Archive for September, 2011
It’s that time of the week. Friday rolls around, you know what that brings with it, don’t you? A Friday flash fiction extravabonanza. This week’s topic is: choose three of the following five words (enzyme, ivy, bishop, blister, lollipop) and give us a 100-word flash fiction story.
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Let’s be upfront, here. Elizabeth Bear’s bibliography is such a long read you don’t know if it will ever end — it goes on for days, like an eternally unfurling scroll. But there is, of course, a reason for that — she’s hella-talented and even better, multi-faceted when it comes to genre.
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I always advocate learning how to plot and plan because inevitably someone on the business side of things is going to poke you with a pointy stick and say, “I want this.” Thus you will demonstrate your talent. Even so, in choosing to plot on your own, you aren’t limited to a single path.
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Time to speak out with my geek out. Writer-types, here’s your homework: go forth and play a roleplaying game. Playing a pen-and-paper table-top RPG is not going to make you a better writer. It goes deeper than that. It’s going to make you a better storyteller.
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So by now, you may have heard the news: I am writing a SPIRIT OF THE CENTURY novel for Evil Hat games. The first begins with — DINOCALYPSE NOW! All I’m saying is: Psychic dinosaurs. 1935. Get your head around that. And once you have your head around it, I’ve some questions to ask you…
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