Today I’m presenting workshops at the Chanticleer Authors Conference, so I’m sharing a “retro” trip to Las Vegas a few years ago. A naturopath friend had urged Thor and me to visit the Red Rock canyons near Las Vegas for … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2016
Weave and spin, weave and spin… (When is China not China? or, What is this thing called fantasy, really?) I spend half my life living in dreams, in alternate realities. That might sound bizarre to some, even verging on … Continue reading
I heard part of a piece about Wendell Berry on NPR the other day. It focused on the importance of knowing the place where you’re from. In the piece, Laura Dunn, who recently made a film about Berry (The Seer), … Continue reading
I like bread. I like to bake it, even though I’m not great at it. I used to be better before living in Montana and having kids. I just didn’t get it done there and so I’m waaaay out of … Continue reading
You learned it in ninth grade English, right? Almost every short story starts with rising action, moves through complications, reaches a climax, and ends with falling action. Novels work the same way. And so should your scenes. Many times, new … Continue reading
“Pleased to meet you,” the bartender said, shaking Jon’s hand. “You must be Jon Chandler. I think you ought to know that Colonel Mustard hired a man to sabotage your friend’s brakes. He’s a bad one, that Colonel.” The writer of … Continue reading
Hair of the Dog A Feral Darkness: Short Story by Doranna Durgin Brenna Lynn Fallon grooms dogs, owns a Cardigan Welsh Corgi with a little something extra, and has a lifetime acquaintance with the ancient power once known as the … Continue reading
Actually not the horse kind. The human kind. This week, I asked fellow writers to ask questions about what they want or need to know about handling and living with horses. Writer and artist M.C.A. Hogarth responded with a great … Continue reading
(This is the sixteenth installment of Dice Tales, an ongoing series of posts about RPGs as storytelling.) *** We’ve been talking about some of the tools used in RPGs to help ensure that everybody’s interacting with roughly the same mental … Continue reading