Playing with NovelAI
Musings on AI art.
Recent Posts
An Update
I ported the blog from WordPress to Jekyll! Also I’m writing more!
Thoughts on Link’s Awakening
I beat Link's Awakening for the first time since I was a kid, via the lovely Switch port. It's consistently been one of my favorite Zelda games, with ...
Destroyer: A Review
I discovered Chris Fox through Instagram. I'm pretty sure it was Instagram. I found an ad for an eBook titled '5,000 Words Per Hour.' T...
Thoughts on Popful Mail
So in the interests of writing something here, I thought I'd write a bit on a game I played recently, with a really silly title. Popful Mail was released o...
Staying Motivated
A friend just asked on Facebook what tips I might have for staying motivated while researching/writing. Instead of making a few concise bullet-points, I figu...
NaNoWriMo 2016 - Pre-Planning
Header image via Morguefile. So here we are again. May to September. No point in dwelling on that, I suppose, though I did manage to finish the draft of The ...
Testing the Lights
Summary of what I’ve been doing with my life since January, as rambling and random as always.
Building Salazarre, pt. V
You thought I forgot about this, didn't you? Jeeze, about a month has passed since I last did this, hasn't it? And here I am again frantically writing this p...
The Way of Kings: A Review
One of the longer reviews I’ve written in recent memory. For a book with 1,000+ pages, it’s fitting.
Dreaming of Houses
So I'm at a loss for a blog post this coming weekend. It's a Thursday as I write this, so I'm coming up against the clock a bit. I've got another book revi...
The Woman Who Would Be King: A Review
Book reviews are something writers do, right? I'd like to review the books I'm reading after I'm done with them, it's a pretty decent way to get blog posts....
Building Salazarre, pt. IV
Part 4 of the series, focusing on the original idea that created the setting Salazarre.
Dreaming of Delis
An exploration of a dream, hopefully the first of another series.
Building Salazarre, pt. III
Part 3 of musing about worldbuilding. This time, deities.
Building Salazarre, pt. II
Part 2 of musing about worldbuilding, focusing on the name ‘Salazarre.’
Construct vs. Character
Wherein I complain about anime having unrealistic characters, because of course I do.
Building Salazarre, pt. I
First of a series, thinking about my dark fantasy setting, Salazarre.
Exploring Star Wars: Jedi Academy
Exploring the ways we play video games, even if it’s just to explore.
Mall Fly
Musings on malls as I wait for my car to get inspected.
Description and Dialogue
Explaining ideas, whether through lecture or dialogue. Spoilers: always go with the second.
Introductions
Okay, here we go. At the insistence of my friend Karen, and the subtle prodding of my other friend Becca, I've finally gone about and made a professional w...