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Hey all, it’s Patrick. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas or Yule or just a happy holiday season. It’s been a while since I did any update. But I assure you, I am actually hard at work writing. I’ve been busy with real life commitments and writing a set of stories for The Severis Tales ...

I thought it would be time to give a small update on something I’ve done that was attempt to give my confidence a boost, expand the number of options available to me as a writer and content creator, and expand into a new venture of storytelling. That avenue I am exploring is the world of ...

My god, what a crap shoot 2020 has been. With the pandemic and everything, it has been quite a challenge for everyone, but with vaccines on the way, we can only hope 2021 is a better year for all of us. Well, I hope next year is better for me. Because of personal life and things ...

Hello all, As I’m making progress in fixing all the problems with the world of Elineer, I thought I’d share with you one inch of progress I’ve made so far: the Da’Nar Calendar. The Calendar is a fixed 6-month, 9-weekday system that has 369 days. There are no leap years in Elineer. They say the ancient astronomer Da’Nar calculated the ...

When I began creating a fantasy world, called Elineer, that would serve as the basis of a large range of media, I wanted to create a trilogy or series of books of a very important point in time of the history of that world, but shape it so that there can be content before and after ...

In another Sunday human RAM dump, I thought I’d take a break from opinions on creating your own worlds and instead focus on a topic that makes the difference in how you write: your environment and your kit. The writing environment, in my mind, would be a workstation of sorts. I say workstation because it is ...

In this week’s un-planned and mainly unedited Sunday post, I wanted to share some thoughts about what is considered “truly unique” when we create something. There is no need to overstate the fact there are millions of books and stories floating around the Earth at any given moment, be it sitting idly on a long-forgotten bookshelf ...

Many people collect books. Sometimes, they collect a lot of books. Maybe, they collect too many books, and they have no place to place them. They sit in boxes, or they sit on top of shelves and on top of other books. Either way, a library of books shows what type of collector you are. It ...

On Remembrance Day 2019, the transit of Mercury will occur, when the tiny planet passes between the Sun and the Earth. In context to astronomical time, this occurs semi-frequently. This is, in contrast, to the transit of Venus: the last transit took place in 2012, and the next one is due in the year 2117, roughly ...

In a bit of a series of observations related to building a world, spread across a year or so, I thought I would follow up with another topic, this time on the common fantasy stereotype of medieval food, why it’s such a common trope of fantasy works, and why a full-out new menu of food ...

And now, another memory dump of rambling thoughts, this time about personal correspondence. I’m fond of proper mail. Not the spam type of stuff—flyers, applications for a credit card, notification of enrolment for jury duty. No, none of that. I’m talking about opening up your mailbox, and seeing a blue and red air mail envelope addressed ...

The following is something I found particularly useful in world-building, so as an opinion and piece of discussion, it may either interest you, or bore you on your coffee break at work enough to think about that pay rise. It is also a lot of rambling, so forgive me if it sounds redundant or nonsensical. ...

As a bit of a second part to the previous article, My Experience With Anxiety and Writing Groups, I wanted to briefly say something about the pros and cons of joining a writing group, and as a refresher as to why the are beneficial. Obviously, from the previous article, my experience with the Sudbury Writers’ Guild (SWG) ...

I had this on my chest for a little while now, but its something I would like to share concerning my experience with a writing group and dealing with social anxiety issues. Early last year I was invited to the Sudbury Writers’ Guild (SWG), a membership-based writing group in Greater Sudbury that provides workshops, guest speakers, ...

This is more of a tip and a suggestion, rather than an open-ended rant this time, and it has to do with literary prizes and why they are good. It seems literary prize season kicks off for everyone at the same time. Everyone matching each one’s criteria is allowed to demonstrate their literary voice for a ...

The following is another ramble about autumn. Again, off-the-cuff, depositing built up words and thoughts wracked up in my brain over the course of the week. It is some thoughts about beauty and the sentimentality of what autumn is to me. I hope you enjoy. The last quarter of the year 2019 has arrived with the ...

As it is September, school season starts at the very beginning for many. I thought I would share a small commentary on the first day of school, contrasting with what it was like for me, and for those going to school today. In Canada (or, at least, common in Ontario), the third of September marked the ...

Summer is coming up here in the northern hemisphere.  Supposedly, if the weather holds up, it will become warm and the weather will be beautiful.  As I focus more on my writing and source ideas, I also don’t just want to sit at home or at a coffee shop, either. Recently, I started a writing exercise ...

Note: This post contains mild swearing.  If you are offended by swearing, maybe it would be best to not see the entire post. You’re damn f***ing right! When I was first starting to think about writing, one of the thoughts that crept up on me was the usage of swearing.  Now, in real life, I’m a bit ...

It’s 2019 now, and a new year has come upon us.  Many people are looking forward to breaking their new year’s resolutions, or just ringing in the new year as unenthusiastic as ever.  During the first month of January, people around the world try to commit to a beneficial change in their lives.  For instance, ...