Yesterday, as a member of the legion of Calgary-based geeks, I was made aware of an article published in the Calgary Herald entitled "It's comic how starstruck some people can be." Speaking on the colossally successful Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo, the writer, Kevin Brooker, confesses that he is baffled by "how many fans appear anxious to meet their screen idols at events like thi
No, it's not about Olympics. I've had several conversations with peers, profs and professionals about the merits and flaws of writing contests. The most basic distillation of the pros and cons can be broken down like this: Pros - Name recognition - Award money often exceeding that from a regular publication - A deadline to work towards - Professional peer review C
Irrational Games is dead. Long live Irrational Games! Yes, in the world of gaming, we are bidding farewell to the people who brought us Big Daddies, Little Sisters, and all the other quasi-steampunk nightmare relatives we never knew we were missing. Weep not for Rapture, however, for as the article points out, though artists come and go, franchises are forever. By InSapphoWeTrust
Ah, Valentine's Day. Boon of florists. Friend to chocolatiers. Reminder of all that is single in the world. Truly, a day where romance is in full bloom, as wife embraces husband, child embraces dog, clown embraces shriner, and all is love and forgiveness and understanding. I can think of no better time to talk about rejection. For what is great love without great he
OK, let's get a couple of things out of the way before we launch right into it, shall we? 1) No, there was no post on Monday. My digital camera, being older than iPhones, kicked the bucket (and yes, this is also an incidental explanation for why the pictures are sometimes awful in resolution). As such, I'm not able to photograph my minis, and this kind of defeats the whole purp
Today I thought it would be productive and useful to talk a little bit about tracking submissions. As a writer still at the beginning of what will hopefully turn into something resembling a career, I've quickly realized the critical importance of monitoring what-piece-has-gone-where. I've read horror stories about beginning writers who started out thinking that they could simply trust thes
Welcome back to the Rundown! I'm turning back the clocks past the usual cutoff of last week, because holy blap there is just so much to process. Crazy canucks tearing up the streets both in and out of their own country, a game company is trying to copywright a commonly used word, and - oh yeah, going back a little ways - A CANNIBAL. RAT. GHOST. SHIP. But before we get to
A handful of Imperial Guard today! Thought I'd take a break from the Empire army building and look at some basic conversions on the standard Cadian kits. It's a simple head-swap with a blob of green stuff on each, but overall I'm pretty happy with the look. I'm starting them up around the idea that these guys are based on Atria, a world that's offhandedly mentioned in the Imp
