Category: Fiction

• ROTP Progress Log #1

  

  A progress log of crafting the 2nd Edition of Ryder on the Pass.

  Michael Leask

  July 9, 2025

  Character Development, Novel Writing, Science Fiction

  books, Creative Writing, editing, Novel Writing, Progress Log, Ryder on the Pass, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Writing, writing community

• List three video games that have had an impact on you. Why?

  

  What are the three video games that have had an impact on me?

  Michael Leask

  June 25, 2025

  Fiction, Mass Effect, Video Game Writing

  Chrono Trigger, Consoles, Dead Space, Final Fantasy, Halo, Impactful Video Games, Mario Bros., Mass Effect, Metroid, Nintendo, PC, Playstation, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Sonic, StarCraft, Video Games, Xbox, Zelda

• List three books that have had an impact on you. Why?

  

  What are three impactful books to me and why?

  Michael Leask

  June 18, 2025

  Fiction, Novel Writing

  1984, Animal Farm, books, Ender’s Game, Fiction, Impactful Books, On Writing, reading, Starry Messenger, Starship Troopers, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings

• For Whom the Bell Tolls

  

  A book review for Whom the Bell Tolls.

  Michael Leask

  March 26, 2025

  Book Review, Fiction, Novel Writing

  Book Review, Ernest Hemingway, Fiction, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hemingway

• Ryder on the Pass and Time in Tartarus, second editions

  

  ROTP and TIT will have a second edition. Here, I describe why that is.

  Michael Leask

  March 19, 2025

  Fiction, Novel Writing, Uncategorized

  author, Creative Writing, Fiction, Michael Leask, PK Sahota, ROTP, Ryder on the Pass, second edition, Time in Tartarus, TIT, Writing, writing-tips

• The Last Secret

  

  A book review of The Last Secret by Maia Caron. An excellent read and one worth your time!

  Michael Leask

  March 12, 2025

  Fiction

  books, Fiction, reading, TheLastSecret, Ukrainian, whatareyoureadingnow?

• Should there always be conflict in a scene?

  

  In literary works, should there always be conflict in a scene, or is that concept only for scripts?

  Michael Leask

  March 5, 2025

  Character Development, Fiction, Novel Writing, Video Game Writing

  conflict in a scene, Creative Writing, reading, Writing, writing-tips