When it comes to Magic: the Gathering, my primary hangouts in terms of color are blue and white. Blue, because the mind is a powerful tool in general and usually pretty flexible in the game & its planes in particular; and white, because I’m one of those incurable optimists who believes light can triumph over… Continue reading Restoring Avacyn
Flash Fiction: At The Terminal
For the Terribleminds flash fiction challenge, A Traveling Tale. “Do you know why I pulled you over, son?” Travis shook his head. “No, officer, I don’t. I was on cruise control at four miles over the speed limit to keep up with traffic.” “Your registration’s past due. Sticker on your plate says so.” Travis smacked… Continue reading Flash Fiction: At The Terminal
Rewrite Report: Submission Edition
The fantasy novel sits at roughly 100,100 words. As the time approached for Angry Robot to open its doors, I knew I had to make some decisions. The first one was to convince myself that this is not a young adult book. While two of the three main protagonists are in their late teens, a… Continue reading Rewrite Report: Submission Edition
Back to the Funny Pages
As much as possible, I support my local comics & gaming store. The perfect combination, as far as I’m concerned, is a little shop in Doylestown called Cyborg One. Now, it’s not necessarily as local to me as, say, Comics & More in the King of Prussia mall, or the Alternate Universes gaming store in… Continue reading Back to the Funny Pages
Writers Should Read
Three years ago when I started this thing I posted about breaking writer’s block through reading. It’s been said by people cooler than myself that buying into writer’s block is a mug’s game, so I won’t totally re-create that previous post. I will, however, re-post some of the advice from back then, because it’s still… Continue reading Writers Should Read
Game Review: Tribes: Ascend
You may recall that precisely 104 days ago, I talked a bit about a first-person shooter called Section 8: Prejudice. While I still stand by what I said in that first impressions piece, especially when it comes to those who say the genre is ‘stagnating’ due to FPS games, I must also say I’ve stopped… Continue reading Game Review: Tribes: Ascend
Flash Fiction: Politeness and Respect
For the latest Terribleminds challenge, “Death Is On The Table“. If it weren’t a funeral, it’d probably be the social event of the season. Everybody was there. Little Tommy Scattergun, Nicky the Nose, Harry ‘Houdini’ Lockland, pretty much every cousin or uncle or niece the old Godfather had kept close… …and the woman in the… Continue reading Flash Fiction: Politeness and Respect
And We're Back!
So there was a bit of a billing hiccup with my web host in the middle of PAX East. Inconvenient, to be sure, but I don’t think anything of value was lost. My host, Wizzerdwerks, are relatively cool people and haven’t really given me any problems. And now that the money side is sorted, everything’s… Continue reading And We're Back!
Doing Bad Things at FNM
Haters, etc. I haven’t been playing a great deal of Magic lately, due to various reasons, but I recently returned to Friday Night Magic armed with a new deck. As much as my previous FNM decks seemed interesting to me, neither of them had a great deal of oomph. It was difficult for them to… Continue reading Doing Bad Things at FNM
Savor the Flavor of Rejection
It’s been years since I’ve seen Rocky. I know, as someone who even tangentially identifies as a Philadelphian, I should watch it more often. But I remember Mickey. I remember him training Rocky, talking him up, telling him things about eating lightning and crapping thunder. In pretty much any story involving a fighter, the pep… Continue reading Savor the Flavor of Rejection