This is the first time I’ve written a short story based on an image prompt. According to the rules, the story must be self-hosted online. Which is why you’re seeing it here. The way it works is writers submit a tale and readers get to vote on which entry is their favorite. …Wish me luck!Continue reading “One Last Dream”
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Auld Lang Syne: Taking Stock in the New Year
I’m writing from a strange position: I’m here in a new state in a new house sitting at a new desk from a new chair, about to start my new job. T-minus 3 days until I no longer work for the company that’s kept me and my family afloat financially for almost 15 years. It’sContinue reading “Auld Lang Syne: Taking Stock in the New Year”
Merry Christmas!
The last few months have been quite the journey: I moved my family to a whole new state, a state more free, more happy, more peaceful. The views here are breathtaking. I’m used to flat, boring, repetitive land. I’ve lived in the same state my entire life, so there’s culture shock. But it’s an adventure.Continue reading “Merry Christmas!”
Often Misunderstood Writing Advice: “Ideas are a Dime a Dozen”
You’ll hear fellow authors assure you there’s no need to safeguard your best ideas. They’ll say things like, “Ideas are cheap. Execution is key.” And to a certain extent, that’s true. But some of the biggest sellers out there were not written with perfect execution. Far from it. They were born of a great (orContinue reading “Often Misunderstood Writing Advice: “Ideas are a Dime a Dozen””
The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (FINAL)
Series starts here. After ascending the final elevator, you get your clear screen and a congratulatory message. And then you get an ending that is based on your completion time (but the game doesn’t tell you that). Since I’d been playing for months, it’s pretty obvious I got the 10+ hour ending: This is the endingContinue reading “The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (FINAL)”
The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 7)
Series starts here. I called for my brother. It was time to hunt down Mother Brain. But my goodness, when I entered the final area, my palms were sweating buckets and my hands were shaking so bad, I couldn’t do it. The music was heart-rending. It made me feel like I was bubbling to death inContinue reading “The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 7)”
Bleak Friday
Well, America, here we are again. The average U.S. citizen’s discretionary spending capacity is down about 33% thanks to inflation, the struggling value of the dollar on the world market, high loan interest rates, and the re-dispensation of rent bills and student loan debt. So understandably, personal savings are down. People are having to drainContinue reading “Bleak Friday”
The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 6)
Series starts here. The very next day, I somehow managed to pull my wits together and defeat Ridley. With the space dragon destroyed, I rushed to the mysterious statue corridor to see if the path had opened, the path I was certain must lead to “Mother Brain”. And what do I see? Only one of theContinue reading “The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 6)”
The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 5)
Series starts here. By this point, I’d been playing Metroid off-and-on for the better part of a year. In the meanwhile, I got to experience many other games at friends houses such as Trojan, Gradius, Pro Wrestling, Tiger-Heli, The Legend of Zelda, and Castlevania. Nintendo subculture was taking on a life of its own, already poisedContinue reading “The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 5)”
The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 4)
Series starts here. I pressed on. Kraid was somewhere in this area, and my mission was to hunt him down. Unfortunately, I fell for the “Fake Kraid” scam. Also known as Mini-Kraid, this guy fooled many a player into leaving Miniboss Hideout #1 too soon. He is a brown a blue variant of the real boss,Continue reading “The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 4)”
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