Archive for October, 2011

  • Do You Believe In Ghosts?

    Do You Believe In Ghosts?

    October 31st, 2011 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 45 Comments

    So, what I’m asking you is: Do you believe in ghosts? Do you think it’s all bullshit? Better yet: ever had any experiences with ghosts? Or anything at all you can’t explain? It’s Halloween. It’s the time of stories like these. So, let’s hear ‘em.

    Tell us your spooky — and true as you see them — stories.

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  • Worldbuilding Challenge: The Gods Of Blackbloom

    Worldbuilding Challenge: The Gods Of Blackbloom

    October 28th, 2011 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 90 Comments

    It’s time, then, to populate this pantheon. Your job: Come up with a god or goddess of the world known as Blackbloom. You have 100 words, and only that. I will choose as many gods as I find fit into the pantheon. Go forth, then, and continue this mad genesis, world-builders.

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  • Blackbloom: The First Ten Things

    Blackbloom: The First Ten Things

    October 27th, 2011 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 29 Comments

    It’s a good time to pick my ten choices from the Blackbloom challenge, choices that help cement the true nature of Blackbloom — this is Blackbloom’s genesis, when order is forged from chaos, reality birthed from raw void. So why not jump the gun by a day and get this thing going?

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  • So, Who’s Actually Doing NaNoWriMo?

    So, Who’s Actually Doing NaNoWriMo?

    October 26th, 2011 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 110 Comments

    Whatever the case, National Novel Writing Month is nearly upon us, a great heaving swarm of hungry writers getting ready to attack their stories with rabid creativity and wanton penmonkey lunacy.
    I’ve got questions for you, then. Care to dip your toes in the water and answer ‘em for me?

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  • 25 Reasons You Won’t Finish That Story

    25 Reasons You Won’t Finish That Story

    October 25th, 2011 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 59 Comments

    Whether you’re participating in NaNoWriMo (which always makes me want to say: NaNoWriMo Williams: The Adventure Begins!) or writing a script or a game or an invented memoir about your fictional time as a glue-huffing base-jumper, you need to be aware of those things that might stop you from getting it done.

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