When January comes around, and everyone is thinking of ways to better themselves and improve their lives, people often ask, “How can I be cool like Aaron?” Who are these people and when do they ask that? Never you mind those details. They are not Read More …
Let me be clear upfront that, no, I am not the one who set myself on fire. I did almost set my house on fire once. Pasta sauce-making incident, we’ll leave it for another time. But I did not set myself on fire. So where Read More …
10. “Okay, we impaled the heads, now what?” You’re on a fantasy adventure, and maybe you’re trying to convince someone that the local lord is a ruthless tyrant. Or, perhaps you need to trick someone into thinking your army is more powerful and merciless than Read More …
Good news! I get to decide what a word means! And it’s all because I had the lyrics to a song wrong in my head for years! Sometimes being unknowingly discombobulated about something can work in your favor. A bit of background, so you can Read More …
Even the most powerful of creatures fall before a canon. No, not a cannon. A canon. Or, more specifically, being declared non-canon. An example of what I mean is Agents of Shield and Agent Carter from Marvel Cinematic Universe. Once considered integral to the storytelling Read More …
I’m going to break a rule right now. You see, in advice to authors on blogging, people always say to not do the thing where you apologize for not blogging for a long time. “Nobody cares, just do the post!” they say. Well, tough tamales, Read More …
As my RPG group prepares to embark on a new campaign in the coming months, I’ve been thinking a lot about maps. There are many symbols that fantasy RPG maps should really have, which, strangely, don’t seem to exist on most of them. Here are Read More …
The time is nearly upon us once again. The turn of the new year, when we all get a fresh start. And I don’t know about you, but I feel like the whole world could use one. If you’ve followed the blog for a while, Read More …
This morning I had to leap out of the shower three times and dash across the house, freezing my butt off. Once, I realized I had no towels or washcloth because I forgot to replace after laundry yesterday. Once more, when I realized I had Read More …
Sometimes when the world is on fire, it’s the things you would never expect that get affected the most. For example, most people probably wouldn’t immediately think of “audiobooks” as something that might get delayed due to so much of the United States being on Read More …
