The Steampunk Gentleman

I wanted to learn all the proper ettiquette and dress for steampunk. A massive journey for somebody raised by wolves in Minnesota. Here's what I've learned so far...

KL Forslund

Dec 28, 20244 min read

Blocking AI

AI is the devil, and we need to turn if off everywhere we can. Let’s get to it. I’m a Windows user so some of this is not going to apply...

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KL Forslund

Nov 28, 202421 min read

Poker Face

It’s Turkey Week, nobody’s happy about the election of Remington Quill for president, my position is up for a vote, and today we’re...

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KL Forslund

Nov 19, 202414 min read

Better Coruscant Shift

I played a lot of Coruscant Shift Sabacc this weekend and decided the rules need a bit of cleaning up. Less about changing the game, more...

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KL Forslund

Sep 29, 20243 min read

Portal Dumbness

I've been under the weather, so the wife fired up an old BBC series we hadn't seen that had portals and dinosaurs in it. I'm a sucker for...

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KL Forslund

Aug 20, 20244 min read

Word Count Limits

Except in novel writing, I am a man of too many words. Sure, I can plow through a scene in less than five hundred words (not a good...

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KL Forslund

Jul 6, 20246 min read

A Storm is Beryling Down

We might see a hurricane here in Houston. Per the latest news, Hurricane Beryl could take a right and curve up toward Houston. My sources...

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KL Forslund

Jun 10, 20242 min read

Zora

If you haven’t watched the series finale of Star Trek: Discovery, go watch that. I’ll wait.

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KL Forslund

Apr 11, 20243 min read

Authors, Books, & Bigotry?

How do you know if a book is fostering bigoted values? How do you know if the author is a bigot? This week, a friend of mine brought the...

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KL Forslund

Mar 30, 20243 min read

Casting Traps

This is a woke article about potential pitfalls in casting characters in your stories. There, that should chase away the jerks. Let’s get...

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KL Forslund

Feb 19, 202411 min read

D&D: Story Arcs

This is part two of how I “wing” DMing an adventure using a few tricks from my writing toolbelt. I started with showing how to make up an...

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KL Forslund

Jan 28, 20243 min read

D&D: Setting Prep

Before the D&D campaign begins, it would help if I knew what the setting looked like. Technically, I have skipped everything but naming...

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KL Forslund

Dec 30, 20231 min read

A New Year

It’s the end of 2023, and the future is coming. Who doesn’t love cryptic predictions. Plus, I need the practice for the wizard novel....

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KL Forslund

Nov 23, 202311 min read

No!

I liked chess as a kid because it gave me so many choices. The kids at school hated playing chess with me because I took away all their...

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KL Forslund

Oct 4, 20232 min read

Every Tomorrow Worse?

I did it! I sold a story. As this website and blog are evidence, it took awhile. Let's get to the cover and links before I tell the back...

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KL Forslund

Sep 30, 20238 min read

D&D: Deities of Tychaíos

The world began with an idea, which began with a being. At first, darkness covered the land and stayed that way for a long time. But then...

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KL Forslund

Sep 16, 202311 min read

D&D: Scenic Encounters

The party is on its way to the dungeon that sounded appealing. It’s hot. Mosquitos are biting. The trees are just standing there as the...

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KL Forslund

Sep 1, 20234 min read

D&D: House Rules

After a long hiatus, I am back in the Dungeons and Dragons saddle. I started with 2nd Edition back in 1990. Played tons of 3rd edition,...

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KL Forslund

Aug 19, 20233 min read

SP: Risvep

Captain Locke pulled the chain next to the door. A bell rattled on the other side. A moment later, a pale butler opened the door. The...

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KL Forslund

Jul 18, 20235 min read

The Stones

A long time ago, in a year called 2010, I had a pain in my back. Right around where the kidney was. A trip to the doctor, and an...

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KL Forslund

Jun 3, 20232 min read

How It Begins

Life is pain. That’s what the Dread Pirate said. At some point, you get used to it. The aching knees. Fingers that don’t bend so...

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KL Forslund

May 14, 20233 min read

An Eye for Cake

Lucky sat patiently while kids droned through the Happy Birthday song. They were at the Norns verse. He didn’t know why they came. His...

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KL Forslund

Apr 19, 20233 min read

AI Art isn't Steampunk

Steampunk is set in the era of machine replacing man, but that’ doesn’t mean the genre is in favor of that. Quite the opposite in fact....

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KL Forslund

Mar 15, 20235 min read

AI Novels

Am I the only person curious if something can be done, but not keen on seeing it? The internet is flooded with AI generated images and...

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KL Forslund

Jan 27, 20234 min read

Back to the Well

They say you shouldn’t start a story with dialogue. But sometimes that’s how a story starts. A question. An answer. A moment later the...

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KL Forslund

Dec 25, 20221 min read

A Christmas Carol

I'm sitting here this Christmas morning with my dog snuggled up next to me and the water shut off so the pipes don't freeze. It's a good...

