Purple Prose
While Chuck Wendig is in Utah, I write a guest post on his blog talking about language and penises. But mostly penises. http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2010/01/20/penis-by-eddy-webb/ (Note: The last...
View ArticleMoving from Blob to Blob
For a little over a week now, assassin dog robot Chuck Wendig has been trying to wrap his head around storytelling in games. He’s posted about it three times, in case you want to download his...
View ArticleMicro-Celebrity
Image by eddyfate via Flickr With the rise of the Internet, there’s also a rise in what I’ve come to think of as “micro-celebrity” — something that looks and feels a little bit like celebrity, but only...
View ArticleMy Advice? Stop Listening To Advice
You. Yes, you. The prospective writer or game designer. The one with over 500 unread blog posts in your RSS reader. You. We need to talk. Have a seat. Would you like something to drink? No? Okay. Look,...
View ArticlePeer Review: Double Dead, by Chuck Wendig
One of the disadvantages of having lots of talented writers and designers as friends is that I end up with more books to read or games to play than I have time to read or play them. I know that one of...
View ArticleWhat is a Professional?
As freelance checks start rolling in, I recently paid my membership dues to the IGDA (I had been part of the Writers special interest group for several months now, but I hadn’t had the spare $48 to put...
View ArticlePeer Review: Dinocalypse Now & Beyond Dinocalypse by Chuck Wendig
Time for another peer review. Disclosure: I’ve been friends with Chuck for six years, and I backed the original Kickstarter for the Dinocalypse trilogy (a series of novels based on the Spirit of the...
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