The Strawman and Strawoman When people who have deeply wounded each other try to come together, they need to understand where each person is coming from. The truth is, nobody knows the truth. We all have ideas on who a person is. Personally, I struggle with debating with an imaginary version of the person I’m…
How do you approach a person you’ve hurt and start it all again? What if the pain caused is so large you can’t even see a way to move past it? Reconciliation takes both parties (the one who hurt and the one hurt) to work. Both have to want to heal and move on. Both…
Part 1 1. What even are the Parallels? {Pages of time stuck in place.} Ok? {The books that hold the Schools of Magic in them. They were made from the Trees of Life by the light elves to allow those who are fallen a way to use magic.} But I thought the…
Let’s Go on an Adventure 3 Part 1 the Beggar 1) I am writing this on the eve of our venture into the unknown empire of Xixis. Yew and I have hit a rough patch. But such are the ways of love, and, if it be true it must be tested. I won’t…
Also known as its old working title… Let’s Go on an Adventure 2 Part 1 I had kinder thoughts towards the man after reading his book. We had many differences but his genius should not be understated. Flodnag was anything but a slouch when it came to strategy. This is why we followed his crazy…
While struggling through my depression, and not really having a desire to write, I struggled through this outline of a fantasy book. Not your typical outline now. I didn’t write out dry and boring descriptions of what I would write… I just wrote the prose in miniature form. Traditional outlines are far simpler and make…
Prelude I must confess that I’ve been too harsh towards the wolves found in the midst of church. Deep inside, I forgive them, I care for them, and I want them to find help. I just might not have been good at demonstrating this. Victims have very difficult decisions to make. I come across as…
You can watch the trailer here! It currently has 1,133 views and 5 map reviews. I’ve done all I can; now it’s up to the audience. Let’s see what they say. Most maps make about three thousand dollars and disappear. A select few make 10K or more. And an even greater select few make a…
On my way home, from Louisiana and back to Minnesota, I decided to check my slack from Microsoft. Slack is a messaging type of program used for business. You can also share large files on there. This is how Microsoft communicates with the partners. Well, I noticed the Deepwellbridge channel (which only has me and…
Both Chronicles of Clo and Huge have passed content review! This is a huge step (he he) to chronicle on my blog here (he he he) as it means we are one step clo-ser to publication! Certification is where they test the map on multiple platforms. This is to see if there are any performance…
Man, this pun never gets old! As predicted, once December 15th was finished, Microsoft moved on from winter-themed maps and returned to viewing regular maps. What I didn’t expect was to hear from them so soon! They found an issue with terrain that I promptly fixed and then resubmitted. This is a very good sign!…
Here’s my Christmas present to you! Hope you like it. No dramatic plans for the holidays. I’ll fly back to Louisiana on the 23rd and stay with my parents for a week. Even though I’m a Presbyterian I’ll go to their church over the holidays. We always go to this great BBQ joint afterwards. Expect…
Microsoft is still looking at my next Minecraft map called Huge. This is normal. I’ll probably hear from them about it on Friday. Why start with Huge? It took me 5 years to make the first map. Of course, I didn’t use any editing tools, placing every block by hand. This led me down some…
I got a Music Composition degree 16 years ago. This helped me greatly in getting some music teaching jobs. In this I fell in love with teaching! But now that I create Minecraft maps and have been working on returning to my fiction… What about my music? The truth is, it’s hard to make a…
There are 2 levels of work that allow for someone to live this way. I’m already in the first level. Before I took the introverted job of making Minecraft maps, I was in an extroverted job of being a teacher. I loved aspects of this, usually the teaching parts were best, but ultimately, working with…
Deepwell Bridge 