Failure can be a bountiful source of more concrete inspiration, like all the times I see an interesting idea and think I could execute it better or that I would like to see it done differently.
Not All That’s Forgotten is Lost
Strategic employment of the writing tool does not just mean intelligently selecting what is written down, although that might be the most important consideration. It also encompasses the format in which the information is captured, the organization of that information, the medium in which the information is stored, and even the location of the information storage.
Poetry Practice, Exercise 5
Here, we're tasked with two quatrains of 8-syllable iambic tetrameter, two quatrains alternating between iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter, and two quatrains featuring trochaic tetrameter (one quatrain with pure trochee, and one with docked weak endings on lines 2 and 4).
Intergalactic Update 2026
I’ve always tried to be clear that any schedules and dates I offer are goals and guesses, not promises, unless I specify otherwise, but I know how dismaying it can be when an author puts dates out into the world which then blow past with nary a word. If my projections for the next year and future work seem even more ambiguous than usual, that’s probably why.
Science Fantasy Adventure?
For the most part, I prefer to avoid crossovers, both in reading and writing. They usually either become one or the other with a few trappings from the other genre, or they don’t work. That makes it all the stranger that I had an idea for a science fiction/fantasy crossover short story and decided it was worth pursuing.
Poetry Practice, Exercise 4
This fourth exercise calls for 16 unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter. They should use pyrrhic and trochaic substitutions, weak endings, and enjambments.
Metropolitan Strata Release Post and Author’s Note
This story is closer to a classic time travel story, despite there being no time travel, and it’s written differently from how I usually write stories.
Poetry Practice, Exercise 3
This exercise has two parts: five pairs of unrhymed iambic pentameter, with the first line being end-stopped and without caesuras, and another five pairs with enjambment and caesuras.
Elements of Eloquence Review
For breaking down rhetorical figures, showing them in use, and highlighting how they appear and affect the reader, Elements of Eloquence is a valuable primer and reminder.
Poetry Practice, Exercise 2
This exercise was intended to be twenty lines of unrhymed, unrelated iambic pentameter.
