Lessons A Bunch of Stuff Happens: Part Two 28 Mar 20224 Apr 2022 Continued Retrospective) A week ago I took a look at my previous short story, Hunt of the Others, and I pointed out that I had struggled with the action sequences.…
Lessons A Bunch of Stuff Happens: Part One 21 Mar 202228 Mar 2022 The Speed of Action) I have just finished my latest short story, Hunt of the Others. The entire piece was a single scene, wherein we saw a group of hunters…
Short Stories The Favored Son: Alternate- Part Fifteen 25 Feb 202127 Dec 2021 Tharol heard the scream ringing from the barracks and stood up with a start. After a moment he realized what it was and he looked down somberly. "Well maybe you…
Lessons Talking, Talking, Talking 21 Dec 202023 Dec 2021 The Worst Kind of Movie) I remember a common occurrence when I was little and my Dad would bring home a VHS tape from the video rental store. "Can I…
Lessons Why Do You Write That Way? 7 Dec 202022 Dec 2021 It Once Was Much Worse) At the end of my last story piece I mentioned that I had run into a little bit of trouble when transitioning from one scene…
Lessons The Speed of Punch 30 Nov 202021 Dec 2021 Too Fast For It's Own Good) I have a big pet peeve in action movies. It's something that has been going on for a long while, still finds its way…
Lessons Get to the Point 20 Apr 20201 Dec 2021 A Reason For the Chaos) One of my favorite films is Gravity, in which a cloud of debris is orbiting the earth, each piece of shrapnel racing through space faster…
Short Stories Shade: Part One 3 Oct 201920 Nov 2021 "...and at least six Strained spaced around the perimeter. That is all." Gallan rubbed his forehead. That was quite the defense force...but it was also the right amount that they…
Short Stories Once Among the Clouds: Part One 5 Sep 201919 Nov 2021 High above the trees, but low within the atmosphere, a trio of small clouds stood as sentinels. They were the front watch, investigating the perimeter around a communal mass of…
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