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…
Tag: Fiction
Fiction Tuesday – The Way Out
Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes It took close to four hours to reach the outskirts of the Satire Shield after the remainder of the convoy linked up with the First Guards. The Guards were holding a defensive position which had a link to the city, but…
Unpacking Caught In The Middle
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…
Fiction Tuesday – Caught In The Middle
Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes Convoy vehicles were falling into formation ahead of the group’s transport as their turrets came alive. Bug pressed down the accelerator in order to join the formation as Fineflin brought their own guns to life. “What are you doing!” Oscar shrieked….
Unpacking Rolling Out
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,…
Fiction Tuesday – Rolling Out
Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes It took the better part of an hour to convince Fineflin he’d found matching camouflage patterns for his fatigues. The group was then herded to a waiting line of military vehicles, where they were greeted by a frowning gnome. The gnome…
