Lessons Inspiration and Perspiration 6 Sep 202110 Nov 2021 A Strange Place) On Monday I started my latest short story, which is set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. There is an outpost of survivors, perched at the edge of a…
Lessons Better Moves 14 Jun 202130 Dec 2021 The Game of Chess) I'm not any good at chess, but I do like to play just for the fun of it. I would describe my style as simply being…
Lessons Just Dazzle Them 12 Oct 202020 Dec 2021 Movie Magic) Old time cinema was used for more than just telling stories. Indeed, several of the original films were particularly light on story, with only threadbare plots and single-dimensional…
Lessons It Sounded a Lot Better in My Head 23 Sep 201919 Nov 2021 A Peek Behind the Curtain) It was pretty early on in this blog that I wrote a story that I didn't like. In that moment I had to decide whether…
Lessons Live a Life 26 Nov 201812 Nov 2021 Professionally I work as a software developer. The industry has come a long ways since it exploded among the workforce a half century ago. A lot of those changes, particularly…
Lessons Dreams to Realities 20 Aug 201811 Nov 2021 On Thursday I concluded a short story called Free Cleaning Service. This piece featured two moments of abrupt menace, situations where the main antagonist appeared to startle the audience. I…
Lessons Getting Ideas 6 Jun 20188 Nov 2021 Be it you're trying to come up with an original concept for a new story, or you're looking to devise a deliciously evil way for your villain to destroy a…
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