KL Forslund

Except in novel writing, I am a man of too many words. Sure, I can plow through a scene in less than five hundred words (not a good...

We might see a hurricane here in Houston. Per the latest news, Hurricane Beryl could take a right and curve up toward Houston. My sources...

If you haven’t watched the series finale of Star Trek: Discovery, go watch that. I’ll wait.

How do you know if a book is fostering bigoted values? How do you know if the author is a bigot? This week, a friend of mine brought the...

This is a woke article about potential pitfalls in casting characters in your stories. There, that should chase away the jerks. Let’s get...

This is part two of how I “wing” DMing an adventure using a few tricks from my writing toolbelt. I started with showing how to make up an...

Before the D&D campaign begins, it would help if I knew what the setting looked like. Technically, I have skipped everything but naming...

It’s the end of 2023, and the future is coming.  Who doesn’t love cryptic predictions. Plus, I need the practice for the wizard novel....

I liked chess as a kid because it gave me so many choices. The kids at school hated playing chess with me because I took away all their...

I did it! I sold a story. As this website and blog are evidence, it took awhile. Let's get to the cover and links before I tell the back...

The world began with an idea, which began with a being. At first, darkness covered the land and stayed that way for a long time. But then...

The party is on its way to the dungeon that sounded appealing. It’s hot. Mosquitos are biting. The trees are just standing there as the...

After a long hiatus, I am back in the Dungeons and Dragons saddle. I started with 2nd Edition back in 1990. Played tons of 3rd edition,...

Captain Locke pulled the chain next to the door. A bell rattled on the other side. A moment later, a pale butler opened the door. The...

A long time ago, in a year called 2010, I had a pain in my back. Right around where the kidney was. A trip to the doctor, and an...

Life is pain. That’s what the Dread Pirate said. At some point, you get used to it. The aching knees. Fingers that don’t bend so...

Lucky sat patiently while kids droned through the Happy Birthday song. They were at the Norns verse. He didn’t know why they came. His...

Steampunk is set in the era of machine replacing man, but that’ doesn’t mean the genre is in favor of that. Quite the opposite in fact....

Am I the only person curious if something can be done, but not keen on seeing it? The internet is flooded with AI generated images and...

They say you shouldn’t start a story with dialogue. But sometimes that’s how a story starts. A question. An answer. A moment later the...