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The Crossing
The Wanderer rocked violently, a fragile speck in the vast, storm-beaten waters. Spicer, the captain, stood barefoot at the helm, his wiry frame braced against the ship’s shuddering frame as waves…[...]
Languaging and the Naming of Things
One of the important things for the World is familiarity. I remember reading a great (and hefty) first RPG by a Scottish crowd and one of the things I remember…[...]
Talking to Dragons
Dragons of all shapes and sizes occupy this world but due to the spread of wizardry, they are most often found on remote islands or on lonely peaks. A solitary…[...]
The 23rd Letter 3rd Edition
So, we have been working a lot on this. The rules are probably 90% complete but we keep finding little places where we think a rule or guideline is needed.…[...]
Return to Jorune
I am in the middle of a writing project (Twilight Invasion, if you must know) but this just means I have extra procrastination for other writing projects. I've written about…[...]
T2000: CZTERY – Four Mystery Scenarios for Twilight:2000
Now available through the Free League Workshop, four mysteries for Twilight: 2000 referees who want something mysterious in their game. Ready to slot into an existing campaign or you can…[...]
Draculas Night Oot
Attached below is a script I wrote a few years ago. It was for a BBC comedy shorts competition they were running out of Writers Room. The competition was called…[...]
Frontier….2020: progress, updates and the future
I've begun working on Frontier again, firstly through a collaboration with a young Kenyan artist to produce some concept pieces for the book. It's really helping to crystallise some of…[...]
Current work…writing scripts
For the last few months, on top of travelling and attending a bazillion courses, I've been writing. I've written five short scripts in the world of THE 23RD LETTER. I've…[...]
NINoWriMO – Northern Ireland Novel Writing Month
I'm taking part in a fiction-writing collective called "WriteWeekly" but this has some relevance as well: Blick Shared Studios, Malone Rd, Belfast 7-9pm, Thursday 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th November 2010…[...]
Frontier: Foreword, History of Mbaye Schools, page 23
[I am taking part in a weekly writing task with some friends. The first seed for this assignment was the opening line from Dune by Frank Herbert: "A beginning is…[...]
The WhiteChapel Project
The Project in Whitechapel was formed in September 1941 as a subsection of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). The SOE was directed to encourage espionage behind enemy lines and build…[...]
MURDERDROME: iPhone comic reader BANNED!
Wednesday afternoon I popped round to Paul's house for a quick chat (and a couple of headache tablets) and I saw a demo of MurderDrome, the first iteration of a…[...]
WotW: Earth – 21 Days of Invasion
The Narrator of the book was close to one of the arrival sites but this was not necessarily the most active site. He also spent more than two weeks (or…[...]
Subversion for Writers.
TUAW has a link about Subversion for Writers. Subversion is a popular open source version control system. "It allows you to work collaboratively with folks on the same files (in…[...]
What’s He Building In There?
Title taken from the Tom Waits track. This blossomed into a scenario where the PCs were sent to investigate a murder. A newcomer to a quiet US suburb was found…[...]
Spiralling Down
I don't blame anyone really. Sometimes I get angry or depressed and curse my friends, my family, the company, the system, the church and anyone else I can name. But…[...]
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?[...]