The Blog

Who Filters the Future?

The Slipshot Take on the Fermi Paradox

March 26, 2025

Developing your Story's Characters

The Art of Getting Someone to Care and Not be Bored

March 17, 2025

The Crucible of Conflict: Forging Characters and Stories

Unraveling the Internal, External, and Relational Tensions That Ignite Narrative Growth

March 10, 2025

Perfecting the Pitch

Getting to the heart of a story is harder than you think. Like, lots harder.

March 3, 2025

The Known and the Novel: Anchoring the Familiar While Embracing the Uncharted

Exploring the Art of Crossing Genres in Storytelling

February 24, 2025

The Vars: Worlds Born from the Slipshot

Cosmic Experiments, Engineering Vision, and the Struggle for Liberation in Griddish

February 23, 2025

Building Worlds: Crafting Immersive Settings That Breathe

How personal experiences and sensory details transform an ordinary world into a living narrative

February 18, 2025

The Slipshot: A Universe-Building Marvel with Often Dark Results

A Technological Wonder Turned Tool of Oppression

February 17, 2025

The Tenddrome: Network of Knowledge and Control

Understanding the living network that binds and empowers Griddish's Slaves

February 10, 2025

Matere Songgaard: A Refugee Fighting Corruption

How One Engineer Class Citizen's Hope and Defiance Shape the Future of the Vars

January 26, 2025

The Heartbeat of Stories: Crafting Character Chemistry

Building Dynamic Relationships That Bring Your Story to Life

January 20, 2025

Inside Griddish: The Class System of a Domed World

Exploring the Technocratic Rule of Engineers and the Networked Existence of Slave-Class Nodes in the Tenddrome

January 17, 2025

Opal Fremmity: The Quarrelsome Mechanic Who Defies Existing Paradigms

An anti-hero wrestling with existential questions, moral dilemmas, and the constraints of being a Node within the Tenddrome.

January 14, 2025

Jillian Crenshaw: Ally, Guardian, Leader

The journey of a privileged idealist turned resilient survivor in the Slipshot universe.

January 12, 2025

Fredrick—The Reluctant Hero of the Slipshot

A relatable hero’s journey in the Slipshot series.

January 6, 2025