Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
Disdain for Facebook and All Things Social Media
I've been writing a lot lately here on my blog. It helps that I can now generate unique feature images for my content, thanks to some new features in the Jetpack plugin I use to support my website. I prefer to write here because it's my space, configured the way I...
Of a Love for Speculative Fiction
I have loved speculative fiction ever since I can remember. As a kid I was reading on a grown-up level by the time I was in fifth grade, so I was reading novels by Dean Koontz and Stephen King, Nelson DeMille, and a whole host of others. Not everything I read at that...
Motivational Lows and Daily Living
I admit it. I haven't done very well at self-care this past week. It's not that I'm struggling with my mental health, really. More, it's down to the fact that my motivation levels have been low the last week or two now. For example, I have trash that's piled up a bit,...
Fiction
Justice
It is a long, silver sword suspended in the air over a low altar. It gleams in the light, as rays of sunlight play along its surface and edges. A placard on the altar declares this the sword of Justice, with Karma as its close companion. Justice and Karma pair...
Wheel of Fortune
You spin the Wheel of Fortune, and your Life Map appears before you. It is a series of glyphs that represent where you've been and where you are going. The Wheel says it is about free will and fate. Some things are up to chance; some are destiny. And it is always your...
The Hermit
He sits in a little campsite down by the river and into the woods. He has a campfire and a meager shelter. A rusted coffee pot sits on a makeshift rack over the fire, and steam comes from the pot. He sits on a log near the fire and plays a harmonica. He is the Hermit....