This is post 2 of 19 in the series “The Darkshire Woods Story” A fantasy story using the RPG story-telling game “Fiasco.” Darkshire Woods: The Heir – The Set Up The Characters of “The Heir,” a Darkshire Woods story The Heir Part I – “The Adoption” The Heir Part II…
Not just Wordcount Wednesday, but Ash Wednesday as well. I hope you all got your ashes in church tonight. … That sounded better in my head just now. I honestly didn’t expect to make a lot of headway this week. The beginning of Lent is a very busy time for…
I got some new fan art from someone who really enjoyed Failstate. Rochelle contacted me a few weeks ago with a lot of questions about the writing process. She also told me that she was making a Failstate t-shirt. I asked her to send me a picture of her wearing…
Last week, we saw how Jonah wound up running in the opposite direction when God called him to go preach to the city of Nineveh. It’s kind of understandable that he did; the Assyrians weren’t exactly the most loveable of people. Given Jonah’s understanding of God and His grace, he…
It’s been a long time since I recommended a book, hasn’t it? It’s not that I haven’t been reading. I actually have. Quite a bit, as it turns out. I just haven’t taken the time to stop over here and write reviews or recommendations. So to make up for my…
This is post 1 of 19 in the series “The Darkshire Woods Story” A fantasy story using the RPG story-telling game “Fiasco.” Darkshire Woods: The Heir – The Set Up The Characters of “The Heir,” a Darkshire Woods story The Heir Part I – “The Adoption” The Heir Part II…
It’s been a while since I’ve done this. I could go through all the excuses or reasons why I haven’t done this. Part of it has been because I hit something of a dry spell in terms of writing. Part of it is because, well, video games. But in…
Like I said last week, Jonah the prophet is sort of unusual in terms of his ministry. He’s very much an anti-prophet and he doesn’t behave as he we think a prophet should. Maybe that’s understandable because of his unusual call. Most prophets were called to deliver a message only…
One of the stories that we tell our kids in Sunday School is that of Jonah and the whale. It seems tailor-made for children: a dramatic storm, a friendly whale, even a worm and plant. It’s a great story. But if all we see this as is a story for…
This is post 13 of 13 in the series “Starfleet Academy TV Series” A series about my ideas for a hypothetical Starfleet Academy TV series Rebooting a Classic: Star Trek Starfleet Academy: The Premise Starfleet Academy: Setting the Stage Casting Starfleet Academy: The Legacy Casting Starfleet Academy: The Outcast Casting…