I must say, writing these past two scenes has been quite fun. I’ve never written much action before, and I find the tension it creates a great motivation. For those who slogged through Welcome To The Valleys on this blog, the action in Penny Gnomes is helping me work out how the sequel will play…

I find action to be a difficult style to write. Keeping track different moving pieces, in a way which makes both geographic and narrative sense, is something I find challenging. Let’s unpack my most recent attempt. Bug Takes Charge Bug is often depicted as little more than a bumbling husband, but there’s a lot more…

Things are moving fast now, and The Realm is a lot closer to collapsing than its inhabitants realize. Let’s unpack. We Need Him I’ve been trying to figure out why Sills wanted to bring Fineflin along. He exists as a stand-in for the Elves we were originally going to meet in the Board of Governors,…

Sometimes you just need to write something for the computer geeks in your life. That time came with the writing of “A Grumpy Companion.” Let’s unpack. Oscar Miner Poor Oscar. In many ways he’s an “everygeek.” — a poor computer tech who doesn’t understand why users just can’t understand how intuitive computers really are. Once…

Here is where the fun begins! The pieces have all been moved into place, the crisis has been revealed, and the group is about to head off on their quest. Let’s unpack. General Isme I hope someone has figured this out. The General’s name is a lame pun, “The General is me.” Sorry. I was…

I realized I had to give a bit of a glimpse into the turmoil into which the recent attack threw The Empty Throne. So that’s what this week covered. We’ll meet the General next week. Let’s unpack. Increased security The Realm’s security was rather lax prior to the detonation, even though the nation was at…