🌈🚀 Reliable wonder engine. I make narrative role-playing games that imagine a weirder, queerer, more connected world.
happy new year from one buzzing particle to another
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Hi Reader, Welcome! Happy New Year! Please, come in. Let's shake off that snow. Make yourself at home. The candles on the table are set up for Hanukkah. Tomorrow night's the eighth night—the big one! I haven't had you over for a while because I've been heads-down in the text for Defy the Gods, trying to finish it so I can hand it off to Rue Dickey, the copy editor. Now that the Christmas brouhaha is over, I'm putting every spare hour into this. I'm preparing to launch a Kickstarter for Defy the Gods in March! In advance of that, I'll soon start marketing the game more actively. Once I can get my head out of this manuscript, I'll make a hard pivot from total introvert to total extrovert. At least, that's the plan. Here's the logo that Cris Viana came up with—not final-final, but getting there. Isn't it awesome? The book is starting to feel real! And here are the color versions of the character portraits! Aaaah! They're so cool! Thalie did such amazing work—as she always does. But! While all this has been happening, a new batch of raccoon dice arrived from Poland! Ros is planning to come over this weekend to assemble the last 170 or so Raccoon Sky Pirates games. I'll ship most of them to Indie Press Revolution and have a few to sell from here, Hectic Electron Central (that is, this table, when it's not Dinner Central). Probably as soon as Monday. In other news, Udo now wears a harness all day every day, so we can help him down the stairs and up into the car, because he's been getting more tottery. I have to say he looks quite sharp in it. He's an old dog, but he's hanging in there. I'm glad he gets to experience the snow. What he really wants to do is lie on the bed, ideally with us, and we try to maximize his time there. What are you up to? How have your holidays been? Are you ready to brave the new year? Because I have to tell you, it's here. Cheers, P.S. Quick poll! I'm still trying to land on a tagline for Defy the Gods, so people know what they're getting into when they pick up the book. The current contenders:
What do you think? Would you want to know up-front that it's queer-focused? That it has romance in it? I'd love to know. Okay thanks! I'll check in again soon! |
Everlasting, Neverending Game Night
🌈🚀 Reliable wonder engine. I make narrative role-playing games that imagine a weirder, queerer, more connected world.
Hi Reader, It's good to see you again. Please, sit down—let me move these stacks of paper. And these. I'll put them—somewhere. On the sofa. As you can see, this place has been a hive of activity since the Kickstarter launched on Tuesday. I meant to get together with you before now, but there's just been so much to do. Oh hey, didn't I tell you? The Kickstarter is live! If you haven't already, please go check it out—including all the art I'm showing off there. Yesterday, Jay Dragon released a...
Hi Reader, Lovely to see you. Please, come in, sit down. On the table, I have a terracotta vase filled with chamomile flowers, sacred to Inanna, and Mesopotamian irises. The land of Gilgamesh has taken over the game table, as you can see. Because the Kickstarter for Defy the Gods launches on Tuesday! If you haven't yet signed up to follow the campaign, please do at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hecticelectron/defy-the-gods. Then come back. This book got a lot more personal than I...
Hi Reader, Welcome! Please, come in. Let me take your raincoat. And your umbrella, and oh the galoshes. The horrors really are pouring down out there, huh? On the table, I put some sunny daffodils in a clay pitcher. I couldn’t cut the crocuses, spring’s tiny cheerleaders. But these daffs were fair game. My partner, M, is away this weekend, so I've been walking Udo in the mornings, and this morning, it was raining. Water streamed down the streets and gutters, but it wasn’t cold. It felt nice...