I’ve never been very athletic. I’ve never liked sweating or losing my breath. In high school, though, I discovered an exercise that counted as exercise and didn’t suck: lifting weights. I was particularly fond of curls. I could sit at the curl bench all gym period, if they’d let Read more…
When we talk about ourselves, and other real people, we can agree that who a person is, the content of their character, is more important than what they are. Who > What So why is it, when we talk about our fictional characters, more often than not, we start with what Read more…
I used to never finish a draft of anything. Or a sewing project. Or a crochet project. Or a poem. I was a queen UNfinisher. At the Game Devs meet up the other night, during a discussion on unfinished projects, someone, I think it was Matt, said, “No one finishes Read more…
Okay, so it didn’t win the IF competition, and it didn’t get accepted for publication at the only interactive fiction market I know of, so I am posting my wee text adventure “Take Over the World – Or at Least Cleveland” here on my website for all to enjoy. Please Read more…
My office just got a new gender-neutral bathroom. There was a lot of objection from some staff members, mostly women, about having to ‘share with men,’ but ultimately, no amount of objection could erase the simple need: We needed it to meet building code for minimum number of toilets per Read more…
It started with an observation, as I was driving one day through an inner city neighborhood. A jaywalker casually made his way in front of my car and I said, “Wow. That guy isn’t afraid of anything.” “I think there’s a cultural thing,” my passenger said. “I mean, I notice, Read more…
Or, how not to network. Everyone says you have to network. You need to meet people in the field. So… at every writer’s conference I go to, I’m the dork who runs up to the Famous Presenter Person and says… nothing useful. “I want to be a writer, too!” Greaaaat… Read more…