Boo Ludlow

Tag: writing

  • 2024-12-09—Lore-Dump, Over-Exposition

    I read an X-post somewhat recently where an author was trying to drum up interest for his debut novel by promising to post lore on his world; encyclopedia entries, that’s what the promise seemed to me. I wish him luck, and if he gets his gambit to work I’ll be curious to learn his ways—but…

  • 2024-10-14—Ideally Speaking

    I love America. America is a big word. Not necessarily because it has more than three syllables and thus is difficult for my two-year-old to pronounce—America is a big word because it means a lot of different things. Faith. Family. Hope. Liberty. Opportunity. Freedom of thought. Self-responsibility. Industry. Invention. Innovation. Exploration. Curiosity. Merit. Accomplishment. The…

  • 2024-07-08—Artists VS AI

    Hello, friends! As a warning, if I disappear for a few weeks, please do not be alarmed. My wife was due to give birth on July 7th. Hopefully, while you read this (I’m typing it out a few days before that due date), we’re at home with our newborn, givinag her all the love she…

  • 2024-06-03—Family Month

    Hello, friends! I take pride in the nuclear family this month. May 30th was a travesty, an embarrassing perversion and weaponization of “justice.” The current POTUS (and many others) are wearing red and carrying a hammer and sickle: Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime. ~Lavrentiy Beria (Soviet secret police chief) Devon…

  • 2024-05-13—Monsters…

    Hello, friends! Here’s a story from when my youngest brother was really little. My mother walked into the living room and found him in the process of making the place look like a tornado passed through. She put her hands on her hips and said, “E, who made this mess?” Not one to fess up…