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Crown of Sight – scene 3

rpmfidel March 15, 2019 March 10, 2019Crown of Sight, Fantasy, Fiction 0

“What is there to sabotage, sir?”
Mardrel took his eye away from his telescope for a moment to look at Talel, who stood leaning against a charred tree trunk, his face wrapped against the chill of the fog that billowed per-petually from the Fay Lands close at hand.
“Much to sabotage,” Mardrel replied, “but very little we have the capacity to affect.” He handed the telescope to the scout and sat down on a nearby rock.
Talel brought the brass-barreled device to his eye. His grey cloak and gambeson made him blend in well with the tumbled stone and old ash of the burned-out grove, but he made a stark silhouette against the glow of the Fay. There, the trees grew of their own light, stretching in a golden green sheet behind the city.

The Fake News Formula in 5 Steps

rpmfidel March 14, 2019 March 14, 2019Non-fiction, politics, skepticism 0

What is Fake News? In the new paradigm, it is, simply, getting people to believe something that is not supported by facts or in contradiction to them. So it’s lying, right? It can be or it can not be, depending on whether you define lying in a purely empirical fashion (stating something that is explicitly false) or a normative fashion (deceiving someone in a hope to have the believe something false, while not necessarily saying explicitly false things). Sometimes the media lies outright, but usually they go the other route. Here is how it works, and how they (often) avoid…

Crown of Sight – scene 2

rpmfidel March 13, 2019 March 10, 2019Crown of Sight, Fantasy, Fiction, Uncategorized 0

Prince Darathel leaned over the table. His sword, made for his father’s hands, banged against the ancient wood and he moved it behind him nervously. Covering the table was an immense map drawn on canvas. Ghostly glowing points and clouds hovered over the surface, indicating where the enemy was camped and where its soldiers moved. The lamp above, filled with the ethereal light of the prim, flickered out for a few moments, dimming the relief of the castle and outer walls, leaving the blue-white of the enemy army on the map as the sole source of light in the room… or nearly so.

Crown of Sight – scene 1

rpmfidel March 11, 2019 March 10, 2019Crown of Sight, Fantasy, Fiction, Uncategorized 4

Enjoy this preview of Crown of Sight – releasing on March 22, 2019. More scenes to come in the following days! 1 Katach sat brooding upon his throne, its carved surfaces gilded with the treasure of his many conquests. Its bulk was held aloft on a wooden stand by two ranks of slaves, who bore it upon two great logs that sat upon their shoulders. Images of demons and human suffering ran up and down the back and sides of the great chair, a baroque cacophony of wicked iconography, dedicated wholly to the lord that sat upon it. Despite the…

New Novella – The Crown of Sight – releasing March 22

rpmfidel March 10, 2019 March 10, 2019Uncategorized 1

My newest Novella, The Crown of Sight, will release on March 22 for 99 cents! You can pre-order on Amazon here. You can find all other retailers here. I’m very excited to bring this new book to market. A little bit about it: It’s part of a new series: the Eternal Dream Legends series. These will be stories that comprise the myths, legends, and tales of the mainline Eternal Dream sequence. I thought it better to tell some of these stories directly, rather than have to detail any importance through indirect exposition in the main books. If you want another…

Social Galactic

rpmfidel February 8, 2019 February 8, 2019Uncategorized 0

Find me on the new social media site Social Galactic: https://socialgalactic.com/davidvstewart I’m excited for a new social media network that starts with basics and is small. One interesting feature: Right now there is a 1 MB upload limit across all parts of the site and posts for free users. This is intentional as images cause problems on large platforms with copyright infringement and illegal content (see gab). So right now, the focus is mostly on conversations, not memes, spam, or image wars.

Creating Plot Points on the Micro Level (Lined Paper)

rpmfidel November 22, 2018 November 22, 2018Analysis, Non-fiction, Writing 0

I wrote Lined Paper after giving a short piece of advice on how to pace scenes so that they keep the interest of the reader: Hey David, how should I think about control “tempo” in writing? I’m bad at explaining things but I’m trying to write my NaNo and when I go back and look at stuff, I see that the scenes I like have a lot more detail in them and come across as slower, and the ones I’m more unsure about almost look like summaries of what happened than being, uh.. “present” in what is happening? Sorry if that…

Lined Paper

rpmfidel November 21, 2018 November 22, 2018Fiction, Flash Fiction, Short Story 1

Jim checked his phone out of habit as he rushed down the hall. Before he could see just how late he was, the screen dimmed. “Buggy piece of dogshit!” he said, shaking the infernal device, suppressing the desire to throw it through the 5th story window. For moment he decided on a compromise, agreeing with his inner demon to toss it in the trash and buy a new one after work, but before he could act, he found the phone tumbling out of his hand as he fell onto the floor. “What the fuck?” he said, twisting around on the…

Writestream 2 – Drafting Prose Character Dynamics, and Dialogue (11/14/2018)

rpmfidel November 18, 2018 November 18, 2018Non-fiction, Video, Writing 0

This week’s livestream covered (among other things): The drafting process – how to write consistently and finish your first draft, including working based on time or word counts The fraudulent higher education system which fails to provide value to students, and why the government doesn’t seem to care at all. How to write good prose How to write convincing dialogue.

Storycraft: The Bad Boy, the Best Friend, and the Goody Two-Shoes

rpmfidel November 11, 2018 November 11, 2018Non-fiction, Writing 0

Time for more character archetypes, this time focusing on secondary characters. I go over three classics, including their growth arcs, traits, and typical relationship to other characters. They are: Bad Boy – a character that goes from a nihilistic or chaotic approach to life and authority to a purpose-driven life. Frequently, this is a focus for a romance story, as a Bad Boy represents a popular fantasy: a strong, confident male that can be transformed into being stable while maintaining masculine traits. Best Friend – mostly a foil for the main character, a best friend has different, often opposite, strengths…