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Chessworld: An Annotated Bibliography of the Courier and Their World, ‘The Board’
The Suits’ Tale – The Talisman of Aubaum
A 30-minute short story from Boardmier, my fantasy world. My submission for my Writing Prose 1 assignment at St. Andrews University.
CONTENT WARNING: Racism, colonial language, misgendering, misogyny.
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Rivals 2 is Going Strong One Week In (and Other Things)
A quick 8-minute update on…
- KRAGGS TOGETHER STRONG: Pooling player knowledge;
- Reviewing Replays: The joys of VOD review with a friend;
- Rivals 2 Runs on Bazzite…: Or does it?
- Clip Dump: All the rock-chucking chicanery I’ve posted on Mastodon this past week.
Rivals 2 Will Live or Die By Collective Action
A 9 minute read on:
- More Shields, Please, I’m a Platfighter: Rivals 1, but with shields and grabs;
- Don’t Forget – They’re Here Forever (?): Why you were at Scotland’s biggest Rivals 2 tournament last weekend;
- A Rivals Proposal: A summary of things to keep in mind as the game releases
Charlie, Mick, and the Secret Strings
A seven-minute read about…
- ‘Narrative echo effects,’ a concept explored by Charles Baxter in his essay, ‘Rhyming Action;’
- ‘Secret strings,’ a literary analysis technique/game used by Michael Rosen when teaching students/children, which includes looking for what I believe to be narrative echoes;
On Models (In Writing)
- Models: Easy to teach, but don’t mistake the map for the territory…
- Asking the next question: A little tip you might find useful in your next writing endeavour.
There’s Just Me – The Staunisoe Files
Another very (very!) short story written for a creative writing seminar.
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