Catalyst Castle

I was recently reading Motor City Gamewerks, a blog by Jason Marker. Jason Marker is a freelance writer who writes for role-playing games. He published two articles on his blog recently about where he gets his ideas and inspirations. While he talks specifically about writing for games, the principles he discusses apply equally to writing fiction for any medium. I enjoyed them emmensely, and found them very insightful, so I thought I would share links to them here. (Disclaimer: These articles may contain a little bit of very mild profanity.)

Catching Fireflies: The Place Where Ideas Come From

The Place Where I Come From is a Small Town: or Everything is Interesting if You Look Hard Enough

I've always admired Batman's gadgets. Chief among them is his car - the Batmobile. While it would be cool to play Batman in a movie, I think the greatest job in any Batman film goes to the stunt driver that gets to drive his car. I have a very cool toy version of the Batmobile from Batman Begins (my favorite Batman film), but I would love to build an actual, real-life Batmobile. Realizing that is a nearly unattainable dream, I decided to settle for a Bat Mobile. It isn't nearly as cool as a sports-tank, but it will do for now.

I built my Bat Mobile in just about an hour using only a few simple materials I already had at home. Below is a picture of the tools and materials I used, and another one of the finished mobile hanging from my ceiling.

1. I won’t heave a sigh every time I’m alone.
2. I can let down my guard for a second without making a mistake.
3. Love won’t break my heart, it will fulfill it.
4. I will forgive myself.
5. I will break down the walls I build around myself.
6. All of my regrets will fade away.
7. I will look at myself in the mirror and like who I am.
8. I will not be anxious. The only surprises will be pleasant ones.
9. I will not doubt myself or others.
10. I will love someone else more than I love myself.

Those are just 10 personal little things that I look forward to in the new system, in no particular order. Are there any little things that you look forward to in the new system? If you would like to, please share them in the comments.

I was inspired by looking at sci-fi concept art to create a picture. This is pretty simple computer art created with ArcSoft Photo Studio 5. Of course, my art never turns out as well as I would like it to, but I did throw this together pretty quickly. Perhaps my problem is impatience.