Hey there. Angi needed a little more time to compose her thoughts, so you get me, John, instead! …hey, come back here! She’ll be back next Wednesday with further thoughts. Until then, here’s some words from my head. I am a firm believer in the power of humor as a literary tool. I read a… Read More On Levity
So for those of you who don’t keep up with mainstream media, last Saturday, Beyoncé put out LEMONADE through HBO. A special that was about an hour and change long, and, in the style of other iconic stars like Madonna, Prince, Michael Jackson and others, was a feature-length music video type affair, where spectacle is… Read More A Tale of Two Lemons – Angi’s Thoughts on Lemonade (PART 1)
John here! I am an avid player of video games, have been for years. I’ve played lots of them over the years, some of them repeatedly, for a variety of reasons. Some games I can play over and over again just because they’re plain fun. But others bring me back because of exceptional storytelling. Here’s… Read More Writing, Storytelling and Games
So, I was kind of inspired by to write this post because of the little twitter contests that go on nearly every day for the writing community. Twitter, by nature, is a place where you have to boil down your thoughts into the most succinct way possible. Sure, you can ‘cheat’ by posting a screenshot… Read More Word Economy!
So John picked up the slack for me on Wednesday, so now it’s my turn to talk to you about what I’m doing for NaNo. While Apex is our serial novel (which will be resuming in the next two weeks or so) we’ve had a couple of other novels in the pot that are ready… Read More A Few Notes on Editing
‘Sup, John here! Writing is hard. I know, whodathunkit? Like any skill, it must be practiced, honed. And like with more visual arts, sometimes a bit of doodling is helpful to shake out the creative cobwebs. My Nanowrimo attempts are good examples of that; very seldom are they something I’m going to do anything… Read More A Snippet of Something
One week into Camp NaNaNoWriMo and the usual panic has set in. I.e., how can I do this, this was a bad idea, I’m quitting writing forever, blah blah blah, you know the drill. Everyone hits that wall once in awhile. So to help you out, I’m going to reveal the secrets of my writing… Read More John’s Nanowrimo Tips, Tricks and Cheats
So, John press-ganged me into posting about it, and so I figured, why not share my NaNoWriMo story. So I got into NaNoWriMo when I was in college. I was a marching band kid, and in a marching band sorority (as if the marching band alone wasn’t nerdy enough) and I wasn’t sure that on… Read More Angi’s NaNoWriMo Journey
As the last post said, Angi and I are participating in Camp Nanowrimo this month. It’s our first time doing so, since we normally participate in the main one in November. However, last November, we were slightly busy getting married. Mind you, Angi still wanted to, but cooler heads prevailed. (After lots and lots of poking.) But… Read More Nanowrimo and Me (John Version)
Angels, Kings & Weirdos 