Archive for the ‘Writing’ Category

New Poem

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

New poem up on the poetry page. It’s been a while since I’ve written one. This one is a sailing metaphor. Every guy writer, if he writes long enough, will eventually use a sailing metaphor. This is fact.

I won’t try to hide that this is about Janelle. She’s really a balancing force in my life, and I don’t admit that nearly enough. She’s a great source of strength for me, and I find myself leaning on her a lot more than I originally thought I would.

So here’s to Janelle, and many nautical references to come! Cheers!

Creative Writing Prompt

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Write from the point of view of the last tree left standing in a forest.

Here’s what I came up with:

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Newer Writing (Fiction)

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Here’s my newest major writing endeavor. I don’t have any high hopes of ever getting it published—I just like writing. This is a Medieval-ish piece, so sorry if that’s not your cup of tea.

This piece is a pre-cursor to this piece, which occurs after Caelum has recruited a few other kindred souls (although we only see one of them in that piece).

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I Need a Hero

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

I’m holding out for a hero ’til the end of the night.

A few posts back, I talked about getting an interview with Nyx, a RLSH (real-life superhero) in Kansas City, for an article I’ll be writing for The Pitch. I’ve since asked her if I could do a patrol with her, and she just agreed. Not only that, but she alerted me to a SUPER TEAM-UP that may be occurring in May. Several other RLSHs would travel to KC to patrol for a while. Among them is Zimmer, the recently-elected President of the Heroes Network. So this could turn into a much bigger project than I had originally anticipated (in a good way). Needless to say, I’m pretty pumped about it.

I have decided on my superhero identity. From now on, I want you all to call me Blogodon! I will be a blogging superhero. Mostly, this will involve wearing a mask as I type these entries up.

New Writing

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

I’m writing a totally fictional world and set of characters in it. I’ve been putting a lot of thought into the people and thought of this world and how to make it seem as robust as real life. This is a tidbit I came up with. The protagonist, Caelum Deleon, was born with a power he can’t quite control. Hopefully that puts this in context.

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Writing Exercises

Monday, October 13th, 2008

Ok, so I’ve been nominated to lead a writers’ group at work (nominated by one of the proofers, no less). I’m probably going to start with the new year. I don’t think I’ll be starting a group outside of work for lack of interest, but I will most likely post the exercises on here. Is there anything you, my three readers, are wanting to learn?

More old writing (of a geeky nature)

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Nerd alert! This is some fantasy-esque writing I did for one of my characters in one of those online RPGs. I don’t really play the game anymore, but I like the characters I developed (you had to play in-character at all times), so I kept up with them. If you’re curious, Lenus is my drunken alter-ego, and Jacques is actually my friend Daniel Sherwood.

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Old writing

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

I just plugged my computer in and booted it up for the first time since, oh, October. So I found all this writing that I haven’t touched or even seen in nine months. Here’s an excerpt from a story I was working on a while back about two moderately geeky high school students. Each is told in first person, but from different characters (the first Chance, and the second Sandy). (more…)

I sure will miss him…

Monday, April 7th, 2008

The Semicolon died this week at the age of 417 from complications of irrelevancy and misuse.

And Now He’s Dead: Semicolon; Punctuation Mark