Tag Archives: Writing

Creating Worlds (using as few words as possible)

Come meet a woman so audacious she became an author! Come, marvel at her combinations of sounds and syllables so symphonic they supply simply sumptuous stories! This is wicked Wendy Nikel, the wizard of words who creates worlds out of imagination and yarn! She’s produced two novels (one of which I discuss here), and youContinue reading “Creating Worlds (using as few words as possible)”

Worldseed in My Hands

I hold the worldseed in my hands. It is the beginning of every story, the possibility of myriad roads through countless lands under untold stars. I hold my new child. Today I have set aside the tall, tall hat of the showman and the cigarette of the worldstore salesman. Today I am simply me, aContinue reading “Worldseed in My Hands”

She’s Looking for Something Special

So she walks into my store, kinda timid like, but pokes her way up to the counter. “Can I help you, miss?” I ask, tapping my ash into the shattered husk of one of my wares. “I’m looking for a few worlds I can connect together. I’m hoping to publish a collection of stories aboutContinue reading “She’s Looking for Something Special”

Three Editors Walk into the Worldstore

So she comes in, cradling the world I made. She sets it on the counter, pokes it a little bit, sticks her hands in her pockets. “Sorry. It’s a fine world. It’s just not the one I’m looking for. I hope someone else buys it.” “So you’re not buying it?” I ask. She looks nervous.Continue reading “Three Editors Walk into the Worldstore”

Good Samaritan

Ah, no tours today! Well, no talking about tours. Instead, why not visit another world with me? Yes, actually leave the confines of the Midway and soar to another place! Dare you? Dare you come with me? Ah, but this world is not my own! This is part of a larger world, termed “Bible A.D.”Continue reading “Good Samaritan”