Staying Motivated
A friend just asked on Facebook what tips I might have for staying motivated while researching/writing. Instead of making a few concise bullet-points, I figu...
Writing
NaNoWriMo 2016 - Pre-Planning
Header image via Morguefile. So here we are again. May to September. No point in dwelling on that, I suppose, though I did manage to finish the draft of The ...
Building Salazarre, pt. V
You thought I forgot about this, didn't you? Jeeze, about a month has passed since I last did this, hasn't it? And here I am again frantically writing this p...
Building Salazarre, pt. IV
Part 4 of the series, focusing on the original idea that created the setting Salazarre.
Dreaming of Delis
An exploration of a dream, hopefully the first of another series.
Building Salazarre, pt. III
Part 3 of musing about worldbuilding. This time, deities.
Building Salazarre, pt. II
Part 2 of musing about worldbuilding, focusing on the name ‘Salazarre.’
Construct vs. Character
Wherein I complain about anime having unrealistic characters, because of course I do.
Building Salazarre, pt. I
First of a series, thinking about my dark fantasy setting, Salazarre.
Description and Dialogue
Explaining ideas, whether through lecture or dialogue. Spoilers: always go with the second.
General
Analyzing a Scene in Otherside Picnic Volume 7
Looking at the Sorawo/Satsuki scene in UraPi volume 7
An Update
I ported the blog from WordPress to Jekyll! Also I’m writing more!
Testing the Lights
Summary of what I’ve been doing with my life since January, as rambling and random as always.
Dreaming of Houses
So I'm at a loss for a blog post this coming weekend. It's a Thursday as I write this, so I'm coming up against the clock a bit. I've got another book revi...
Mall Fly
Musings on malls as I wait for my car to get inspected.
Introductions
2024 Update: I'm a girl now :) Okay, here we go. At the insistence of my friend Karen, and the subtle prodding of my other friend Becca, I've finally gone ...
Gaming
The Grief of Signalis
A musing review of Signalis.
Thoughts on Link’s Awakening
I beat Link's Awakening for the first time since I was a kid, via the lovely Switch port. It's consistently been one of my favorite Zelda games, with ...
Thoughts on Popful Mail
So in the interests of writing something here, I thought I'd write a bit on a game I played recently, with a really silly title. Popful Mail was released o...
Exploring Star Wars: Jedi Academy
Exploring the ways we play video games, even if it’s just to explore.
Reviews
Musing on Adachi and Shimamura
A musing review of Adachi and Shimamura.
Destroyer: A Review
I discovered Chris Fox through Instagram. I'm pretty sure it was Instagram. I found an ad for an eBook titled '5,000 Words Per Hour.' T...
The Way of Kings: A Review
One of the longer reviews I’ve written in recent memory. For a book with 1,000+ pages, it’s fitting.
The Woman Who Would Be King: A Review
Book reviews are something writers do, right? I'd like to review the books I'm reading after I'm done with them, it's a pretty decent way to get blog posts....