“Once upon a time there was a man and a woman who loved each other very much and they wanted to show that love and have a baby. Sadly though they tried and tried, they weren’t able to have a child on their own. So they prayed and asked God to give them a Special…
53 Things I Believe At 53
Written on the occasion of my birthday. It is possible I’m wrong. Tragedy is not evenly distributed. What you believe matters. Perception is not reality. Just because you think something is true doesn’t make it true. Jesus Christ is the Son of God. There are a lot of things worse than death. Ask good and interesting…
NaNoWrMo 2017: The League Book One, The Secret Years
This year I’m going to participate in National Novel Writing Month, aka NaNoWrMo. The Novel I have had a fantasy in my head for a very long time. In this fantasy, I received a box with Clarkian-magic* stones in it that had the ability to do at least 3 really cool things: generate gravity, change…
Personal Insight on Decision and Action
Looking for next steps is my indication I’m changing direction. I firmly believe in taking action when you decide something. I really believe you haven’t actually “decided” until you start taking action. There is this phenomena in my head where I say, “I’ve decided but not really”. This means internally I’ve decided but I’m not…
Captivate By Vanessa Van Edwards Review
Any chapter in this book is worth 10x the cost of the book. Like Vanessa I too had an epiphany at one point in my life when I realized social interaction could be learned. I wasn’t some how limited by my genetics or upbringing to forever not know what to say. Once I learned this…
World Building – Start With A Map
Every story starts with characters in a place. Often the first thing that happens is they need to go to another place. Stuff happens in between. Very many of the first questions have to do with place. Why are the characters where they are? How hard is it going to be to get from where…
Recovering An Old Obsession – D&D
The guy who invented D&D has died. Don’t know if I would have made it through adolescence without that game. – Ron Davis, Reactuate.com, March 4, 2008. Recently I’ve rediscovered an old obsession and am returning to it. There are going to be a lot of D&D related posts on the blog, so I thought…
What Is A Creative Act?
If I’ve set a goal of creating something every day, how will I know when I succeed? We create things all the time. Is a Facebook post saying I’m back in Texas enough? A photo of the new Cisco Supercharger? No, I don’t think so. Those things are creative, but they aren’t sufficient to accomplish…