Tag: Inspiration
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Inspiration: Lord of the Rings
At my core, I am a nerd, and that is something I have slowly embraced as mainstream culture has also slowly embraced us. There are now so many nerds running around, from Star Trek and Star Wars to Harry Potter and Supernatural, not to mention all the anime fandoms, that we have become a part…
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Inspiration: Dixit, the Game
You know how they say a picture is worth a 1000 words? As an amatuer high school writer, I argued regularly with people about which was better: an enchanting image or a thousand beautiful words. As an adult, I have since decided that both are equally bewitching in the right circumstances. For me, an image…
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Time of Gratitude
Every year, I feel like I appreciate the holiday season more and not simply because I work in education and have two weeks off of work. Though that certainly helps. The days from Halloween to New Year’s feel unifying despite (or maybe because of) the endless monotony of capitalistic hallmark music and memorabilia. I enjoy…
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Inspiration: The Name of the Wind
I had put off reading The Kingkiller Chronicles for years: partly because everyone raved about it, partly because there was a million and a half forums discussing it already, and partly because I don’t like reading unfinished series. I had multiple friends recommend it at completely different times, and I always made an excuse to…
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Inspiration: Gideon the Ninth
A recent read that inspired my sci-fi writing was Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, a book about lesbian necromancers in space. As I read the book, questions kept occuring to me, like ‘why are they using swords in space?’ While most of the questions were eventually answered, this particular one was left with a…
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Inspiration: Martha Wells
Martha Wells recently became one of my favorite authors. She has been publishing books for the past 30 years, mostly covering fantasy and sci-fi, but I didn’t hear about her until the more recent success of Murderbot Diaries. The Murderbot Diaries started as a series of novellas that follow a self-aware SecUnit (android) on a…
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Inspiration: Tobias Wolff
Short stories are a love of mine, both to read and to write. My all time favorite short story author is Tobias Wolff. I’ve read over a dozen of his pieces and continue to use his work as an inspiration and model for my own. “Our Story Begins” is an excellent collection with some of…
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History of the Express
Now that Flahes of the Hypersonic Express, Volume 1 is complete, I thought I would share some of my creative process. I started writing these flash fiction stories about nine years ago when I was in college and taking Oregon’s public transit every day. The people and sights inspired me, and I was looking for…
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