Sean Bean as Ned Stark. Do Want. I totally forgot to write up a formal review of A Game of Thrones when I finished it. Olympic-league slacking on my part. I’m now two books into George R.R. Martin’s excellent doorstopper series A Song of Ice and Fire. I’m frothing at the mouth for the third.… Continue reading The Song So Far
Platformers and Publication
Yeah. It’s like this. Here’s a somewhat strained metaphor for you, inspired by Chuck’s latest list of reasons why that novel you wrote will never get published. Platform games can be hard. REALLY hard. I mean brain-taxing finger-cramping swear-inducing endeavors. Getting a book published can be similar. It might not seem like an obvious parallel… Continue reading Platformers and Publication
Unconscionable
I make it a point to avoid political or religious pontification on this blog. It really isn’t why I started it. In the past when I’ve veered into that territory I’ve caused more problems than I care to consider, save for this post from our last Independence Day. That one went well. This one has… Continue reading Unconscionable
Five Hundred
Today marks the 500th post on Blue Ink Alchemy. I thought it might be fun to take a peek at the last few round-number milestones, just to see how far we’ve come. Oddly, two of the four hundred-level posts have to do with Maschine Zeit. Not that I’m complaining, mind you. Post 100: Consistent Characters… Continue reading Five Hundred
IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! The Emperor's New Groove VIDEO
At last… IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! as I’ve envisioned it. [tube]z2mRrjkBK0I[/tube] Please provide feedback, comments and criticisms. I want to make this series better. Also, if there’s a way to make this player default to 360p, I’d love to find it. 240p is icky.
Truly Forgotten Realms, Part 2
Continuing an examination of the many campaign worlds of Dungeons & Dragons. Dragonlance The world of Krynn feels eerily similar to Faerûn, though in the case of Krynn the novels came before the setting. It was dreamed up by Laura & Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis, and features a well-storied history and geography along with… Continue reading Truly Forgotten Realms, Part 2
Truly Forgotten Realms, Part 1
Courtesy geneticanomaly.com Yesterday I touched on a subject that will hopefully grow more interesting and in-depth as the year gets underway. In keeping with the initial source and given that I’m creating a new character for an on-line D&D campaign, I find myself thinking about fully-formed campaign worlds that exist outside of the default setting,… Continue reading Truly Forgotten Realms, Part 1
Multiple Multiverses
They’re everywhere. They persist in existing when logic and reason insist they shouldn’t. They entice us with wonders and haunt us with dangers. They are worlds beyond our own, worlds beyond even the basic strictures of the fantasies we create. Other worlds, other planes, other universes – and we’re at the crossroads. Take for example… Continue reading Multiple Multiverses
The Query's The Thing
I’ve discussed querying in the past, and I’ve also mentioned the manuscript-mincing site Query Shark. Since I’m back at the point of sending out queries to agent, I think it’s worth reheating the subject. Query letters are at once the most straightforward and the most complex thing a novelist can write. It’s straightforward in its… Continue reading The Query's The Thing
Have A Plan
I think part of the problem with the previous deadlines for my upcoming video project was I didn’t establish any guidelines for what to do before the deadline hit. So let’s fix that, shall we? It should make the week to come more organized and the overall project a bit less intimidating. Today I will… Continue reading Have A Plan
