The Importance of Getting Excited a.k.a. I Loved FFX-2 and I’m Not Ashamed To Say It

This ties into my last blog post, about finding pleasure in your craft for the sake of it. But I mean, there’s pleasure, and then there’s just plain old excitement, you know? Joy. Like, you can’t wait to write your stuff, and then you can’t wait to read it, and you absolutely don’t care what anyone …

Writing Milestones: When I Stopped Giving a Fuck and Started Enjoying My Craft

In retrospect, being old(er) is kind of fun. You get to discuss boring shit like politics and actually understand them. You don’t feel obliged to stay out until 3 am getting shitfaced with strangers (okay, so I did this just the one time…). I am not ashamed to say that 10 pm is a legitimate …

The World of the Agartes Epilogues: Worldbuilding

Not a very well-kept secret, but The Agartes Epilogues was supposed to be a JRPG that I co-wrote with my husband (then boyfriend) way back when I was just 16 years old. Some of my readers have since commented on the JRPG feel of the series–big tentacled monsters, angst, fantastic hairstyles (actually, not really–I’ve toned it …

Why I Try Not To Create Likable Characters

Like with most writers, I started out writing from the point of view of semi-Mary Sues–characters who were essentially somewhat blank, passive, and no more than tools that the reader can use to project themselves into the world. I think I’ve always known not to create outright Mary Sues, so I ended up with a …