The secret strings are the means by which all is revealed…
- Microfiction, as prompts;
- Why writing tools like tarot feel a bit like Michael Rosen’s secret strings game…
- TTLY: My old posts.
Mnemonics, Divination, and the Return of the Secret Strings
The Light King’s Tale – The Right to Krei
The second short story from Boardmier, my fantasy world. My submission for my first Writing Prose 2 assignment at St. Andrews University.
CONTENT WARNING: verbal abuse, death, trauma.
Continue readingGet These (Authorial) Voices Out Of My Head
A little seven minute aperitif on the voices at an author’s disposal when writing. Also, satire.
Continue reading(BoI) Repentance+ Made the Apollyons Interesting
Brief, three-minute comments on the buffs Repentance+ gave to the Apollyons. An apology is long overdue.
- TTLY: Old posts.
Chasing the Audience
A seven-minute post on:
- Audiences, and where I (might) find them;
- Twiddling – and the dilemma up-and-coming artists didn’t ask to be put in;
- TTLY…: Old posts.
BOI Epiphany’s Wave 7 is Full of Shit
Some brief 6-minute thoughts on Tarnished ???, the latest character added to the Binding of Isaac’s Epiphany mod, and his unlocks.
CONTENT WARNING: The usual bloody, gutsy, gory themes that come with the Isaac territory. Also, implied vomiting.
- TTLY…: Old posts.
David Graeber’s “The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World”
A short ten-minute read on a collection of David Graeber’s essays:
- Against Economics: The science that is not, in fact, a science;
- There Never Was a West: Democracy emerged from the spaces in-between;
- Are You An Anarchist?: A series of questions showing how anarchist principles emerge in daily life (#3 will SHOCK YOU… I think.)
- TTLY…: Old posts.
On BlueSky (In the Short Term)
An eight-minute spiel of blue-sky thinking:
- Do I join BlueSky (the real McCoy – no bridges)?
- Network effects: They explain how people move, but as to why, we need to dig a little deeper;
- Why not both?: If you’re already on BlueSky, join Mastodon – it’s not perfect, but you’ll find a place for you.
Problem in Character, Not in Speech: When Terry Pratchett Missed
An 18-minute Zen on:
- Eye Dialect Reprise: Pratchett’s iconic character voices were made so through eye dialect;
- But.: And this is a big but;
- The Turtle Grows: “Cancelled” is just a euphemism for “I refuse accountability.”
Yes, Balatro DOES Deserve GOTY
- Balatro is sick in more ways than one.