By now, most of you have probably heard the super-popular Thrift Shop by Macklemore. It’s worth a listen (it contains naughty words, so don’t blare it over your work speakers). Here, I’ll link it for you, to make it easy. So, pretty good, right? But wait, there’s more! The Postmodern Jukebox Band did a “vintage [...]
[Perry] Pringles Books
We all have these moments. …Well, for the sake of this post, I’m going to assume that we all have these moments and just continue on. So you’ve read this absolutely amazing book or you’ve just finished an epic, 7 book, trumpets and heroic sacrifices fantasy epic masterpieceopus, right? So you’ve finally reached the end [...]
Meditation For The Rest Of Us
“Meditation” conjures up images of monks in a secluded mountain monastery, cross-legged and intoning a haunting note. Me? I meditate at my desk sometimes. Meditation isn’t prayer, not in the traditional sense, anyway. According to Wikipedia, Meditation is: Meditation is a practice in which an individual trains the mind or induces a mode of consciousness, [...]
Holly Lisle’s Short Story Anthology
*trumpets, red carpet, dancing* Holly Lisle held a contest to determine the short stories which would be published in her first anthology. Entries were open to all students of her larger courses. From a field of 60+ entries, my story THE DEFINITION OF A SUPERHERO was accepted! The title of the Anthology is “The Adventure [...]
[Perry] Thomas Was Alone
Have you heard of a game called Thomas Was Alone? Cause I hadn’t really heard of this game. It’s a small indie game, a minimalistic platformer and it completely flew under my radar. But last night (I’m writing this on Monday), I decided that I deserved a little present for finishing the first draft of [...]
Entertaining, Believable Romance
A “Dear Tami” request from a reader. Do you have any opinions on developing romance between characters? I get really frustrated when characters just magically and instantly fall in love with each other. I don’t want to do that in my writing, so I was wondering if you might have any pointers there… As it [...]