( Baccanalia, or, The Fae Party )

 Dear Writer's Block,

It's not you; it's me.

Geez, that's a cliched line. Let's face it: the ruth is that line's been used like a gazillion times before. Everyone who has ever read a romance novel from the drugstore  can tell when it's coming. I hate it.

But it's true. I've been blaming you for simple laziness. I just don't wanna write as often as I ( Read more... )

 Hey Dirk ( Read more... )

Hey Dirk ( Read more... )

Dirk,

For a good week or so my characters had been talking to me. Sometimes several of them would talk at once, and I had to scream at them to shut up and wait their turns so I could focus on one. Their faces became clear enough to me that I could draw them in a manner that satisfied me. (As apposed to pleased. I may never get my drawing style to ( Read more... )

Dear Dirk, dearest Mandi-chan ( Read more... )

I don't know if it's Spring or the meds or my new lease on life. But I feel the desire to write and draw again. And it feels wonderful and frustrating at the same time. I like that feeling.

The more I write, the more I wanna draw. The more I draw, the more I'm compelled to write. It's a perpetual cycle of artistic energy! Now I just need to develop ( Read more... )

It's hard to come up with a good title for a story or chapter or book. It's especially hard to do so with a theme in mind. The most horrid part is that the tittles have little or nothing to do with the main subject of the stories. Music references and titles in a series about mysteries and archeology? I mean really ( Read more... )

I survived  for a reason ( Read more... )

What is a hero without a good villain?
BORING.

This is the problem I have with most bad guys outside of comedy and parody stories. Unless you're Sauron or The Joker, being evil just because isn't enough. (And sometimes even then...) Good villains -- antagonists with personality, motive, and a human side -- can save a story. They can make a boring ( Read more... )