Truly Tiny Gods was an idea I came up with years ago. A sort of automated story driven by code and user interactions. I never finished it and still think about creating it. I even registered a Facebook app that I never developed. Life got in the way. This is …
I’ve been thinking about world building for very small characters or for normal sized characters living with very large peoples (giants). On the whole, we tend to treat races as simply funny looking humans. When the party goes to the bar, they simply order a drink. How do the dwarf, …
What can you do with a rusty lock? If you are a writer, almost anything. At a local writers’ gathering this week, a friend challenged us all to take an item home and use this item as the foundation for a story. I chose a rusty lock. Now, of course, …
I have always found it disturbing when I encounter groups that suffer no disagreement with their ideas. The obvious example of this sort of dictated thinking are cults but it is no less unhealthy when found in other circles. Disagreement and debate are, on the whole, a sign of a …
Can we use maths to work out the minimum price per story that a writer should accept? After all, writing “for the exposure” does not put food on my table. This post was inspired by an offer from a group calling themselves Thanet Writers (not to be confused with Thanet Creative …
Am I the only writer that wonders how the toilets might work on a space station full of aliens? Sure, our loos work with water and gravity but what about diverse biologies in say, Mos Eisley? Man, I’d hate to be the plumber that has to keep that place running. Warning: …
When you think about it, a GM and an author are quite similar. Both are telling a story. The only difference is the medium and the audience. Of the two, running a game as a GM might be the harder option. As a GM you still have to spin a …
I’m guessing I’ve probably lost about half of you with the headline but I’ve been giving some thought to a different way to do online games as a storytelling medium. Before you look at me and say something that offensive and probably mostly true, hear me out. You see I’m …
When designing games, we sometimes use the inverse square law. Warning: here be nerd-bate. The inverse square law is a lot easier to understand than the last round of maths geekery I posted. When geeky writers have a little too much time on their hands, they read geeky blogs and …
Normally I like to only write about writing and story related issues here but today I am going to tell you why I think Brexit is a mistake. These three simple reasons why Brexit is a mistake are why I have been so distracted from my chosen life’s work of writing the …
