writing

A Muddy Plot

  I’m starting first-round edits on The East Witch. That should eat my entire attention for the next… a while. It’s going to take a while. So today I thought I’d share a blast of the past, originally published on Mad Genius Club in 2016. An exercise in plotting a story, via real life events.… Read More A Muddy Plot

Musing, Philosophy

Dumbo’s Feather

I think I can safely spoiler the movie Dumbo here. In the movie the tiny but spunky baby elephant is bullied for his big ears, but with the help of a ‘magic’ feather, discovers he can use them to fly. Only… when he loses the magic feather, he starts to fall without it. It takes… Read More Dumbo’s Feather