Death Note: A Spoiler Free Review

Admin/ August 10, 2015/ Anime

  So I am slowly going through my Anime library and watching them in a somewhat methodical order. Many of you likely noticed with all the references to Pride, that I watched Full Metal Alchemist recently.  Deathnote was the next logical Anime to watch. I thoroughly enjoyed the Anime.  It lived up to the hype that others have given it

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Return to Dragon Ball Z After Many Years

Admin/ August 8, 2015/ Anime

  There are few people in m y generation in America that have not heard of this most famous of Anime.  Featuring men with spiky hair that tends to turn golden (and now blue) in combat, its quite iconic. While I enjoyed it is a child, I grew up and was away from this anime for a while.  Here now

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My Strange Strange Relationship with Blizzard Entertainment

Admin/ August 6, 2015/ Video Games

  I have spent an incredible amount of time playing Blizzard Games.  I payed Brood War quite a bit in early high school which transitioned to me playing World of Warcraft and then back peddling to the Warcraft RTS games. After spending an obscene amount of my life (all of High School and Half of College) on World of Warcraft,

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Writing a Glossary

Admin/ August 3, 2015/ Books

I have noticed that an increasing number of Science Fiction and Fantasy Series have set a standard of including a glossary.  The existence of such an reference is to help ease the reader when they have finished the novel. Many of the new stories including mine, have an incredibly large cast of characters.  In addition, Magic systems are getting far

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Five Things No One Tells you About Asperger’s Syndrome

Admin/ July 31, 2015/ Rants

This post is a combination of click bait and Cracked.com formatting.  Here we go 1) Communication goes out the window… Both Directions   It is commonly known that people on the Autism Spectrum including Asperger’s Syndrome (Which I will abbreviate as AS from here on out)  have trouble reading body language which is considered to be the most important aspect

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Crafting a Sequel

Admin/ July 29, 2015/ Books

The End of Utopia is complete and is on Amazon to read.  But that’s not what this post is about.  Instead I will go into the method for how I will continue with the next book. Book 1 was certainly no lighthearted fantasy story, but for the most part, the reader gets  a feeling that the heroes can win.  A

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Returning to College

Admin/ July 27, 2015/ Rants

  These last few years have been a wild ride.  In and out of multiple jobs.  Finally realizing that working retail is the greatest cancer in the job world.  Getting a book published.  Creating this blog also happened. This summer I began taking online course again to make up or a more than 2 year lapse in my education.  Still

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Burnout

Admin/ July 22, 2015/ Rants

  We have all known the feeling.  Extremely overworked.  Apathy and low energy as constant companions.  As a writer this struggle is more constant than my shadow. Work is currently taking a lot of my energy away.  Unlike just about any other job I have had, this one is not doing so due to a hostile environment.  For the first

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Why I love Soft Sci Fi

Admin/ July 20, 2015/ Books

  After writing a blog post on why I hated hard sci fi and then tearing 2312 a new asshole, today I will explain why I love soft sci fi while praising Mistborn. I have to credit author Brandon Sanderson as one of my greatest inspirations for writing.  He along with RA Salvatore are among my favorite authors.  But before

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