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KL Forslund

Nov 24, 202210 min read

Coming Home

Landing in Houston should be the last leg in my odyssey. My neck hurt from staring out the window at the grey clouds with my good eye. It...

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KL Forslund

Sep 5, 20227 min read

Choices

I’ve only got one eye, but I saw too much. Rain dragged me out to the mall so she could get new clothes for work. She said I needed to...

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KL Forslund

Jun 18, 20223 min read

Soldier Cosplay

Comicpalooza announced guests from the Stargate series this week. Which gave me the idea to dress up as a SG team. I hope actors get a...

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KL Forslund

Apr 28, 20223 min read

In Space, Noone Can Hear You Poo

“Carson, did you see that streaker?” “What? Just now?” “Yes now. Do not clown on me.” “This is Tokei, Mokoaji,are you sure?” “I saw a...

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KL Forslund

Mar 5, 20221 min read

Ukraine

Don’t you love it when somebody who’s got no particular expertise or experience pontificates on a subject as if their opinion matters a...

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KL Forslund

Feb 2, 20221 min read

What Happened to January?

Holy crap, it's February. January got away from me. New job. Projects. Carpal Elb-ow attack. I'll be okay, so will you. Since it is...

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KL Forslund

Dec 24, 202123 min read

Two Minutes to Midnight

It turns out that if you stand vigil in your wife’s hospital room for three days, you get a dream sequence. I can’t feel my feet anymore,...

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KL Forslund

Nov 25, 20219 min read

White Wedding

I’d never been to a wedding, so I wasn’t sure if a goat attack was part of the ceremony. Back when Rain and I married, we drove to a...

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KL Forslund

Oct 29, 20211 min read

Trick or Tweet 2021

In honor of the Halloween season, I participated in #TrickOrTweet2021. The rules were simple, write a scary story including the hashtag...

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KL Forslund

Sep 26, 20214 min read

Metric of Writing

Now and then, folks need to account for their work. Also, I needed a topic for this month. So let’s talk about my book in progress....

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KL Forslund

Aug 22, 20215 min read

Skinwords

I’m old enough that my color crayon box had one called Fleshtone. I remember remarking that it didn’t really match me that well. I ended...

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KL Forslund

Jul 27, 20215 min read

Using Scene & Sequel

A few weeks back I wrote a program. I reckon that’s not unusual, given that I program for a living. But this one I wrote for myself. ...

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KL Forslund

Jun 20, 20211 min read

Juneteenth

Sometimes the news is a little slow. Like when NPR said Juneteenth was the day enslaved Americans found out they were free. Texas is a...

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KL Forslund

May 8, 20215 min read

Idea Farm

I can tell you where the Mississippi starts, but not where the water comes from. The same is true for ideas. Folks ask creatives like...

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KL Forslund

Apr 25, 20213 min read

Masked Reasoning

We’re a year later and folks are still arguing about masks. My drive has a couple drafts of unpublished articles on the subject. It...

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KL Forslund

Mar 29, 20211 min read

Got Shot Today

I got shot today. It was a setup. They knew I was coming. I drove to this place where I had to prove who I was. Then I waited. My turn...

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KL Forslund

Feb 28, 20218 min read

Axis of Diversity

One of the most impactful things Gene Roddenberry did for society was putting Nichelle Nichols on the bridge of the Enterprise. Countless...

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KL Forslund

Feb 20, 20219 min read

Frigid In Texas

Others had it worse, but the Freeze of 2021 wasn’t fun for us, either. I feel like it’s a touchy subject because I got lucky and I had...

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KL Forslund

Feb 7, 20213 min read

The State of Black Science Fiction

We honor the dead on Memorial Day, but they’re here to remind us every day. We forgive on Forgiveness Day, but we should be doing that...

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KL Forslund

Jan 31, 20216 min read

Twitter for Newbs

The question of how to use Twitter as an author came up a few times this week, and I’ve got some answers. Here’s everything I’ve...

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KL Forslund

Dec 21, 20206 min read

Dino-Pirates Christmas Special

The Part Where Sulking Happens Captain Raptor glared at the mirror, his baleful eye unblinking in the dim light of his cabin. His head...

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KL Forslund

Nov 26, 20206 min read

What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor

Never split up the party, unless everybody wants to see different things at the Ren Fair. Like last year, the wizards gathered at my...

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KL Forslund

Oct 31, 202029 min read

Murder Most Fowl

Warning: Swearing, Violence, Fan-fiction The clues that Moreau Cay was a murder island were there from the day I woke up inside the...

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KL Forslund

Sep 20, 20205 min read

Cross Animals

Seeing K.K Slider play all morning in the rain, I tried to put a cup of hot cocoa down for him. Tom Nook’s voice blared over the PA,...

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KL Forslund

Sep 7, 20203 min read

Done But Not Done

Last night, I wrote the ending to the novel I started writing back in 2018. A little over two years pecking at the project. Technically,...

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KL Forslund

I write words. Some of them are good.