Lessons Building Blocks 28 Jun 202130 Dec 2021 Back to School) Learning isn't always fun. Especially when you are learning something that you don't care about, and must do so by a firm deadline! I still consider some…
Short Stories It’s Tough to Be a God: Part Two 26 Dec 201923 Nov 2021 "Well," Jeret said. "Why don't I make myself something to get back to--to the base?" He had almost said "to get back to home," but he refused to do that.…
Short Stories Instructions Not Included: Part Five 22 Aug 201918 Nov 2021 The trucks were upon them now. The winged discs stopped shooting from the back of the first, the engines sputtered out, and the doors opened. Out stepped eight men, all…
Short Stories Instructions Not Included: Part Four 15 Aug 201918 Nov 2021 Curtis listened well, only ever asking the occasional clarifying question and otherwise taking the information in. At times he raised his eyebrows, not so much in skepticism, only surprise. He…
Short Stories Instructions Not Included: Part Three 8 Aug 201918 Nov 2021 The next morning Gavin's alarm had barely sounded a single note before he was on his feet and gathering up the tubes from his desk. "What are you up so…
Lessons Mostly Familiar…Mostly 22 Jul 201918 Nov 2021 So here we are with a new week and a new series! Today I thought I would talk about a pattern of storytelling that is so ubiquitous it can very…
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