Category: Entertainment
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FC Shultz Interview
Lancelot Schaubert — When’s the first time you played pretend, FC Shultz? FC Shultz — I don’t remember the first time, but I remember the first time I almost stopped playing pretend. This was the mid-90s and I had an awesome metallic blue power ranger where the head flipped to helmet/no helmet. A few bricks in…
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Anthony Cirilla Interview
A Dialog Between Editor Lancelot Schaubert and Three-Time Contributor to OF GODS AND GLOBES, Dr. Anthony Cirilla : * * * Ed. Lancelot Schaubert: So this Of Gods and Globes series isn’t astrology, or isn’t supposed to be, so what the heck are we doing here — enough for a third volume? Dr. Anthony Cirilla: As…
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T.J. Glenn Interview — Teel James Glenn
Lancelot Schaubert — Thanks for joining us, T.J. Glenn. When was the first time you imagined yourself in a fantasy or pretended you were someone else? T.J. Glenn — Oh, easily when I was 8 or 9 years old, creating stories with my GI Joe action figures etc. LS — Who was your favorite? T.J.…
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Bad Fantasy and the Result
We’ve started the launch of OF GODS AND GLOBES III and today’s first story features a billionaire. Tell me in the comments if you ever had a bad result from a bad fantasy. Chris Edward’s Death in Venus …is the second in the anthology. It’s about a bad fantasy gone wrong. Here’s how it starts:…
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IFC Marquee or Post Apocalyptic Prophecy? — Unique New York Signs
Post apocalyptic prophecy seen in the IFC Marquee
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Transitions Between Scenes in a Novel
One of the big things I’ve had to work hard at fixing, both in nonfiction and fiction, is transitions. Treehouses, you see— Wait. Let me explain. Transitions between scenes: the problem. Most transitions when I’m thinking or writing happen internally for me. They happen very quickly and I tend to get frustrated because they take…
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The Things We Carry
The Things We Carry is a novelette set in the Vale Megacosm. The full version is available here for subscribers or the ebook can be purchased here for folks that don’t want a subscription quite yet. A brief sample is available below for all. For mom. And Ashley “There are only two stories: a strange…
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Socratic Dialog Verses Narrative Dialog
There’s a distinction between Socratic dialog and narrative dialog in recorded debates and stories respectively. I hope to show that when both are perfected, the distinction is erased. Often, my narrative dialog will fall flat when it rises to a Socratic register. And often my Socratic dialogs will feel hollow when they simply serve a…
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Paul Pelkonen is Star Wars Canon
Remember Paul Pelkonen? The opera critic who was one of my best friends in the neighborhood? The one who had the massive heart attack at 43 and died while I was in Joplin at Creative Arts Academy? He had a huge funeral here in the community? Paul Pelkonen was well respected in the community for years,…
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How to Write a Novel Title + How to Title a Story of Any Kind
Let me teach you how to write a novel title or how to title a story of any kind. If writing a novel is like having a baby, then titling it is like naming your kid. And parents fret over the names of their children. Big time. Have you seen the sheer number and size…
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Homeless Assistance — How to solve the housing crisis
I seldom write about our nonprofit work on here for various reasons, but I want to talk about homeless assistance and how to solve the homeless crisis with faithful love. For eight years or so, we’ve hosted monthly salons at our house as a maker’s day. We’ve done it every Third Saturday. If you’re in…
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Tips for Writing Novels — Use RegEx
I don’t often offer tips for writing novels on here mainly because I’ve only written eight or so and only published a few, but I want to talk about RegEx. As you guys know, I use Scrivener. I use it predominately because I’m a disordered mess of a man who is kept on the rails…