Introduction It’s fitting that I posted this on New Year’s Eve. I’m sitting under a blanket with my dressing gown on, doing my best to hammer this idea into shape. I wonder if blacksmiths have hands as chilly as mine. First world problems, I know. Well, hope you’ve all been well. I’ve been busy with …
Introduction: The other day, I was trying to write more of a new project, but in trying to plan more of it out, I came upon a realisation. I didn’t find the plan funny. The ideas of what the characters would talk about weren’t funny to me. I’ve put a little note in saying to …
Yes, I know it’s been a while. Still, good news! I’ve submitted a story to two different literary agents. I posted about the novella I’m sending off on here a while ago (link here). However, since then, there have been some revisions to the story, so you won’t be spoiled this time around if you …
Introduction: I wrote a story recently that got all the way onto the longlist. Great! But it was about my uncle’s passing. Not great. I’ll miss him. I’m not posting it here for the sake of being able to publish it elsewhere more easily. The competition in question was New2theScene Flash Fiction Competition 2025. They …
Introduction Well, I said I’d do more RWBY content in the future, and I’m feeling energetic enough to start typing! With any luck, I’ll have around 500 words out in no time. Yeeeeeah… Anyway. Bumbleby, the ship that split the fandom, so I’ve heard. It’s either Yang and Blake or Blake and the monkey man …
[10/05/2025] Just got back from a day out and washing the car. Turns out the power washer was turned off so the water pressure was low. I only realised until after I started putting things away. Because I’m that kind of stupid, haha. This post’s an update, mostly. And I get to talk about writing …
I have writer’s block currently. I’ve been busy, as much as an effectively unemployed man can be. You can thank my mum for getting me to not just skip this week. There’s no RWBY in this post. So if you were here for that, sorry. If you aren’t you won’t care. Or maybe you hated …
It’s an old pun, but it works for this. If you read my post last week, you’ll know I’ve thoughts on RWBY, and not all of them are good. But, at the very least it gives me ideas that I can use in better ways. So long as I change it enough and say where the idea’s from, it’s not plagiarism. My idea would transform the character and change the plot around them to the point where the two versions aren’t the same.
This one’s about (some of the writing in) RWBY, an internet series that started in 2013 and whose future unsure given the company collapsed and then got bought by a previous owner. But the politics of the company aren’t what I’m here to talk about. Google Rooster Teeth if you want to know more. It’s interesting stuff.
I wrote a novella and have sent it off to be looked at (fingers crossed). Consider this a pitch and a discussion of why I wrote it. It’s something for lovers of Feudal Japan and historical fiction