Any chapter in this book is worth 10x the cost of the book. Like Vanessa I too had an epiphany at one point in my life when I realized social interaction could be learned. I wasn’t some how limited by my genetics or upbringing to forever not know what to say. Once I learned this…
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Need Your Help To Start Writing a Book
Since the fall of Reactuate Games I’ve been trying to decided what I’m going to do with my life. I won’t go into the process that I’ve been going through because that would be a distraction, but I’ve decided to decide. I’m going to write a book. Working title is Distinctions For Life. It will…
The Vagrant Review
I met Peter Newman at LonCon 3 last summer and heard about The Vagrant from him. The concept was compelling. A story where the main character doesn’t talk. And he is carrying a baby though a post-apocalyptic demonic wasteland. Don’t think he mentioned one character was a goat. From the beginning you know you are…
River Song’s Screwdriver Epihany
This morning I was doing some stuff in my home workshop/office and saw the box for my River Song Sonic Screwdriver and it got me to thinking, which lead to a really cool epiphany. Rather than jump to the cool part straight away I’ll give you some of my internal dialog. In HTML Screenplay format….
WorldCon Panel Picker: Advantages and Nuances
I detailed my thoughts on a Panel Picker ala SXSW yesterday. Today I want to talk about some of the advantages. The Suggestion Process While writing this I went from calling the person who suggested the panel the “suggester” to the “nominator”. I suggest there be two phases to the picker. A nomination round and…
Panel Picker For Conventions
A modest proposal for a panel creation methodology for science fiction conventions. A bottom up approach that involves the community from the beginning.
Tardis Phone Charger
Really it isn’t a phone charger, it’s a USB Hub. But it is a powered USB hub, which means you have to plug it in. And that means it will power up most USB devices connected to it. Like your phone, or the Bluetooth speaker I have for listining to audio books while in the…
Ready Player One Review
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline My rating: 5 of 5 stars (I listened to the Audio Version and read some of it on my Kindle)As a geek child of the 80’s this books is one flashback after another. If you can remember details about Zork or John Hughes films, this book is for you….