Tag Archive | conflict
Wizards’ World War (S.2): Dispatch 9- Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Tweet of the Day: A Girl Who Reads… ——- Season 1 – Dispatch 1 (s.2) – Dispatch 8 – Dispatch 10 ——- Entre la espada y la pared. ——- I dodged left then right. The gargantuan troll, a construct of Earth and hate, pounded the ground with rocky fists. Excalibur scored hits but the thing […]
Ambrosius the Warlord 4: One Out of Ten
Tweet of the Day: White Privilege and Fiction ——– Severus the Rogue – 1 – 3 - 5 ——– The morning fog rang with the clash of steel. Men danced like shadows from a candle’s star in the thick fog bank. An axe flew through the air. It shattered my shield on contact. The thrower […]
Wizards’ World War (S.2): Dispatch 3- Rich Man’s Burden
Tweet of the Day: How I Learned to Write ——– Season 1 – Dispatch1 – Dispatch. 2 – Dispatch.4 ——– The Cabinet Room, 10th Downing Street, City of London, 21 December, 09:44 hrs GMT The distant rumble of snowplows penetrated the well appointed room. Large portraits of ministers past looked on as the Prime Minister […]
Wizards’ World War Season 2- Dispatch 1: From the Frontlines
Tweet of the Day: Hook the Reader With a Sneak Peek ——- New year, new season of Wizards’ World War, my Urban Fantasy serial. Last season a group of American magi managed to stop the ever growing conflict between their kind and elements of the U.S. government. But while one fire simmers another roars across […]
Wizards’ World War: Dispatch 16- First Day of School
Tweet of the Day: Creativity Tip- Mind Mapping ——– Intro – 15 – 17 ——– Expreso Loiza, Carolina, Puerto Rico, August 6, 7:15 a.m. Little Madeline bobbed her head to the music coming from her earphones. Mom had put her favorite DVD on the minivan’s DVD player. Little hands on her new school uniform navy […]
Wizards’ World War: Dispatch 14 – Dinner At the Wilsons
Tweet of Day: Why Nice Characters Equal No Conflict ——- Intro - 13 – 15 ——- The Wilson Home, Stafford VA, August 3rd 6:33 p.m. Mr. Wilson sat on one side of the rectangular dinner table, waiting for his children to wash up and come to dinner. The sat down almost in unison across the […]
Wizards’ World War: Dispatch 14- Escape
Tweet of the Day: The Perils of a Passive Protagonist ——- Intro 13 -15 ——- Marquette Mountain, Marquette, MI, July 27th, 10:49 a.m. “You sure we are on the right track,” I said to Ricardo, who lead the procession up the hiking trail. “Yeah, this is the way. This is no time to doubt my […]
Wizards’ World War: Dispatch 12 – Escalation
Tweet of the Day: Shades of Errol Flynn- Chapter Five ——- Intro 11 – 13 ——- Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, VA, July 27th 8:00 a.m. Martha Jean Washington worked with latex gloves and a smile. It was the only way she could spend eight hours groping an endless parade of travelers, at least those […]
TV Tropes Monday: Your Terrorist Are Our Freedom Fighters
Tweet of the Day: Nebula Nominated Novellas ——- Everybody loves the underdog. No better antagonist to test your heroic MC than an evil government that oppresses the masses and has overwhelming sources at its disposal. But war is a dirty business with all the collateral damage, fight for survival and trust issues. And then you […]
Wizard’s World War: Dispatch 2- Hurry Up and Wait
Tweet of the Day: How to Tell if Background is Boring ——– Intro – Dispatch 1 – Dispatch 3 – Dispatch 4 – Dispatch 5 – Dispatch 6 -Dispatch 7 – Dispatch 8 ——– Detroit, MI, July 2nd, 8:54 a.m. Army officers along side state troopers are meeting with Dearborn community leaders over the proposed […]
