An Avengers Rant

This was meant to be a tiny rant for the morning, but it turned full-blown. It’s not a popular opinion, as far as I can tell, but it’s been nagging me for a while. For anyone who didn’t know, I’m an ‘Avengers’ fan. The movies, not...

TLIF – What I Did With My NaNoWriMo

AKA – a tiny snippet from ‘Apathy’s Hero’It seems like everyone who participated is doing their NaNoWriMo wrap-ups, after-thoughts, crashes…and I’m a trend follower (but not really), so I wanted to as well.I wrote a lot of words. A...

But…Why? Good vs. Bad Questions

It’s taken me over a week to write this blog post. It’s been in my head, and I got as far as clicking the ‘New Post’ button and writing a title and then…I open it every day and stare at it and don’t finish the thought.It’s not...

TLIF: But What Happens Next?

Totally unrelated, but something I’m absolutely infatuated with this morning:The funny thing is, I loved Tom Hiddleston as Loki. I thought he made that role. And when I picture my Loki, they’re not the same at all. They have similarities, but he’s...

The Writers’ Envelope

AKA – why we have to stand out from the crowd.My father-in-law has a theory he calls the ‘envelope theory’. The basic premise is we all live in an enclosed space (like an envelope). When it comes to being social, we tend to interact with other people...

The Story I Would <3 to Write

I have sooo many casts of characters in my head. They all live in different universes and have different stories, and for the most part two different genres. I have a slew of contemporary fantasy stories in my brain. I’ve got one about psychics I don’t...