Tag: WritersLife

• October 26, 2025

  Grandfather’s Radio

  A flash fiction horror story for the season. My grandfather on my mother’s side died about a year ago. They were close, and she was pretty broken up. It wasn’t a mysterious illness or anything. He hadn’t been taking care of himself for a long time, and eventually his body just gave up. When he…
• October 19, 2025

  November Without Nano

  National Novel Writing Month The NanoWrimo website and community shut down earlier this year after more than 20 years of supporting writers. They closed for a plethora of reasons, including both monetary and other more personal concerns. But its closer has left quite a whole in the writing community. I have been using NanoWrimo since…
• October 12, 2025

  The Legend of Maedra’s Son, Ch2

  Introduction The following tale — which continues from last week — is the first questline for one of my solo Ironsworn campaigns. It follows the Heart-based Ember Maedra’s son, told in the form of a series of journal entries. In last week’s Chapter, Ember traveled long distances to track down his mother’s murderers and rescued…
• October 5, 2025

  The Legend of Maedra’s Son, Ch1

  Introduction The following tale — which will continue next week — is the first questline for one of my solo Ironsworn campaigns. It follows the Heart-based Ember Maedra’s son, told in the form of a series of journal entries. I have included the places in the story where I rolled the dice for certain mechanics…
• September 28, 2025

  Ironsworn

  Roleplaying games are one of my favorite ways to combine creativity, drama, action, nerdy fandoms, and socializing. I often play lesser known table-top roleplaying games (ttrpgs) like Ryuutama, which focuses more on the journey and story and less on the combat, which is what games like Dungeons and Dragons are known for. But as much…
• September 14, 2025

  Inspiration: Vikings

  I love Vikings. Lots of people do, but there have been times when Vikings have gotten a pretty bad rap. Growing up, I wanted to know why some people did not like them. Now, I understand it is because they got their reputation in a similar way to pirates: they were considered an outside threat…
• September 7, 2025

  30 Years & My 3 Month Old

  I have rarely (if ever) felt “one-year-older” on my birthday, but this year was different. I swear I felt my body turn 30. The likliest culprit for this feeling is probably because I am now a dad and deeply sleep deprived. But last year was also the most exhausting year as a teacher yet, and…
• August 31, 2025

  When Hope Burned White 2 – Digital Copies

  When Hope Burned White, Volume 2 is now complete. Each of the 10 flash fiction stories are available under Projects. And now, the collection is also available as a single dowload if you would rather read all the stories in one sitting. Thank you all for joining me on this summerlong journey. Now it’s back…
• August 24, 2025

  Post #100

  Two years in and 100 posts published. It is difficult for me to count the number of things that I have consistently done on a weekly basis for more than 2 years, but this blog is one of them. Life is an endless season of change, so this is an accomplishment I am particularly proud…
• August 17, 2025

  10. Birdie

  The girl stumbled in her rubber boots to the edge of the creek. Water trickled by with a friendly gurgle. A breeze ruffled the girl’s red wavy locks and sent a little chill through her limbs. She didn’t let the cold distract her though because the sun was out, and the birds were back. It…