It was strange watching her own life play out before her, but Ta experimented with her duplicate universe, playing out possibility after possibility. Don’t change anything before Da is born. The smallest tweak can prevent a pregnancy or change the children completely. You can’t save them if they don’t exist at all. Obviously, you can’t…… Continue reading The Sympathetic Universe Part 6
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The Sympathetic Universe Part 5
Breaking the rules would be the easy part. Ta understood as well as everyone else that rules were only inviolable to the extent that no one was particularly motivated to violate them. The trick was keeping the break there. If the master of the universe noticed, it would certainly be reversed, and no doubt harder…… Continue reading The Sympathetic Universe Part 5
The Sympathetic Universe: Part 1
In the beginning, there was one. It was the ruler of all and it was all. There was nothing outside its domain of control because there was nothing outside of it. I would say how it spent its time, but there was no time. There was no space. There was only it. I could not…… Continue reading The Sympathetic Universe: Part 1
Prompt Writing – Pill to grant the powers of a god
Since I received such a positive response to my last prompt entry, I thought I would make a series of entries based on my old prompt responses. Enjoy! Prompt Give a story about a character who discovers that there is a pill to grant the powers of a god. Response “Hypothetically we therefore could postulate…… Continue reading Prompt Writing – Pill to grant the powers of a god
Worst prompt night
Once upon a time I organized a writing night based around bad prompts. Each participant was expected to bring the worst prompt he or she could think of on an index card, then we would trade index cards and write to the prompts. Today I’ll share my prompt, the prompts I wrote to, and what…… Continue reading Worst prompt night
Before I Became a Bestseller
I heard that J.K. Rowling wrote her first copy of “The Sorcerer’s Stone” on a typewriter. I heard that Chuck Palahniuk wrote “Fight Club” between screwing bolts in an assembly line. Harper Lee had a rich friend just buy her a year off from work so she could write “To Kill a Mockingbird.” It turns…… Continue reading Before I Became a Bestseller
Freewrite: Human Garbage Can Vs. The Cookie Fairy
Here is a prompt I found on a writing website: One day you come into work and find a cookie mysteriously placed on your desk. Grateful to whoever left this anonymous cookie, you eat it. The next morning you come in and find another cookie. This continues for months until one day a different object…… Continue reading Freewrite: Human Garbage Can Vs. The Cookie Fairy
The Barbarian of Pelor
[This is a character backstory for a medieval fantasy roleplaying game I’m playing] My adoptive family said that Pelor placed me on the steps of their community center as a test of their faith and compassion. Certainly it was hard to propose another explanation for how an infant such as myself had made it all…… Continue reading The Barbarian of Pelor
Sam’s guide to money
This is a guide for managing money. If you don’t have money, don’t despair! Put this guide down and find a way to get some money. If you do have money, you’re in the right place! This simple guide will help you to get the most out of your legitimately earned cash. In the distant…… Continue reading Sam’s guide to money
Sam’s guide to writing: Practice
The key to writing is to practice on a regular basis. A human being can become an expert in almost anything with 10,000 hours of practice. This is not a guide to math, but that’s approximately one hour a day for 10,000 days. If you need something to write about, consider keeping a blog of…… Continue reading Sam’s guide to writing: Practice
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