Let’s invent words: Glimfleeble
Glimfleeble is now a word, I decided. Glimfleeble adj. Something that looks or sounds impressive and/or important because you have no idea what it is or how it works.
Survival acid indicator
I needed to have a character test the acidity of the water without any access to modern technology. Fortunately, there are some fairly common foods that can be used. Red cabbage is the best indicator, but cherry, rose petals, and beets also work. Here’s a video demonstrating that.
My writers’ group challenged itself to write easter themed stories
I started brainstorming ideas right there and then. Which is partly why there are so many Easter-themed writing prompts on The Muse of Last Resort.
World Boxed: A story of sorts
The first five chapters of World Boxed is available to read on my website, now. World boxed charts the narrative in my head as I play World Box.
I asked ChatGPT to craft the most horrible and unfair normal-looking homebrew D&D monsters
It has been a while since I added to my Evil GM’s Guide. So I asked ChatGPT to craft the most horrible and unfair but normal-looking homebrew D&D monsters. Hello chat. I’d like your help making something purely for demonstration purposes. The most egregiously unfair D&D 5e monster to throw …
3 Postcards from the dream lands
I have three more vignettes of imagination for you.
New postcard from my dreamscape
My first dreamscape postcard microfiction is up.
Postcards from my dream realms
I’ve been playing with the idea of dream postcards – fragments of my realm of dreams and imagination shared as glimpses into the rich and often complex inner world that is me. I’m still working on the name – I feel it has to be just right to work. I …
I’m standing for election
I am officially the Liberal Democrat candidate for Margate in the Kent County Council elections. Posts where I might talk about politics or the election, or anything tangentially related to that will have the following required notice.
Stand by for news
I shall shortly be announcing some news. This news will be political in nature and may restrict what I can post for a few months. I’ll still be doing my admin stuff on Author Buzz and elsewhere. I just might not post as much. Don’t worry, this is good news.