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Space for Rent: The History of Story Endings in Video Games
Tweet of the Day: Does Your Story Need Subplots? ——– And what it can teach us about our writing. History time children! Back in the olden days of video games, where quarters and cartridges ruled, all you had to do was sit in front of the screen, drop a coin (or plug in a cartridge) [...]
Weekend Roundup: November 12-19
Tweet of the Day: Friday Art & History Feature- The Cult of Isis ——– Getting back to speed on the blogging front. Sorry about dropping the ball on Necessary Heroes, I’ll get back on that as soon as possible, I promise. In the mean time enjoy nearly a week worth of blog posts: Mon: TV [...]
NaNo 2011: Ruins of Empire-Timeline
Tweet of the Day: The Iceman Plot —— You may have noticed the dearth of post around here not to mention that this is not the regularly scheduled update to Necessary Heroes. You know the answer already: NaNo Instead I give you some background/world building info on the current project to wet your appetites. I [...]
Short Story Fridays: Severus the Rogue-Desperate Times
Tweet of the Day: Tease Your Readers With Joking Clues ——- 10 – 12 ——- “Not like I have a choice,” I sighed. The surviving fighters, veterans of countless weeks of blood soaked arena combat, sat around the fire pit. I poked the embers with a stick and they sizzled in protests. The days were [...]
Short Story Friday: The Gate-Aftermath
Tweet of the Day: Edge: Michael Crichton’s Congo ——- P.1 – P.12b ——- -Data Corruption at 81% ——- “Fight,” I said. With those words I rose upwards through the glass floor. Higher until I was level with Joseph. I punched him in the ear. He staggered back, fired streams of lighting, but my armor absorbed [...]
Short Story Friday: The Gate p.12b-The King Under the Mountain
Tweet of the Day: List of Dark Fantasy Novels ——– P.1 – P.2 – P.3 – P.4 -P.5 – P.6a – P.6b – P.7 – P.8 – P.9 – P.10 – P.11 – P.12a – Aftermath ——– -Data Corruption at 41% ——- Dargo-Lhud landed atop a small mesa. Below us stretched the armies of the [...]
TV Tropes Monday: Hatedom
Tweet of the Day: How Not To Use Speaker Tags ——- Any successful piece of work will be successful because it attracts and keeps a loyal following of fans who consume the product and everything associated with it. Enter the Hatedon: A Fandom that is dedicated to hating a work or author, instead of celebrating [...]
Weekend Roundup: March 20-26
Tweet of the Day: Why Pen Names Suck & Can Make Us Crazy ——– I managed, by some miracle and/or freak of nature to post every single day of the week! Hooray! I think I have the formula down. First, plan ahead. Best way to avoid staring at the screen at 10 p.m. while [...]