This story was written years ago for a contest. It got a positive feedback, but wasn’t picked. I found it again a few months ago, adjusted a bit of the flow, and it’s now here. Some people say Hell is a fiery pit of despair, eternally engulfed in flames. Others say it’s a cold and desolated wasteland, where no hope …
Tag: writing
To be a good translator, you need to be a good writer
It’s fundamental to grasp your native language at a deeper level than any other so you can effectively communicate what the original text says Video game localization isn’t an easy job, be it due to the nature of the job itself —translating something without seeing the whole picture, because it doesn’t exist yet — or due to the nature of …
Meeting friends on a Summer night
A small interactive fiction made with Twine I made a small project to learn how to use Twine. It’s just a short interactive fiction, nothing major or incredible about it. Twine is cool and very easy to use, especially if you use the Chapbook format and just want to write. But embedding the image at the start and making it …
A Shadow in the Desert
Between the shores of the inner sea and the borders of the living forest, there’s a desert which, according to legend, has existed since the world’s creation. A patch of land larger than many nations, but belonging to no one, as it is considered unconquerable and unlivable. The sands there, though, are said to hide many secrets the world has …
Juggling
My family is considered middle class in Brazil. Bear in mind that middle class down there can go from “someone scraping by, but not going hungry” to “someone who can travel to other countries, but not without burning a hole in their pocket”. My family would sit right in between these two extremes. There were good times and there were …
About liminal spaces and solitude
Note: This was originally written and shared on cohost. If you wish to see the full context to understand why it was written, check the link. I’m originally from one of the largest countries in the world. Large as in, larger than the USA if you take Alaska out of the equation (sorry Alaska). My home state has more people …