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A lesson from movies.

I want to talk about two movies. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Arc, and Hacksaw Ridge. One of these movies is perhaps the platonic ideal of an action movie. The other was so infuriating that it has haunted me to this day. It shouldn’t be that hard to figure out which isContinue reading “A lesson from movies.”

The Quest #8

So its been a couple weeks and that will probably be the schedule for the Quest on forward. I only had one rejection in the time, and I finished a big batch of queries a couple weeks ago. I’ve sat on the queries since then. Since I’m looking at agencies, I’ve got to be carefulContinue reading “The Quest #8”

The Quest #7

Not much this week. No rejections, which is odd. I suppose that means there’s going to be a flood of them in the coming weeks. It also means I got ahead of the pile. Haha. The funny thing about the change of the months is that more agents are open the first few days ofContinue reading “The Quest #7”

Story in Games

So this is the first blog on the topic of Storytelling. But not story telling in books, but rather in games, videogames or boardgames. I’ve realized that the games I love the best have an organic way for storytelling, an openness which allowed me to put myself into the game. I may make a postContinue reading “Story in Games”

The Quest # 6

So, recently I finished going through the pages of Manuscript Wishlist and Query Manager. It’s a good site, designed to help writers find agents. I just don’t know how successful it is at matching them. I sent a query to most agents I saw who represented fantasy books. I looked for people I was excitedContinue reading “The Quest # 6”

On Honesty

On Honesty (with an introductory digression on the nature of the Essay) I will get to the premise of this essay soon, I promise. I wouldn’t lie to you. Not here at least. Not in an essay about honesty. But before I begin that essay, I felt I needed to write this one. I know,Continue reading “On Honesty”