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
March 3, 2013

Expressing oneself

This month has not been kind, but I have persevered. My writing hasn’t suffered too much despite everything, which is a relief. I tried hard to write no matter what or how I felt. Pushing through the hard times often feels like I’m walking on a heavier gravity planet, where the effort to lift my Continue reading

Author, Blogging, Poetry, World Building

exploration, health, life, writing
February 25, 2013

Throes of Agony: Free Verse Poem

Throes of Agony A tear drop gathers on the tip of your nose. Take a step back, a balancing act on the tightrope, the crowd pulsing with a negative energy, jeering, cat-calling, throwing trinkets, half-eaten pickles and popcorn at your precariously balanced body. One down. Life gathers you in a close embrace, then rips your Continue reading

Art, Poetry, Writing

fractal art, free verse, poetry
January 27, 2013

The Science of Aliens Part One

I have been reading the Science of Aliens by Clifford Pickover, which has been incredibly fascinating. It included a lot of pictures to help supplement the discussion. Since I have my world-building series about creating worlds for your stories, this seemed to be a good supplement to that series. Now we need aliens to populate the Continue reading

Aliens, Biology, Science, World Building

aliens, anatomy, evolution, nervous systems, science of aliens, sensory organs
January 14, 2013

I take this moment to present: Quark

He is captivated by the window. Birds, the rumbling of car engines, and all those fascinating sights and sounds capture his attention. What thoughts traverse his mind at this moment in time? Dare to guess anyone? Continue reading

Author, Blogging, Writing

animal, cat, inspiration, pet-lover
January 1, 2013

Reshaping Reality

Since this is a new year, I decided to reshape the face of my blog. Give it a new feel, a new design, and update it for better features. Hence my new look will be quite a bit more colorful than the previous design. For this new year, I’ve made some goals: Finish two novels. Continue reading

Author, Blogging, Poetry, Writing

2013, goals, life, new year, poetry
December 31, 2012

2012 in review

Thank you, WordPress, for this wonderful report. It’s a start for this blog, and now that I’m starting to manage my time better, I am going to attempt to resume my weekly updates to this blog. I still have a few obstacles in my way, mostly my health and the uncertainty inherent in that right Continue reading

Author, Blogging

blogging, social-media
November 26, 2012

Writing Resources

I am part of a writing board called Legendfire, and over the past few months I’ve been working on a project to compile all the resources I could find on the site. Most of them were located in the Writing Resources forum, but a few were scattered in other miscellaneous threads throughout the site itself. Continue reading

Art, Author, Blogging, Characters, World Building, Writing

writing resources
November 12, 2012

Overcoming Writer’s Block

When I sit down and write, sometimes I find myself unable to do anything but just sit and stare at the screen. I see where the words should go, but my mind blanks as if the whiteness of the screen has penetrated into my neurons. A barrier to stop the firing of all the creative Continue reading

Author, Writing

writer’s block, writing
October 10, 2012

The Most Astounding Fact

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D05ej8u-gU Edited by Max Schlickenmeyer F Continue reading

Author, Writing

astronomy, inspiration, science, universe, writing
October 5, 2012

Update

I started a new job, which has left me exhausted in the evenings. Thus I am having to recalculate how I spend my free time. Trying to write when you have a full time job is a hard challenge, and my plans for dealing with this in the past doesn’t quite work with my current Continue reading

Author, Blogging

busy days, full time job