life goal: infamous recluse
Surprise! I have yet more things happening with this Mysterious MFA I'm pursuing-- and this is one of them. Tonight at 7 PM (and online, for free), join me and four other core designers of an immersive, interactive, narrative experience called Memoirscape talk about how it came about, what challenges we faced, what fascinating results... Continue Reading →
So I've mentioned before that I'm pursuing my MFA in Interactive Media and Game Design (is today the day that I write about that? signs point to no). As part of that I've doing projects here and there that I'm going to start writing up and linking because I'm actually really excited about them, but... Continue Reading →
In light of Last Week Tonight's report this week on corn farming in America: https://youtu.be/MI78WOW_u-Q?si=UUBZp5uk5G0vD9Im --I thought it might be time to bring back an oldie-but-a-goodie, my pastiche/sequel (from way back in the FORGOTTEN TIME of 2020) of Terry Bisson's "They're Made Out of Meat": Read more...
(Reposting a 2013 post from the Anna Katherine co-tumblr) How my fix-this-later notes usually look, versus what I have been reduced to.
– a kiss of youth and love. (Oh, Byron, you are so dreamy.) (originally posted in 2010 on annakatherine.com, and reposted in 2013 on the Anna Katherine co-tumblr) I often think that the kiss, rather than the sex scene, is the primary romantic force of the romance novel. For me, a sex scene is emotional, sure, but for the most... Continue Reading →
(Reposting a 2013 post from the Anna Katherine co-tumblr) Some free writing advice, for what it’s worth: Don’t worry about writing a clever description – just describe. She had fine eyes tells you a hell of a lot more than like a Gucci at a half-off sale, she was pressed for service OR WHATEVER.
(Reposting a 2013 post from the Anna Katherine co-tumblr) Here, have some really straightforward, practical thoughts about plots and plotting. Of which I have way too many, btw. (Previous nuts and bolts caveats apply, naturally. Assume I have so many thoughts about this stuff because I’ve fucked it up pretty often.) :::: 1. A short story is... Continue Reading →
fanhackers: When building a spear, what matters: you, building or the spear? At the recent FSNNA conference (were you there? Did we meet? If you’ve been there, the panel recordings and the discussion space is still available for a week.), Katherine Crighton, Dr. Naomi Jacobs and Shivhan Szabo introduced an online game where you can create new... Continue Reading →
(Reposting a 2013 post from the Anna Katherine co-tumblr) Because I just did this, here you go: Some simple ways to start a story, particularly if you don’t know what you want to write about, but you know you need to write something. (For money, for practice, for mental health, for whatever.) Standard caveats apply. 1. The... Continue Reading →
(Reposting a 2013 post from the Anna Katherine co-tumblr) A friend of mine awhile back asked the aether for some practical, straightforward writing advice, which I assumed meant nuts and bolts stuff. This is what I ended up writing to her. (Caveat emptor: 1. The reason advice looks contradictory is because it literally is different for... Continue Reading →
Katherine Crighton 