So, this is what I did yesterday, in rough order:

* Woke up at 5:30 am.
* Made coffee (loving the new Keurig!).
* Finished hand-editing a technical standard (freelance).
* Teleconference with old work (who I'm freelancing for).
* Lit candles for the Grandmas at IC church.
* Had brunch/lunch at Shorty's with step-brother ( Read more... )

Hey, long time no LJ post! Anywho...

For those of you who don't follow Twitter, I've started brainstorming ideas for a new edition of Dead Inside (my first RPG) with a group of folks I've dubbed "the Utter Bastards" because they finally convinced me, kicking and screaming, that this would be a good idea ( Read more... )

So, as an update to my post on Chadtoberfest 40, I do know what I'll be doing for my birthday. . .

Working.This month, I'm behind on bills, so I've been scrambling for more freelance work (my existing gaming-freelance gig and online game sales really won't be paying out much this month ( Read more... )

Well, November is packed with (writing/editing) work:

* Freelance editing project, at my day-job rate.
* Starting DFRPG edit work Real Soon Now. [1]
* Working on STotC at odd moments. [2]
* UA PDF project progressing. [3]
* Day-job editing of many, many 2 yr old DOCs.
* Once again, pondering Hyperworld. [4 ( Read more... )

In the wake of the multi-year "mostly dead" status of Pen & Paper, and the looming demise of Geocities (where my other publications credits are listed), I have begun to try and assemble a decent CV of my work in the gaming industry over the past few days ( Read more... )

This past weekend was Camp Nerdly 3.

Short form: Had great conversations, played fun games, drank regional sodas (Cheerwine and Dr. Enuf FTW!), and made silly faces at well-behaved babies. An all-around win.

Also, for the vid-inclined, Jason Morningstar's One Cool Thing I Saw At Camp Nerdly 3 on YouTube.

Otherwise, the ( long day-by-day breakdown behind the cut... )

Download the S7S Errata Sheet PDF!

Despite demiurgent, drivingblind, and myself poring over the S7S manuscript for weeks (if not months), a bunch of errata crept into the hardcover version. Mostly little, irritating ones ( Read more... )

Two characters who were important in the Alpha playtest of S7S: Sigur Stormeye and Livia Petro.

(I can only hope people link this on Monday; weekends usually have low readership, and holiday weekends even moreso.)

Let me give some context -- I ran two separate alpha playtests: "the Musketeers" and "the Pirates." The Musketeers ended up being a ( Read more... )

Time to look at another Minor Island of the 7 Skies!

Molnar

[ Extant information on Molnar can be found in S7S, p. 78. ]

What Molnar Is Like

Floating in an oval sea (the Elliptic Ocean), the land of the small island of Molnar is shaped like a trapezoid, more or less.

The narrow side is the Lava Tongue Range, a line of long-extinct volcanoes ( Read more... )

Time to look at another Minor Island of the 7 Skies!

From the S7S wiki. . .

Hekuba

[ Extant information on Hekuba can be found in S7S, p. 78. ]

What Hekuba Is LikeA small cloud-island, in the Deasil High Layer and near to the Edge of the World, Hekuba is a small, very flat, cloud-island, covered in vibrant green foilage. Other than the ( Read more... )