The Tao of D&D

When teaching others how to write, giving an example of our own work is the third rail. Doing so invites distraction. Instead of demonstrati...

For those not following me on  Patreon , this is a list of adjusted or rewritten Authentic Wiki content compatible with 1st edition D&D,...

To give a character depth, writers imagine that the best strategy is to give them a deep, abiding trauma. We use this approach to vitalise t...

Feeling better, but haven't gotten myself into a place where I'm banging away at the wiki, not yet.  Instead, yesterday I spent time...

Turns out, I'm getting quite a lot of traffic on substack from folks here going there using the link to these articles.  Thank you for t...

In discussing writing, it's of necessity that we investigate the process of writing at a level beneath grand, sweeping gestures. I have ...

Issues continue; I haven't been well much of this week, so there are only a few links again: References (trade) Horse Gait Feeding the P...

A few readers have seen that I've recently rewritten a part of my trade system .  I haven't changed any of the math or the method, b...

This story was chosen as Top Story on Sunday at Vocal, but I never did publish it here. I think it might do some good to discuss structure a...

It has been a slow week.  I spent quite a lot of time with Archangel and another map, and with other projects not seen... and this is the po...

 Archangel is completed.  Thicker maps indicate reliable, posted, defined borders; dotted lines show undefined, "soft" borders thr...

Dialogue, regardless of the medium, embodies the meeting, exploration and conflict that exists between two or more human minds, expressed fr...