If there is one thing I love just about as much as writing, it's video games. I've written quite a few video game-related posts over the years, ranging from craft-specific posts inspired by recent playthroughs to reviewing games' storylines from the stance of a storyteller. Between that and my day job as an escape room game master, it's no surprise that I'm often keeping an eye out for ways to gamify the writing process. As fun as writing already is, it becomes harder when y

This time of year, there is a huge focus on setting goals and making plans for the upcoming months (you can find my writing goals for 2025 here ). But amid New Year's resolutions, you may also find bucket lists. These tend to be on the fun side, like trying a new activity or traveling to a different country, and are typically more long-term goals (ie, before you kick the bucket...). While I definitely have writing goals like publishing my novels, I also have a writing-centric

Happy New Year, readers! 2024 ended on a pretty high note for me, as described in greater detail here , and I'm raring to go now that we've entered 2025. Like a lot of bloggers out there, I'm kicking off this new year with a post going into my goals for the coming months but, unlike years past, I'm aiming to keep things on the simpler side (and I really do mean it this time). This year, I'm striving to continue the growth I made in 2024 both creatively and as a human. So let

2024 sure was something, wasn't it? Like any year, 2024 had its ups and downs. But somehow, some of the downs felt lower. I don't want to dwell on the negatives, impossible as it may seem, and I'm trying to stay optimistic as 2025 swiftly approaches. And that starts with celebrating the things that did go right in 2024. Things may not have gone according to plan, but there are certainly things to celebrate. This year, my writing got a bit waylaid, but I was able to make some

2024 has been an exciting year for this blog! I was able to give it a long-overdue overhaul I'm incredibly pleased with. I finally got my newsletter up and running after saying I would for Lord knows how long. I uploaded my 300th post back in September and just a few weeks ago, I celebrated the sixth anniversary of launching the site! Even though I've occasionally heard people say that blogs are outdated, I've always felt that this platform works better for me (and my schedul