Month: May 2016
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Flash Fiction Prompt – And Then She/He Rose Up (500 words max)
Phoenix (492 words) – written 5/20/2016 She flexed the artificial hand, squinted at it with fake eyes in a fake skull. Her thoughts raced within a fake brain. Her whole body, every last bit of it, was new – manufactured. She flexed the limb again, could feel it as if…
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Flash Fiction Prompt – Gloss (250 words max)
The Traitor (250 words) – written 5/17/2016 The traitor stood before the king, iron shackles binding his arms and legs. Guards stood at his shoulders, blades already drawn, tips wavering near the floor, ready for the slightest twitch from the prisoner. The King looked down on the man, but felt…
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Flash Fiction Prompt – Star Light (100 words max)
The Dark (100 words) – written 5/10/2016 I remember when we lived on the ship – when there was no sun to warm us during the day and no light to miss at night. That was a strange time. My parents tried their best to fill the moments without light,…
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Infinity’s Heir Complete!
After spending a massive amount of time writing in April, Infinity’s Heir is finished! The first draft of the manuscript is 93,601 words and composed of 32 chapters (and an Epilogue). Finishing Infinity’s Heir was extremely satisfying. Since writing the outline for the story, I wanted to see the work finished.…
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Battleborn and Overwatch: Two Sides of the Same Coin
2016 promises to be another blockbuster year for video games. Already, Salt and Sanctuary and Hyper Light Drifter (played it, LOVED it) have made huge splashes in the indie market, while the Ratchet and Clank remake has impressed in the mainstream. Later down the road, many triple-A titles are set to…
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Gains!
Infinity’s Heir is almost done! For some reason, the drive to write stuck in April and over the course of the month, I managed to write a grand total of 52,654 words! This means that the current total word count of the MS is 83,646. That’s an exciting number! Now…
