Or, How Everything I Need to Know About Writing I Learned From Backpacking the Appalachian Trail In 2004, fresh out of college, I hiked the length of the Appalachian Trail. It was a 2,183-mile hike from Georgia to Maine, and it took from March 8th to August 12th. It is, to date, one of the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Storytelling’
Trekking Through the First Draft
Posted in Writing, tagged First Drafts, Novel, Storytelling on April 29, 2012 | 3 Comments »
You Are Falling Under My Power…
Posted in Writing, tagged hypnosis, Storytelling, Style on February 17, 2012 | 2 Comments »
A couple days ago I became an officially licensed hypnotherapist in the state of Washington. Hypnosis has been a hobby of mine for a couple years, partly because it provides some very interesting insight into how the mind works, and partly because, well, it’s just plain fun. Admittedly, hypnosis has a dubious reputation. The mere [...]
Of Stories and Beliefs
Posted in Life, Writing, tagged Reality, Storytelling, Theme on December 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
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 [...]
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