Wednesday, March 31, 2010

The State of the Chronicles: March 2010

This month:

--we cast out our writers block and am experimenting with posting frequency--weekly or bi-weekly
--began "quickies" in Shokiyu--viginettes that are 55 words or less
--we are beginning anew on The Video Game after all the files were lost.

Thank you to all who read and support the blog

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Gemsinger Quickie #1--Morning pep talk

Inspired by a book of writing tips, here's the first of hopefully many "quickies"--scenes from Shokiyu in 55 words or less.

"Good morning, Miresa."

"Morning, Arune."

"You feeling better today?"

"Yes--it felt very good to have a good cry about the accident last night."

"What's done is done, and a new day is here--let's try and have it accident free."

"I'll try my best!"

"You say that every day and an accident happens..."

"I will do my best!"

"Better."

Monday, March 15, 2010

The problem with prompts

I want to do some writing in my world based on a prompt, but every list of prompts I've tried either feature items or situations that do not happen in my story...any ideas on where to find some good fantasy prompts?

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Fantasy 101: If I were the teacher...

Inspired by this, here is what I would include if I were teaching a class on Fantasy Lit 101 in addition to what the author suggests:

--The Dragonriders of Pern
--The Song of the Lioness quartet
--If we wanted to focus on the fantastic side of sci-fi, we would discuss the original Star Wars trilogy in terms of the epic quest.
--Comparing Twilight to a better done urban fantasy featuring vampires as a sort of "what not to do"

The possibilities are endless here...

Adventurers