So far, there have been two topics that I’ve generally avoided on the blog: politics, and religion. And while I’ve skirted the “politics” rule a few times, now it’s time to skirt the “religion” one, because this is something I’ve wanted to write a post about for a while– not religion itself, but the relationship [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Storytelling’
Of Stories and Beliefs
Posted in Life, Writing, tagged Reality, Storytelling, Theme on December 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
How Chupacabras Saved My NaNoWriMo Novel
Posted in Writing, tagged NaNoWriMo, Novel, Storytelling on November 30, 2011 | 6 Comments »
For National Novel Writing Month, I’ve been writing a novel called Ghostrunners. And yesterday, I reached 50,000 words, which means I “won” NaNoWriMo. And as a bonus, I finished the story as well! Admittedly, it’s too short to be publishable– to have a shot at publishing it, I’d probably have to stretch it out to [...]
A Pre-NaNoWriMo Retrospective
Posted in Writing, tagged NaNoWriMo, Outlining, Storytelling on October 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Well, it’s almost that time of year again: November, aka National Novel Writing Month. For the third time, I’ll be endeavoring to write 50,000 words, hopefully in a manner that resembles a single coherent story. 2009 was successful; 2010 (which was actually a continuation of my 2009 story) wasn’t. However, that story (my epic fantasy, [...]
Writing Advice, and a Little Bit of Hero Worship
Posted in Writing, tagged Neil Gaiman, Seattle, Storytelling on June 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This evening, I joined about 2,000 fellow geeks at Town Hall in Seattle to see Neil Gaiman do a reading and be interviewed by Maria Headley. I’ve been attending a lot of author signings recently, but this one was particularly special, because if there’s any author working today whom I actually idolize, it’s Neil Gaiman. [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Posted in Writing, tagged random, Storytelling on February 14, 2011 | 11 Comments »
After blogging about Egypt, I felt like I needed something a little more light-hearted. So I decided to partake in the Romance Blogfest, put on by Jordan McCollum. Her instructions are as follows: The theme is Love at first sight . . . or not so much. Post a first meeting between two characters who [...]
Europe Day 1- The Dark Side of Storytelling
Posted in Travel, Writing, tagged Berlin, Europe, Germany, Storytelling on July 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Berlin Holocaust Memorial is a series of 2,711 gray monoliths, which all together take up an entire block near the center of the city. On the outskirts of the Memorial, each monolith is about waist high. As you walk toward the center, they get taller, and the ground begins to dip lower, as if [...]
“Memphis” Wins! Neener Neener!
Posted in Writing, tagged Memphis, Musicals, Storytelling on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend, the Broadway musical “Memphis” won the Tony Award for Best Musical. It was a triumph I was glad to see, because as I mentioned in this post from January, my brother Charlie is part of the ensemble. He was with the show while it was in La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, and [...]
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