Chapter Two: The Beast Within was still where I was beginning to get my footing under me, and upon closer inspection, I’m starting to see what was going on in my mind when I was writing this story.

How can we deal with Main Character Syndrome and the desire to be in control of the story when finding ourselves in the middle of an ensamble cast? And how can we gently help others do the same?

The first step to creating the new me is to project to the world who I want to be.

A quick reflection on the first chapter of A Place to Belong. While the character is a bit of a self insert, I would much rather explore the person I want to be as opposed to hyping up the one I am.

How can a DM handle the unexpected? How do we handle the chaos that is our friends either hopped up on adrenaline and caffeine or rightious fury and needing something to take it out on? How can our stories survive when they just won’t cooperate?!?!

Well… Here’s how I do it.

The first, albeit short, chapter of A Place to Belong, my Vampire story in the Queen City. This chapter was based off the writing prompt: “When I Changed.”

Please enjoy the story, and should you become inspired, enter the World of Darkness yourself. They have many great games and wonderful stories.

I may have accidentally-ed a book. Due to copyright laws, IP ownership, and other such things, I cannot publish this book… as a book… Fan fiction, on the other hand….

Characters are a big part of the world, and once you start finding problems with them, you start seeing the threads of your world beginning to unravel. What do you do when you weren’t prepared for the flaws you see unfolding in front of you?

A magic system can make or break a world. Figuring out how it works in yours is one of the most important elements in world building, but was even harder trying to translate it from table to tome.

There are sometimes years between the events of the game and me sitting down to write about them. Today I’d like to discuss the pros and cons of how I decided to undertake this monumental plan.

Fame wasn’t ever something I was after. I don’t want to be recognized on the street. All I want is to tell my stories and live my life. Modern authorship doesn’t really allow for that kind of life

So how could I possibly create gods that reflected the best aspects of my world, while still feeling like they fit? Well… My players answered that by accident.

The Displaced is basically a D&D version of an Isekai anime… With this in mind, I got to work building an entirely new world out of the old world.