It feels amazing to be on top of a mountain. I can’t even begin to explain the feeling. The trailhead is so far gone behind you that you can’t even hear it anymore. Even the trail is gone, leaving nothing but gorgeous peaks for you to scramble for and explore. You are tired, but you …
Read more “Hiking and Writing Metaphors Take Two – Putting in the Mileage”
This ties into my last blog post, about finding pleasure in your craft for the sake of it. But I mean, there’s pleasure, and then there’s just plain old excitement, you know? Joy. Like, you can’t wait to write your stuff, and then you can’t wait to read it, and you absolutely don’t care what anyone …
Read more “The Importance of Getting Excited a.k.a. I Loved FFX-2 and I’m Not Ashamed To Say It”
In retrospect, being old(er) is kind of fun. You get to discuss boring shit like politics and actually understand them. You don’t feel obliged to stay out until 3 am getting shitfaced with strangers (okay, so I did this just the one time…). I am not ashamed to say that 10 pm is a legitimate …
Read more “Writing Milestones: When I Stopped Giving a Fuck and Started Enjoying My Craft”
Not a very well-kept secret, but The Agartes Epilogues was supposed to be a JRPG that I co-wrote with my husband (then boyfriend) way back when I was just 16 years old. Some of my readers have since commented on the JRPG feel of the series–big tentacled monsters, angst, fantastic hairstyles (actually, not really–I’ve toned it …
Read more “The World of the Agartes Epilogues: Worldbuilding”
Like with most writers, I started out writing from the point of view of semi-Mary Sues–characters who were essentially somewhat blank, passive, and no more than tools that the reader can use to project themselves into the world. I think I’ve always known not to create outright Mary Sues, so I ended up with a …
