The Kit ‘n Kabookle Blog: Dare to Think Differently About Story
Hey, Mary here, and welcome to the blog. If you’ve come in search of content to get you thinking about every aspect of storytelling, congrats–you’re in the right place. I typically post something short but story-related every Tuesday, plus longer deep-dives on Thursday as I produce them. If you have thoughts, don’t hesitate to leave a comment. I’ll respond.
Oh, and because I believe in attributing artists wherever possible, credit to Michaela 💗 from Pixabay for the image.
One of my favorite things about D&D is the social gaming aspect of it. That’s really where I sit in the gamer world. Fortunately or unfortunately, gaming with other people inevitably means there will be clashes, disagreements, and moments where everyone stares at someone thinking “wtf are you doing?” I’ve…
Reverb. Filters. Equalizers. Terms, as of two weeks ago, I had either never heard of or had the most abstractly basic understanding of. Now after playing with audio editing for two weeks? I’m still a total amateur and won’t even pretend otherwise, but I have a basic working understanding of…
Technically speaking, this is not “new” news. We have music going pretty much every evening as a backdrop to unwinding and getting ready for/eating dinner. What’s new is a return to music in a way I haven’t for years, over a decade at least. One of my D&D friends and…
**SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for Disney’s 1994 animated The Lion King, as well as the 2024 live-action Mufasa. 🟪 🟪 🟪 I had a Lion-King weekend. Friday night, we watched the 30th anniversary concert, which contained some amazing performances, not to mention a grand moment involving Nathan Lane…
When it comes to writing, I’m definitely a pantser. I suppose this tracks, since I’m also a TTRPG nerd, and the entire game is just responding to what the gamemaster says and hoping things work out (spoiler, they do, but not until something jumps out and attacks your group). At…
One of my most amusing memories of grad school comes from the semester Kevin Hearn, author of the Iron Druid Chronicles, was the guest speaker. Someone asked him if he read romance novels, to which he replied he had enormous respect for romance writers but that it wasn’t a genre…
I will confess that this post was mainly an engine to share a picture of water. I did not take this one—credit goes to http://www.goodfreephotos.com, but depending on which lake is in this photo, I could have. I spend some time in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula last week, which, for those…
Show of hands: Who else remembers when the 1997 Cinderella starring Brandy came out? *Glances around* ✋ Right, moving on. I did, indeed, see Brandy’s Cinderella when it came out and enjoyed it in the way of a nine-year-old kid enjoying a fairy-tale movie. Great songs, happy ending, amusing dialogue.…
