They Want to Tear it Down
They said if we allowed, the revolution would be bloodless. But they were ready for the alternative. Eager, in fact. Carving up the body...
KL Forslund
3 days ago1 min read
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Sanctuary
Every librarian hopes to provide a safe place for learning and community, but my guide wolf might have other ideas while there’s Nazis...
KL Forslund
Feb 157 min read
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What Will It Take
You’re in that movie where the villain is holding your spouse hostage. Nobody will listen or do anything. So, you grab a weapon and work...
KL Forslund
Jan 301 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Dec 28, 20244 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Nov 28, 202421 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Nov 19, 202414 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Sep 29, 20243 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Aug 20, 20244 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Jul 6, 20246 min read
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Zora
If you haven’t watched the series finale of Star Trek: Discovery, go watch that. I’ll wait.
KL Forslund
Jun 10, 20242 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Apr 11, 20243 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Mar 30, 20243 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Feb 19, 202411 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Jan 28, 20243 min read
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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....
KL Forslund
Dec 30, 20231 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Nov 23, 202311 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Oct 4, 20232 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Sep 30, 20238 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Sep 16, 202311 min read
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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,...
KL Forslund
Sep 1, 20234 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Aug 19, 20233 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Jul 18, 20235 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Jun 3, 20232 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
May 14, 20233 min read
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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....
KL Forslund
Apr 19, 20233 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Mar 15, 20235 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Jan 27, 20234 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Dec 25, 20221 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Nov 24, 202210 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Sep 5, 20227 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Jun 18, 20223 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Apr 28, 20223 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Mar 5, 20221 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Feb 2, 20221 min read
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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,...
KL Forslund
Dec 24, 202123 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Nov 25, 20219 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Oct 29, 20211 min read
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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....
KL Forslund
Sep 26, 20214 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Aug 22, 20215 min read
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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. ...
KL Forslund
Jul 27, 20215 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Jun 20, 20211 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
May 8, 20215 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Apr 25, 20213 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Mar 29, 20211 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Feb 28, 20218 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Feb 20, 20219 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Feb 7, 20213 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Jan 31, 20216 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Dec 21, 20206 min read
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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...
KL Forslund
Nov 26, 20206 min read
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