There are only so many hours in a day. As many ideas as we might have or whatever tasks may lie before us, we can’t get to them all. No matter what the profession in question might be, we have to pick and choose how our time and resources are spent. I think this is… Continue reading Picking & Choosing
Flash Fiction: This Fight Is Over
For the Terribleminds Song Shuffle Part II, Winamp suggested a song by Nigel Godrich from the score to Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Sweat had suctioned the cloth of his underclothes to his skin. The plates and rings of metal that composed his armor felt especially heavy. He leaned on his sword, shield dangling from… Continue reading Flash Fiction: This Fight Is Over
IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Akira
{no audio this week – sorry for the inconvenience!} Many authors have speculated that we as a species are walking a knife’s edge between transcending our previous limitations in terms of body, mind, and spirit, and falling into an inevitable downward spiral of self-destruction we’re simply too lazy to avert. It’s a resonant message and… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Akira
Theorycrafting
In this blogging space I’ve talked about writing and gaming in tandem. I’ve tried to give each a fair amount of time, but I’ve never really examined the connection between the two. Other than the overactive imagination, I think a big part of my inclination towards these activities is my tendency towards theorycrafting. I haven’t… Continue reading Theorycrafting
My Roots In Pulp
When I was growing up there were plenty of books to be had in my house. My parents owned a set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, but that wasn’t what kept me up past my bedtime. I never read any of my mother’s paperback romance novels, either. No, for the most part I started by reading… Continue reading My Roots In Pulp
A Writer's Distance
Courtesy Floating Robes There are a couple of truisms that I feel apply to every writer, regardless of genre or style: 1) You write what you know. 2) There’s no drama without conflict. Following this line of thought, the best writing comes from conflict with which we’re familiar. I’ve yet to meet a person who… Continue reading A Writer's Distance
Book Review: Shotgun Gravy
Courtesy Terribleminds Kids these days. That’s pretty much what Chuck Wendig’s Shotgun Gravy is all about. Kids these days can be crude, mean, unforgiving and downright sadistic. Bullying is every bit as bad as it’s ever been, and there comes a time when a kid needs to do more than watch videos of people saying… Continue reading Book Review: Shotgun Gravy
IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Antichrist
[audio:http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/uploads/antichrist.mp3] We as a culture tend to abuse certain turns of phrase. For example, too many people interpret negative opinions as “hate” when “hate” is a visceral and descriptive word for the way a lot of middle American teenagers raised by conservative parents look at their gay classmates. “Awesome” is used to describe gaming and… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Antichrist
DLC: Decidedly Lavish Crap
Behold, Whovians. My USB hub involves Time And Relative Dimensions In Space. I can connect to SO many devices. Some of them aren’t even of human manufacture! Muahahaha… …okay, it’s a silly USB hub shaped like a TARDIS. I don’t need it. But it makes my life easier and it’s really cool-looking, in my humble… Continue reading DLC: Decidedly Lavish Crap
Know Your Fear
I find it amusing when people say they aren’t afraid of anything. I have to wonder if they’d maintain that notion if they were alone in a diving suit down in the Marianas Trench. Most people I know would be unnerved by the very notion of being entirely alone with nothing but angler fish for… Continue reading Know Your Fear
