world building – Aloisius and I

March 1, 2016

Character design/rendering: an example

While I’ve posted before about the benefits of visual character design upon writing–even quick sketches and color palettes can help

I recently heard back from the Writers of the Future contest, and, alas, I did not place. Looking at my

Ann Leckie might look docile, but her ideas are anything but. She made this abundantly clear yesterday during a Q&A

Over the past two months, I conceptualized, planned, researched, and wrote a dime novel. It’s about 40,000 words, or at

I am by nature a descriptive writer. I like to think about conversations between characters, world building exercises, moments of

I am writing this post in response to an excellent question from my Uncle Raul. He wondered… “When an author

Round about 1998 or so, my brothers and I started playing Chrono Trigger. If you haven’t played this RPG, I

When I was in high school, I loathed chemistry. This had nothing to do with the instructor. In fact, Mrs.

(Ha HAH…multiple entendre…) So, I wanted to wait to post again until I had the official results from my exams.

This is a great question. Academically, I wish land related to my work more than it does. In another life,