Midweek Musings
First Wednesday of the year and I’m sitting here thinking ‘I’ve got nothing”, but that’s not quite true. Despite the aches and pains of age, likely exacerbated by the extreme cold, I got a lot of...
View ArticleWinter and the Wondering
The cold makes me want to curl up and sleep, but that is hardly productive, so I pull myself off the couch and the warm nest of blankets to sit before the keyboard and muse a bit. I think about the...
View ArticleInversion and the Beauty of Tropes
Today, I’ll challenge you to look at things differently the next time you sit down to write an adventure, story, campaign, what have you. Take expectations, turn them. Invert tropes and see where...
View ArticleYour Eyes Can Deceive You…
Ready to fry your brain? Check out this amazing optical illusion.
View ArticleUnderstatement and the Lost Art of Subtlety
With the short attention spans so many people seem to have these days (what with bursts of information and communication–I’m looking at you Twitter, Youtube, et. al), everything seems to be quite IN...
View ArticleRemember to Breathe
It’s important to remember that your project, as important as it is to you, is not, and should not be, the center of your universe. In less hyperbolic strokes, I’m telling you, it’s important to live a...
View ArticleAbsorption Rates
You should read voraciously within and without the genre you’ve chosen to focus your works. You can learn as much from bad stuff (if not more) from not good. Check out reviews of said material as well...
View ArticleInspiration and Perspective
Much like a fish unaware of the water in which it swims, I posit you are adrift in an ocean of ideas at any given moment. It all depends on how you choose to look at things, how you contextualize them....
View ArticleRumors, Rumblings, and Whatnot
Recently, someone asked if we were alive and kicking. We are. Products still come out. I’m active on the social media outlets (mainly Twitter @realityblurs, but sometimes G+), and have been less active...
View ArticleHorizon Lines
We held a meeting on Saturday to discuss an upcoming project, and I waxed a bit poetic on Facebook. I was encouraged to share it with a larger audience, with you, so here goes. * * * I reflect upon the...
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