Tabletop Tuesday — Bag of Giving presents: Mutants & Masterminds

Hey all! Something really special today for my Tabletop post, and that's a video live play of Mutants & Masterminds, from Green Ronin Publishing. The session was arranged by Bag of Giving, which is an awesome wee idea put together by Brandon Crilly and Michael R. Underwood that puts together authors and other creative types …

Short Stories 366:279 — “Exactly What You Need,” by Brandon Crilly

One of the best parts about being surrounded by so many wonderful authors through Can*Con every year is finding out how many of those wonderful authors are writers of short fiction (spoiler: I dare say most of them), which lets me track down their stuff and enjoy. In this particular case, all I knew about …

Failing, Losing, Faking It, Self-Rejection, Earning Out, and other “Fun” Things About 2019

Failing I haven't done a proper writing update much at all this year, as I'm sure both my loyal readers have noticed. To put a fine point on it, the reason is this: 2019 fucking sucked as a writing year for me. And early, that started to feel like failure. Probably back in, say, February, …

#ShortStoryMonth Day Five — “Moments,” by Brandon Crilly

He'll Save Every One Of Us Flash Fiction is something I came to late in the writing game, though I did used to write what I called "snippits." Snippits were funny scenes or character moments from our various RPG game sessions I'd play with friends when I was in a teen. Be it Dungeons & …

Coming Down from CAN•CON: The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature

So much fuzzy brain. One of the things about being a writerly type and heading to a convention is how actively unlike the rest of my life the convention is. So many people. So much discussion (and discussion with people who aren't bored talking about writing). It's overwhelming, in a good way, and when it's …