The Notebook

How Far Is Too Far
2023-05-16 22:30 Among the more conscientious writing community, there is a general rule not to preach at your audience.  Even if your character is literally a preacher, no one wants to read a word-for-word transcript...
Some Late Night Musings
2023-01-14 20:10 I'm having a late night thought. Journey to Aktiya Waya has always been the story from Wolf Pack, Kiyuga and Anagalisgi trying to help their people during the French and Indian War.  It translat...
Why I Will Be Leaving Gab
2023-01-05 22:23 I suppose I’m like a lot of people who use social media on a somewhat regular basis, going through the usual ups and downs, at once hopeful that I’ve found a like-minded community, then despairing ove...
A New Beginning
2022-10-26 13:55 This summer was a little overwhelming.  For anyone not following the saga, my father-in-law died.  If you've ever had to deal with such a thing, you know that there is a lot of work that goes into...
An Update and Such
2022-10-12 12:10 Okay, I guess it’s time for a massive update. Then I can use Thanksgiving and Christmas as excuses to not do this again for the rest of the year. Muahahaha.   First and foremost, Chasing the White B...
Fictionalizing Non-Fiction: The Harbinger
2022-08-14 12:03 As far as my fictional reading has been going, I've been on a spate of "fictionalized nonfiction."  Put simply, this is taking a serious, complex topic and writing it into a narrative, to show how...
Contemplations: Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted
2022-07-09 16:14 Introduction   The original Assassin’s Creed game was first released when I was in middle school. I did not know at the time that the original faction was in fact based on a real organization which ...
Playing Catchup
2022-06-14 13:00 Summer in Michigan is beautiful.  It looks beautiful, anyway.  Mostly it's just hot and sticky, and yet I feel immense pride when people from the Gulf Coast complain about the humidity.   Summer...