Author Archives: Van Ghalta

There are many ways of thinking about time; most of them are analogies. Whether it’s grains of sand in an hourglass, ticks on a clock, running water, or whatever other inaccurate analogy used to illustrate the passage of time, time runs, and it runs for a long time. But as a writer, all things areContinue reading “With Time, All Things Advance”

Damn right it is. Why is content creation so hard? Whether you’re making YouTube videos, writing books or articles, filming movies or TV shows, doing research for scientific journals, or a number of other things, creating content is pretty darn difficult. And that’s not counting all the other difficult things you’ve got to do. ToContinue reading ““Making Content Is Hard…””

Be sure to check out my latest novel, Book 1 in the Praetors of Lost Magic Series, and our Publications page. Plus, I mean, it wouldn’t hurt to check out the Resources tab. It’s full of super helpful material and I promise it will help you out. Until then, writers!

If you asked me whether or not The Last of Us TV show was a masterpiece, or even if it was good, I continue to be a bumbling mass of contradictions. I’ll tell you that it’s a faithful adaptation of a favorite video game, I’ll tell you that it’s a malicious manipulation of a belovedContinue reading “The Last of Us, Episode 6: Mediocrity is the Spice of Life (But Not Really)”

Thank you, Screen Rant. To preface, I never wanted to touch She-Hulk: Attorney at Law with a 10-foot pole. It was cancer to me: a toxic contagion that completely destroyed all life that came within a few meters of it. Just like you would not risk death by placing a poison dart frog in yourContinue reading “Metahumor Must Die, and We Must Be Its Killers”

That’s all. Really. Be sure to check out my latest novel, Book 1 in the Praetors of Lost Magic Series, and our Publications page. Plus, I mean, it wouldn’t hurt to check out the Resources tab. It’s full of super helpful material and I promise it will help you out. Until then, writers!

If you asked me whether or not I recommend The Last of Us TV show, I would respond with a very weird answer: wholeheartedly yes, but also absolutely not. It’s a great show, it’s a terrible show, and it’s an okay show all at once. There are plenty of homages and nods to keep theContinue reading “The Last of Us, Episode 5: Makes Me Want To Forget About Episode 3”

Hey, uh, if you’re looking for the Last of Us review, then I suggest that you move on. I could make some joke about how I didn’t even care about catching the review train yesterday, but the reality was just that I forgot. I was celebrating the completion of my 100,000 word first draft ofContinue reading “Cause and Consequence”

What are you? You are an architect. You are the master of constructs. Raw materials bend the earth to your will as you theorize, plan, and build the world to your liking. The great machines and the little tools are your playthings, and you command vast legions of minions to carry out your plans. WhatContinue reading “How to Trick the Reader”

“Your [the author’s] ability to solve problems with magic satisfyingly is directly proportional to how well the reader understands said magic.” – Brandon Sanderson Why need to dawdle out an intro when a quote from Brandon Sanderson can do it for me? You know, I should try that more often. It’s a great relief thatContinue reading “Best of the Blog: Sanderson’s First Law”