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The Legend of Zelda NES

Z is for Zelda

Posted on April 30, 2015April 27, 20155 Comments

In today’s continuation of the A-Z Challenge, I give you: Z is for Zelda While not the first video game I ever played, The Legend of Zelda (1986) is the first non-platform video game I ever played. I sucked at Read More…

TagsA-Z Challenge, Art influencing writing, artwork, Majora's Mask, Non-linear plot lines, Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda, Vincent Bisschop

Final Fantasy VI Box Art by Amano

Y is for Yoshitaka Amano

Posted on April 29, 2015October 14, 20161 Comment

In today’s continuation of the A-Z Challenge, I give you: Y is for Yoshitaka Amano I swear I wasn’t aiming to put all the artists at the end of the A-Z Challenge, but that’s where they ended up. If you’re Read More…

TagsA-Z Challenge, Art influencing writing, artwork, Final fantasy art, Yoshitaka Amano

Class-M Exile by Raven Oak front book cover

X is for eXperiment

Posted on April 28, 2015April 24, 2015Leave a comment

In today’s continuation of the A-Z Challenge, I give you: X is for eXperiment I tried to find a synonym for experiment(al) that began with X, even in other languages, but I failed in this task. Hence, I’m cheating on Read More…

TagsA-Z Challenge, Class-M Exile, Class-M planets, Eerl, Experimental writing, Space Opera, Star trek, Trekkies

Dragon Aboard, artwork by Michael Whelan

W is for Whelan

Posted on April 27, 2015October 14, 2016Leave a comment

In today’s continuation of the A-Z Challenge, I give you: W is for Whelan When I do my weekly Book Cover Throwback Thursdays, it’s difficult not to fill post after post with art from Michael Whelan, mostly because he’s incredibly Read More…

TagsA-Z Challenge, Book cover artists, Dragonwriter, Michael Whelan art, W is for Whelan

Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh

V is for Van Gogh

Posted on April 25, 2015April 24, 20152 Comments

In today’s continuation of the A-Z Challenge, I give you: V is for Van Gogh Art has always weaseled its way into my world–either through my own creations or my love of nature, symmetry, and lines. When I was a Read More…

TagsA-Z Challenge, Depression and Art, Depression Lies, Doctor Who, V is for Van Gogh, Vincent and the Doctor, vincent van gogh

U is for Uematsu

Posted on April 24, 2015April 24, 20151 Comment

In today’s continuation of the A-Z Challenge, I give you: U is for Uematsu, Nobuo Earlier in the A-Z Challenge, I wrote about my love of Final Fantasy, and how it’s depth of characters and worldbuilding helped encourage me as Read More…

TagsA-Z Challenge, Dear Friends, Final Fantasy music, Nobuo Uematsu, The Black Mages, To Zanarkand

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T is for Tabletop Games

Posted on April 23, 2015April 20, 20153 Comments

In today’s continuation of the A-Z Challenge, I give you: T is for Tabletop Games If you’ve been following this site regularly, today’s topic shouldn’t be much of a surprise at all as I write a weekly column reviewing tabletop Read More…

TagsA-Z Challenge, Monday Night Gaming, Tabletop board game, tabletop games

Sassinak by McCaffrey and Moon

S is for Space Opera

Posted on April 22, 2015April 22, 20151 Comment

In today’s continuation of the A-Z Challenge, I give you: S is for Space Opera Space opera is a sci-fi sub-genre that people either love or hate. The movie, Jupiter Ascending is proof of that as critics and audiences either Read More…

TagsA-Z Challenge, Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Moon, Guardians of the Galaxy, Jupiter Ascending, Sassinak, Sassinak by Anne McCaffrey, Space Opera

Well-read & worn books

R is for Re-reading

Posted on April 21, 2015April 21, 20153 Comments

In today’s continuation of the A-Z Challenge, I give you: R is for Re-reading My to-read list is probably 300 books long at this point, and yet, one of my favorite hobbies is to pick up a well-worn book whose Read More…

TagsA-Z Challenge, author favorites, books to read, Connie Willis, Dragon Price by Melanie Rawn, R is for Re-reading, R is for Rereading, raven-oak

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Q is for Quests

Posted on April 20, 2015April 20, 2015Leave a comment

In today’s continuation of the A-Z Challenge, I give you: Q is for Quests Life is comprised of quests–the search for who we are & where we’re going in the world, the search for companionship and connections, and the search Read More…

TagsA-Z Challenge, Audrey Lorde, equal rights, Q is for Quests, raven-oak, The quest for equality

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