it can be difficult to determine where to begin. In video games, once you get past the basic questions of which button does… Continue reading Breaking Gameplay Down
Author: BlueInkAlchemist
Breaking That Damn Block
I know for a fact that writer’s block doesn’t exist. It’s a phantasmal construct, a conjuration of minds desperate to make words appear on pages but struggling with an inability to do so. Every writer, from the best-selling novelist to the mommy blogger to the spinner of rhetoric deals with it now and again. The… Continue reading Breaking That Damn Block
Book Review: Revenge of the Penmonkey
You know those books about writing out there? Novels and Groupies for Dummies? The Idiot’s Guide To Being The Next Stephen King? How I Did It by Stephenie Meyer? That’s amateur hour. Kiddie stuff. On the battlefield of serious writing, where the freelancers struggle every day to make something happen, to feed themselves through words,… Continue reading Book Review: Revenge of the Penmonkey
Flash Fiction: The Torch
Terribleminds made me do it. The news was the same as they walked into the restaurant as it had been all day: rumors of some sort of natural disaster followed by talking heads alternately saying everything was under control and everybody was doomed. Linus shook his head as he removed his wife’s fur coat. “I… Continue reading Flash Fiction: The Torch
IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Original Text: [spoiler] Joseph Campbell is famous for basically saying that all storytellers are essentially telling the same story. Be it a myth based on the perceptions of the ancient Norse of their weather patterns or the all-caps melodrama and bright, splashy colors of a comic book by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, our stories… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Dragons, Sphinxes and Wizards, Oh My!
I’ve been getting my Magic fix lately with both trips home to see the family and weekly jaunts up to Cyborg One in Doylestown on Thursday nights. The Commander games are free, but gas is not and so I must pass this week. However, it hasn’t stopped me from trading online and assembling a few… Continue reading Dragons, Sphinxes and Wizards, Oh My!
Honor & Blood, VII: Cadmon
Please note: All characters, locations and events are copyright George RR Martin and the events that take place during this game can and will deviate from series canon. The Story So Far:Having delivered the last of the swords charged to him and Victor Luxon, Cadmon Hightower remained in Sunspear when Victor and Maester Chrysander sailed… Continue reading Honor & Blood, VII: Cadmon
Putting the "Dead" in Deadlines
Courtesy monkeyc.net I am very, very good at procrastination. Even as I write this I’m debating putting it off. I need to go to the post office and the library, the little voice says, the blog can wait. Who reads this stuff, anyway? Oh, and it’s about time for a fresh cup of tea. Wasn’t… Continue reading Putting the "Dead" in Deadlines
Flash Fiction: Scratch
This week: 100 words on the subject of revenge. The knife was his world. With every move against the stone, his memory also sharpened. Scratch. Town hall meetings, talks with police, phone calls with councilmen, all aimed at making the streets safe. Scratch. Arguments from talking heads and neighbors, saying they were products of their… Continue reading Flash Fiction: Scratch
IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Ringu
Original Text: [spoiler] This is Darth Vader. Right-hand man of the evil Emperor Palpatine, Lord of the Sith, and lately the poster child for the outcry of “They changed it, now it sucks.” While in that case we’re talking about a man somewhat bloated by his own ego ham-handedly forcing things into what were perfectly… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Ringu
