During our last D&D session, I tried to expand a bit on the history of the land outside of the Nentir Vale. My players, ever helpful, asked me to put everything down in a post they could read rather than having me go through it when they should rightly be slaying monsters and collecting loot.… Continue reading After the Empire
A Christmas Announcement
Among the other things I’ve been ‘meaning to do’ when it comes to the creative endeavors in my life was something I considered doing for a recent competition but did not have the time to do a justifiably decent job. It’s continued to sit in the back of my mind, and the trends in my… Continue reading A Christmas Announcement
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Don't Fear The Rewrite
The truth that every novelist has to face is that you’re not going to get everything right in the first draft. Nobody does. It’s likely that George Lucas wrote a single draft of his prequel scripts, and look how those turned out. No, multiple drafts is more than just a means of editing out grammar… Continue reading Don't Fear The Rewrite
Into The Nentir Vale: Part 6
The Nentir Vale is a campaign setting provided to new players of Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition. It’s present in the Red Box and most of the starting materials. For a party almost all completely new to D&D and a DM re-familiarizing himself with the latest edition, it’s a great place to start a campaign.… Continue reading Into The Nentir Vale: Part 6
At Thirty-Two
For about a year now, I’ve been updating this blog every day. I’ve been maintaining IT CAME FROM NETFLIX every week for around the same amount of time. I’ve held down a job, revitalized some of my hobbies, made some fantastic friendships and climbed closer to my goal of publication, bit by bit. I’m going… Continue reading At Thirty-Two
Cultivating Characters
This is related to a post I made a few months ago regarding expository writing but it’s on my mind since my wife and I just finished watching (or rather re-watching) the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I’d borrowed the extended editions from my mother, as my copies are elsewhere. Anyway, this if Faramir. In… Continue reading Cultivating Characters
Cardboard Memory Lane
With colder weather coming at us and my World of Warcraft account on hiatus for now since I zigged when I should have zagged in allocated this last paycheck, I figured it was high time for me to organize the rather large collection of trading card game stuff. For a while it’s lingered in a… Continue reading Cardboard Memory Lane
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[audio:http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/uploads/gamer.mp3] The last time I reviewed a movie that had any connection to a video game, things did not end well. On the other hand, I’ve been meaning to watch Tron, WarGames and The Last Starfighter again to see if the “holy trinity” of movies about gamers stand the test of time, especially with the… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Gamer
