Writing When You Don’t Want To
We all go through moments of writer’s block. Either lack of ideas, lack of time, lack of motivation, or whatever bugs you will slowly creep into your life and prevent you from making the progress you...
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Complimentary
Why, Thank You? What’s the best (or rather, worst) backhanded compliment you’ve ever received? If you can’t think of any — when’s the last time someone paid you a compliment you didn’t actually...
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Let Me Tell You About My Sword
We’re fighting giants, y’all.The Angry DM put up a good post regarding combat in role-playing games. You should read it. I’ll wait. Pretty much all of his points are spot-on. I’m very much looking...
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A Novel New Plan
Some of you (note, this is no one, since no one reads this blog) might have noticed that my usual habit of posting Flash Fiction on Monday’s has tapered off. There is actually a reason for this: I’ve...
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Out of Your Element
Zoltar’s Revenge In a reversal of Big, the Tom Hanks classic from the 80s, your adult self is suddenly locked in the body of a 12-year-old kid. How do you survive your first day back in school? You’re...
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The Risk of Plot
There’s an epidemic of chug behavior in America’s railways.I’ve heard this several times before from GMs: “I’ve got this great plot for my game. I’m really hoping the players enjoy it.” My next...
View ArticleWhy I Don’t Post to Facebook Anymore
These days, I mostly use Facebook as a messaging tool. I have to admit, it’s a really good tool for that purpose. I can setup group chats, I can setup individual chats, and the app integrates nicely on...
View ArticleThe New Normal
There’s an old story about the good-old days. Men would go to work in suits, women would go to work in dresses. Loyalty would be rewarded. You would work your job, come home to your spouse, and be...
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Diablo III: Betrayal and Forgiveness
Does this look like a face that would lie to you?I have a gaming conundrum that has morphed into an ethical conundrum. Recently, with the console release (re-release?) of Diablo III, I started playing...
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