Reshaping Reality

July 6, 2021

My Open Letter to City Designers

I originally wrote this email for the Des Moines City Council. For the past year, I’ve adjusted the verbiage to reflect what I’ve heard in their City Council Meetings with the Public. I also adjust the bullet points and actions I (and others) wish to see them take. Otherwise, most of the letters are verbatim Continue reading

activism, Author, disability, Race, transgender

ableism, access, accessibility, Accessible Cities, disability, disability justice, Disability Pride, Fight Ableism, Homelessness, No More Ableism
October 6, 2013

Preparing for NaNoWriMo

October tends to be the month of preparation for me when it comes to National Novel Writing Month. However, I never go into too much depth when I plot. Mostly because all I need is the main idea of the plot since the finer details of how the plot is implemented depends on the characters Continue reading

Writing

Characters, exercises, NaNoWriMo, planning, plots, setting
September 29, 2013

National Novel Writing Month is next month!

I’ve participated every year in NaNoWriMo, but I’ve only completed it twice. Mostly I use it as a way to encourage me to write daily again. To force myself into a pattern. This will last for a few months afterward, until life disrupts my patterns and I have to start all over again. A never-ending Continue reading

Author, Blogging, Writing

blogging, challenges, NaNoWriMo
September 23, 2013

Paper Mache Planet Update!

Finally! I have succeeded in determining a way to paint my planet. This is the first batch of paint — it will need at least two if not three coats of acrylic paint – and there is some pieces of continent in the southern hemisphere and three islands in the northern hemisphere that have yet Continue reading

Art, Elivera, Science, World Building

acrylic painting, art, painting, paper mache, planet, three dimensional art, world-building
September 14, 2013

Facing the Truth

I sunk into the soft blue cushions on Toni’s sofa, my left leg crossed under me and my right stretched out toward the shag carpet. Her brown eyes held a bit of sparkle, that hint of a smile that reached down to the edges of her lips. “If you could do anything, what would you Continue reading

Author, Blogging, Writing

art of writing, inspiration, journaling, nature, spirituality, truth, work and play
August 30, 2013

What I desire

I have some projects that I need to finish on this blog, and I apologize for the leave of absence. I’ve been busing sorting my life, trying to find a job to pay the bills, so I can go back to creating and updating and writing again. In the meantime, I wrote this today and Continue reading

Author, Blogging, Poetry, Writing

Alan Watts, desire, dreams, life, poetry
July 27, 2013

A Single Story

I recent TED Talk I found really spoke to me. Chimamanda Adichie is from Nigeria, and she speaks about the danger of a single story, where she relates how a single story of Africa has caused grave harm and a critical misunderstanding about the huge diversity of people and cultures within Africa. There are many Continue reading

Characters, World Building, Writing

character conflict, Characters, stories, TED Talks, world-building
July 25, 2013

Elivera Cultural Studies 1

I’ve been working on another project, where I record songs from my Elivera Universe. Below is the start of this series. Enjoy! Elivera Cultural Studies This current study concerns the Eagrok people of the continent of Vera. In the temperate regions of the continent, the trees are nearly a kilometer high and several kilometers at Continue reading

Elivera, History, Linguistics, Music, World Building

chant, cultural studies, elivera, language, music, philosophy, religion, world-building
July 25, 2013

Power in Words?

I am a writer. However, sometimes I sit at my desk and stare at the screen, my thoughts fluttering about in a disarray. I begin to have doubts about my abilities, my life, and what meaning I even hold to anyone, let alone myself. I begin to shrivel up and cower away from words, like Continue reading

Writing

cats, power of words, quark, writing
July 21, 2013

How I craft a language Part 1

Note: This will be the first in a series. I apologize for how late this is coming out. I had a health issue that was paramount, and now that has cleared up, I will be returning to writing in this blog once a week. Thank you for your patience! Whenever I create a language, I Continue reading

Aliens, Elivera, Linguistics, World Building, Writing

alien languages, aliens, language, language creation, linguistics, world-building
June 24, 2013

Revelations

Arms held out, one foot in front of the other, I balance on a wire, high above the ground. A breeze brushes my curls from my eyes, the smell of pine teasing my nostrils. Where do I walk? The canyon below is long, the river a crushing, raging roar that echoes back and forth across Continue reading

Art, Author, Poetry, Writing

life, philosophy, poetry, who are you