Slush Brain (noun) : The condition a writer comes down with after spending eight hours editing or researching. Symptoms include, but are not limited to poor spelling, atrocious grammar, and an inability to stop talking. Example in a sentence: Angela often has slush brain. Argh! Welcome aboard, mateys! This is Captain “Princess” Boozic and I […]
The Eladrin Stones: Introduction
Join Golgh, Benison, Varghul, and Orga in their hunt for The Eladrin Stones. Trek the land that is Faerun, avenge your kin, and face the Order. Genre: D&D Fan Fiction AKA Fantasy Action Adventure This is The Eladrin Stones that I started writing on my phone in a waiting room. Yes, I frequently return to […]
“Hi. I’m Bergen.”
The Norse warrior grins in a manner that seems too inviting to trust. “I doubt you know me because… well… my author has grossly neglected me.” Bergen strikes a match that sends a cloud of orange light billowing around his dark face. “But I’m fine with it. I’m a big boy,” he says as he […]
Update on The Eladrin Stones
When I first posted the Eladrin Stones way back when, I was new to blogging and didn’t think a 4,400 word chapter was a stretch. *Face palm…waits a moment while the reader shakes their head at the blogger* I have since caught on to the “keep it less than 1,000 words…500 is better” rule, and […]
The Holodeck
I have had the pleasure of knowing some very special writers. Writers are an amazing kind of people and I am honored to be among them. The world is a playground and the imagination of a writer is the limit. We’re adults who never stop playing at make-believe, who never stopped believing in magic, who […]
Deleted chapter…with Bergen!
So…I’m busting my arse through the final stage of the revisions and some changes I applied made on entire chapter obsolete. I highlighted the piece, raised my shaking index finger, muttered a series of short, pathetic sobs I attempted to stifle, then hit, “Delete”…and promptly broke down in complete disarray. All that work, all that […]
Angela steps into Bergen’s blog…
The lights are out. The bar feels…different. Angela conducts the infamous shifty-eyed inspection: left, right, left. Bergen is nowhere in sight, but the tension weighs too heavily on her shoulders. Something is most definitely up. She takes one step, and the 240-pound Viking prince plow-drives the writer to the floor and all goes dark. […]
“I have an announcement!” Bergen says.
Announcing the writing of Bergen’s own series because his ego is too large to fit in my 160,000 word fantasy.