• why do all my players cancel on me?

    why do my players cancel at the last minute? why don\’t they care about my world? I\’m seeing these woes from a lot of newer ttrpg gms lately. In my 15 years of experience, it comes down to expectations, on both ends. But let’s focus on the end you can control. I know well the…

  • O!susume – Kinoko Teikoku

    O!susume – Kinoko Teikoku

    Broadcast 4: Welcome to our 4th O!susume broadcast, and the first guest post! This one is dedicated to the band Kinoko Teikoku (きのこ帝国). Enjoy Erin’s take on this indie band from the late 00’s.

  • Renna’s Crossing is Officially Published!

    At the time you\’re reading this, my first full-length novel, Renna\’s Crossing, has finally reached its official publishing date of October 29th, 2020. I had mixed feelings about the date when it was first decided way back in March of this year. I\’m happy that the book came out in October, a wonderfully autumnal month…

  • Season 1 of Disney’s The Owl House: Wasted Potential?

    I’ve been looking forward to the Owl House since it was announced back in early 2018. Everything about the show seemed right up my alley: a girl isekai’d into a horror-themed fantasy world where she becomes an apprentice in magic to a sassy mentor “owl witch”. Now that season one is finished, I feel like…

  • Short Thoughts on Literary Perspective

    So I\’ve known this about myself for awhile, but I don’t like fiction where the POV lives “inside the head” of the protagonist(s). It’s too focused on intimately personal and sensory experiences. Some people like that, but I don’t. And that’s okay, it’s a valid writing perspective that doesn’t invalidate other approaches. But I don\’t…

  • Thoughts on Bee and Puppycat: Lazy in Space

    So most people know by now that season 2 of Bee and Puppycat was leaked out into the internet. As of writing this on 6/9/20, its production company Frederator Studios has had no public response to the issue. But rather than the business dynamics of the animation industry, I had thoughts about the narrative of…