Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes “Oh dear. I wonder who that could be?” Nobody skipped merrily over to the stairs, and then proceeded to bound up them. Everyone else took a moment to stare dumbly at the others, then shrugged and followed The Professor up the…
Category: Fantasy
Fantasy
Unpacking The End of All Things
This scene marks the end of my pre-existing material for In The Land of the Penny Gnomes. From here on out, we’re sailing into barely charted waters. Some big things are revealed in this passage, let’s unpack. The Down Side Every government contract has a down side. In Nobody’s case, that down side was the…
Fiction Tuesday – The End Of All Things
Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes Will didn’t like the sound of Nobody’s pronouncement. Neither had Sindy, who wheeled angrily toward her father. “And what do you mean by that?” “Hmmm? Oh, well, yes. There is a down-side to every government contract.” “Dad, what did you do?”…
Unpacking Fading Memory
“Fading Memory” offers so much in terms of world building and character development. Let’s unpack. Dangerous Lawyers The Copyright Hoard is, indeed, dangerous. Boarsblemish barely survived the initial seige, and their defenses were the only obstacle in the way of the Hoard completely overwhelming The Realm. Had it fallen, only the territories inhabited by the…
Fiction Tuesday – Fading Memory
Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes Will stared at Sindy. Up until this point she hadn’t been interested in what Bug and Nobody were up to. In fact, she’d been outwardly hostile to their efforts. But something seemed to have softened her opinion. She didn’t pause after…
Writing Update
As yesterday’s post explained why I write, I thought today I’d take some time to share some updates on what I write. Welcome To The Valleys Since I complete the first/web-draft of Welcome to the Valleys life has exploded. I simply have not had time to sit down with the story and clean it up…
