---kindling magic in history s embers---
Worldbuilding for Masochists is now a SIX-TIME Hugo Award Finalist for Best Fancast! Huge thanks to everyone who nominated us, and congratulations to all our fellow nominees! It’s wonderful to see so many friends’ names on that ballot. And of course, enormous thanks to my co-hosts, Marshall Ryan Maresca and Natania Barron, as well as to Continue reading Sixth Time s the Charm?
I am, obviously, a Disney adult! And I also have a lot of not-great feelings about the company’s behavior as a corporate entity. Two things can be true.
I travel alone a fair bit. I go to conventions alone. I go to theme parks alone. I go to vineyards and cideries alone. I dine alone. I also do all of that with other people, sometimes. But I don’t feel like I have to.
Luthen Rael's speech in Andor S1E10 is a work of art, and the very first time I heard it, I thought, "that is Shakespearean." And then I paused to ask myself why I thought that, and I realized: it's the meter. Most of Luthen's speech falls into very natural iambic pentameter, which is the dominant verse of Shakespeare's plays. That's why it rang so strongly in my ear.
Tis the nominating time of the year! Or the start of nominating season, anyway. Here are the things I ve done in 2024 and the category or categories they re eligible for: Traveling Light: Tales of the Magical Gates is a fantasy anthology set in the world that has been co-created over the past five and a Continue reading 2024 Awards Eligibility
It is with great sorrow but even greater fury that I have submitted my resignation from the NaNoWrimo Authors Board this morning. Why? Because they’ve come out with an absolutely insupportable position on “Generative AI.” (And I’m using that term throughout this post because it’s the commonly accepted descriptor, but we all know it’s not Continue reading No More NaNoWriMo
You don't have to Start Writing. You don’t have to think of this as a “first draft” or even a “zero draft.” You don’t have to put that kind of pressure on it at first. You can just tell yourself a story.
With National Novel Writing Month starting in a little over a week, it seems an opportune time to share some worldbuilding-specific NaNoPrep advice! NaNoWriMo is celebrating its 25th year this November, which is terribly exciting. Those of y’all who’ve been with me for a while know that I love Nano. I’ve been participating since 2001, Continue reading Worldbuilding for NaNoWriMo: Preptober Edition
I need to explore — and to remind myself why I like writing. Figuring out how it all works, what serves the story, that can all come later. I can’t do that before I know what the story is.
Thoughts about the work of writing and the sinister appeal of AI