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Category: writing
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Ice Dragon
This is a story I wrote about 6 years ago. I know it’s short, and doesn’t really have a resolution that might satisfy, but I also know I’m unlikely to revisit this world. I’m posting it because I’ve been tired and busy with real life and I thought some of you might enjoy this vignette.…
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Critical Thinking
Yesterday I was talking about the love of learning and how we have lost that… or how we have brutally and systemically destroyed that, depending on the schools and teachers you had. I hear far too many stories of my friends’ childhoods to not understand the toll the school system takes. I’ve been contemplating a…
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Lost:: Love of Learning
So, I’ve been reading Dorothy Sayer’s Lost Tools of Learning, which I highly recommend. The pursuit of learning is unquestionably the most important part of success in life. If one cannot learn, and grow, one cannot possibly achieve great things. Whether those greatnesses are to be the best mother possible, or the best mechanic, or…
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Slipping By
Where has the time gone? I’m not going to be on the blog much for the coming week, I’m afraid. I’ll try to come up with some posts, but I’m facing a very busy time for a while. This is good! Just means that the blog is going to be quiet. I shared a memory…
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MultiTasking
Busy makes it’s own problems. I like busy. But it does mean that I’m not focusing on everything at once. Actually, it’s probably good I’m not. That would be… distracting. I can multitask, but unlike the mental image of an octopus wielding objects with all eight arms, you should instead picture a figure sitting on…
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The Case of the Pink Stain
Early one morning, the scene of the crime was discovered by the woman of the house, who was alarmed by the color and persistence of the evidence. What follows is an accurate recreation of the investigation, interrogation, and ultimate outcome of the case. As I was cleaning the house, I came across something mysterious on the…
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Victoriously Boring
You know, day-to-day life is pretty boring, if you think about it. Ok, my life is boring right now, in most spots. Sure, there’s excitement, and uncertainty, and the potential for joy and pain in every day. It’s like a roller coaster only you can’t see what’s coming and you can’t get off the ride.…
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The Fading Stigmata of Self-Publishing
This post was originally written in 2015. How far we have come, and how much is still the same. Gerry Martin pointed this article by Liz Long out to me, thanks, Gerry. The publishing system isn’t broken by any means, but the stigma behind “traditional” and “indie” publishing has really gotten my goat lately. I’m…
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Nothing Special
I was thinking about this recently. I’m writing a very independent and stubborn character, Anna of the East Witch, and as I was writing a scene from her point of view, I found it interesting how viscerally she rejected the notion that she was in some way specially talented. Now, I’m perfectly aware that my…
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Fantastic Schools Debut
I’m very pleased to be able to share with you all that I’ll be appearing at a new blog once a month with an essay, and a book review a few days later. The blog is centered around books about fantasy and science fictional schools and educational processes. L. Jagi Lamplighter and Chris Nuttall will…