Category: Creative Crossroads
Regarding Song of the Mysteries by Janny Wurts: a masterwork of this level requires attention, active participation,…
FINALLY!
Art by Lauren Brown
Day 3: You may have noticed in my last post that I had an extremely eventful day…
PART 2 I lied. Not because I meant to. I was just mistaken about the timeline. There…
Journey to Another World
I was listening to NPR the other day and they had a show on that was discussing…
So now that we have all this information, what do we do with it? Easy answer. Whatever…
Take a look at the above chart. The blue arrows symbolize the word interrelates. As human beings,…
This week’s purpose is to break down Theme and Form into its most basic definitions: Theme is:…
What are we looking for in a story? What makes a story good or bad for us?…
Let’s start, if you dare, by taking a deeper dive into story analysis. Yeah, I know. Who…
Last week I brought up the topic of Player Characters and the choices (or lack of) they…
Part of the appeal of playing Dungeons and Dragons, especially during my younger creative years, was building…
A big thank you!
A Critical Journey
Secret Agent X
Short Film-A Last Resort
Writing reviews can be tricky. There is something to the adage of know your audience when you…
Back in the mid 1990’s, a new game arrived with a big splash called Magic the Gathering….
It’s all about the art.
So, I’m back in New York City this weekend for the first time since 2009. This time…
NEW YORK!
So… it turns out that writing is hard to do. At least for me it is. I…
Over the course of ten years of schooling I would manage to write a short story or…
Next I tried my hand at directing. We at Mindbeside Studios had two films under our belt….
To Collect or not to Collect?
The Killing Hand
Inspiring Professors are so important!
I was a late bloomer. That’s a pretty broad statement, but I’m specifically referring to reading. Sure,…
My first immersive experience into a creative endeavor was with the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game….
Where do I go from here? By this time in my life I’ve had my toe dipped…










