Tricksters are not always the perfect manipulative gods of chaos of modern pop culture. Some of the characters that ‘fit’ within that archetype can be, yes, clever and twisty and manipulative, yet they can also be idiots, they can be fooled, and they can fall due to their impulsive and chaotic nature as much as … Continue reading Concerning ‘Mores Furum’ (or, Messing Around with the Logic of D&D)
In a few previous blog posts concerning my upcoming Fringe show, Myth Mirrors Punk, I have mentioned the concept of ‘mirroring’ between life and myth. There are parallels to be found between reality and fiction, and this storytelling show will play on that concept. How does a character go from daydreaming maiden to mysterious trickster? … Continue reading Worlds, Stories, and Mirrors (Inside of Everyone)
A few notes about my latest story, Corvinus Sicarius… For those of you who might have read it when I first posted it, back in March, it has since been modified and expanded (part 2 was posted last week). I wrote that last bit of conversation, in which Nicholas makes his decision, as the beginning … Continue reading Concerning ‘Corvinus Sicarius’…
So I started playing Dungeons & Dragons recently. Well, when I say recently, I mean September, but we have only had two meetings so far (and only one of those involved actually playing D&D — the first meeting was for creating our characters). In any case, in was enough to kick my imagination into overdrive: … Continue reading Concerning ‘Ferentes Draconem’, or, My initiation to Dungeons & Dragons
Between Jobs, which I initially wrote about a year and a half ago, started off as a rather simple concept: a day where nothing important happens. I wanted to write a version of the Viper or N. Cassian (previously seen in his natural state as 'the young man' in Lady Folly, parts 2 through 3, … Continue reading Concerning ‘Between Jobs’ (or why I can’t do anything simple)
Tales from the Unfinished Library 