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April 2025 Web Site Update
Hey Everyone! Lo' and behold, there have been some changes done around here! Redesigned the Welcome Page. New Backgrounds featuring...

Richard Shoptaw
Apr 231 min read


Iz Make Videos
It's a short post tonight. I have been majorly slacking off, and it totally hasn't been because I have been playing Final Fantasy XIV:...

Richard Shoptaw
Aug 27, 20241 min read


Legends of Gaming
1988 found me in Omaha, Nebraska. I was finally moving under my own power again. The heel-cord surgery, from the autumn before, had...

Richard Shoptaw
Apr 16, 202411 min read


Guess Who's Back
So here we are again, another blog entry after a long break. A two year break, ARGHH . A lot has happened in that time. I fubared a...

Richard Shoptaw
Mar 29, 202410 min read


Faking It
So, it’s time for an update. A fast blog entry to remind not only all of you I’m still around, but coach myself out of the isolating,...

Richard Shoptaw
May 17, 20225 min read


Bad News and Looking Forward
On Wednesday, April 6th, I received some bad news. My current publisher has opted not to continue its publication of the Goddess’...

Richard Shoptaw
Apr 9, 20223 min read


Objects and Rearview Mirrors
I don’t talk about my dad’s death often. Some years, the memories are vague after thoughts. Then there are times like this one. My mind...

Richard Shoptaw
Feb 9, 202214 min read


I PAUSED MY GAME TO WRITE THIS
It's been a while since I blogged. Too long. This time it wasn't out of fear, but simple frustrated laziness. I wrote out several would...

Richard Shoptaw
Jul 30, 20214 min read


I have a blog and I don’t know how to use it!
I don’t know how others do it. Sure, I can write and bullshit with the best of them. However, trying to write a brief What Have I Been...

Richard Shoptaw
Mar 26, 20211 min read


And So It Goes on Raging?
I don’t know what I will name this. Two titles float in my head, Rage On or And So It Goes. Both are song titles, Dan Seals and Billy...

Richard Shoptaw
Dec 12, 20204 min read


Something fun
I belong to a few writer's groups. The owner of one threw out a writing prompt my brain didn't resist, a picture of an Amtrak train and...

Richard Shoptaw
Oct 31, 20202 min read


Expectations
I'm not shy. Not exactly. Okay, a little, or a lot. Engaging in what amounts to personal correspondence is daunting. I wouldn't say I'm...

Richard Shoptaw
Jul 16, 20204 min read


Marching Forward
In two years and three-hundred forty-eight days, I will be alive longer than my father. He remains forty-two and I march towards forty....

Richard Shoptaw
May 26, 20203 min read
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