Monthly Archives: February 2008

So you want to be a writer

I got this from the blog of reknowned comic artist PJ Holden So you want to be a writer? Or do you want to make a living as a writer?

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21/100 Making a Miniseries

On my main blog I’ve been working through Chris Brogan’s 100 topics more as a method of amusement and to keep me writing. The rest of the entries have been a bit easier than the current one and the context … Continue reading

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RQ: character portraits

Mike puts a LOT of work into his Glorantha. Melo Yelo, the Yelmalion Baboon

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Masters of War

Human Unity, though most pacifist by most standards, does construct weapons for use by natural humans and Experts. They build weapons for their own security and defense as Human Unity has yet to commit a pre-emptive aggressive action. Despite this … Continue reading

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Star Wars: abridged by a 3 year old

I have to get my kids watching Star Wars

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Shopping for a new desk?

Tom Spina Designs (via therpf.com) show us what you can get if you have expensive and sci-fi tastes. http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=39500

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The 23rd Letter – Black Monday

“Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.” – John Maynard Keynes The period following the end of the Second World War saw a … Continue reading

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Human Unity

“In teaching there should be no distinction of classes.” – Confucius, Analects XV. 39 Human Unity is a technocratic utopia made up of 85% of Earth’s previous nations and all but two human-founded colonies. As such, the vast majority of … Continue reading

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RQ: Actual Play Thread at RPG.NET

Graham has started a Runequest/Glorantha Actual Play thread at RPG.net which we can only hope will be as popular as his Delta Green Actual Play thread which has had nearly 40 000 views. I’m going to be putting content here … Continue reading

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RQ: Fantasy Games

Since I joined the group, we’ve been playing either Delta Green (check for kinnygraham’s Actual Play on rpg.net) or Gaslight Cthulhu. Michael’s RuneQuest represents the first game where we haven’t had guns and we are not playing characters who are … Continue reading

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RQ: Something bad at Black Rock

Anaxippos removed his golden breastplate and greaves and started to unpack his kitbag. He opened the cap of the spiced oily lotion he had prepared and began kneading it into his tired limbs. Even from another building he could hear … Continue reading

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Why we stay up late….

Okay, I got this from Michele Neylon’s blog: It explains everything. XKCD link

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Explorer ISD

The Internal Security Department manages all aspects of security aboard an Explorer. In a 24 hour period, a security officer is expected to juggle his duties between leisure time, passive duty and active duty. While on Passive Duty, the security … Continue reading

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Cloverfield

I think it has everything to do with being a parent. I’ve never been a fan of Godzilla movies but I do like action/horror/disaster movies as a whole. Cloverfield is excellently executed and it left my head filled with “what … Continue reading

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Jumper

From IMDB: A genetic anomaly allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years between “Jumpers” and those who … Continue reading

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Space freighter given launch date

I never thought I’d live to see the day when the BBC News would have the headline: Space freighter given launch date Okay, it’s not quite as glamourous as all that but it’s still cool.

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Religion in the far future…

This came in to the jabber channel from Aidan at an opportune moment. Religion survives in Frontier, writing about it now.

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Short Stories

Jens Alfke pointed out The Loneliness Engine and also linked to his own We Had Black Boxes. Great stuff.

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Promoting your book via blogging…

When Patry Francis was first diagnosed with colon cancer, she didn’t want anyone to know. “I wanted to be able to have lunch with people and not have them wonder if I was going to drop dead on the spot,” … Continue reading

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Strange Maps

This blog about strange maps is just fascinating.

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