NaNoWriMo 2017 – Semblance
NaNoWriMo 2017 – Semblance I’m thick in the weeds of NaNoWrimo. I had been kicking around a bleak story set in a dystopian anti-science future, but for some inexplicable reason, my heart is not in...
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Tediad Postmortem
Tediad Postmortem Finish Line The Tediad is now a year old. I see the date in my calendar, but the realization doesn’t quite settle in. I’m not sure who is in charge of the...
Making of Phadius
The Making of Phadius For the TEDIAD, I had to come up with a portrait of the character, Dr. Phadius Gillenderg. He is a modern-day archaeologist who serves as the framing device of the...
Loglines
Loglines When I was a part of the Avalanche Write Club (before the studio closed), one of our exercises was to write loglines for our projects. A logline is a sentence-long distillation of your...
Announcing The Tediad
I’ve been working on a novel called The Tediad. It was conceived in a period of dispiriting unemployment, and perhaps fittingly, it might be completed in a similar state. It has taken me an...
Resume Tips
Resume Tips It’s that time again folks, time to polish up those old resumes. I thought I would share a few helpful hints on taking a good resume and making it into a great...
Out of the Armchair – Part Two
High-five I woke up the next morning stiff and cold. My phone, which became useless the moment I arrived, had plunged to 60% battery life. As we gathered around the kitchen area, waiting for...
Out of the Armchair – Part One
Out of the Armchair – Part One Without the benefit of porcelain 03/17/16 Thursday “Oh shit, this is the day.” I was at first aghast, but I knew I shouldn’t be. I could feel...
Pokeversary
Pokeversary The Distribution I say goodnight to my co-workers and stroll out of the building as I have done countless times. This night however, I’m not going straight home. I head west to a...
Coming to Town
Coming to Town The elevator doors slide open slowly. Across from me is another set of elevators. Upon the metal doors, I can see my reflection staring back. I look both old and young,...
Homecoming King
Homecoming King This past November I helped organize our first highschool class reunion, the big 10. Despite the social over-stimulation, unexpected expenditures, 40 year old party crashers, I think the night turned out well...