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I Am Legend
I've read the book and watched both Omega Man and the recent Will Smith adaptation. I am looking forward to the March 18th release of the DVD, if only for…
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So you want to be a writer
I got this from the blog of reknowned comic artist PJ Holden So you want to be a writer? Or do you want to make a living as a writer?
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21/100 Making a Miniseries
On my main blog I've been working through Chris Brogan's 100 topics more as a method of amusement and to keep me writing. The rest of the entries have been…
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RQ: character portraits
Mike puts a LOT of work into his Glorantha. Melo Yelo, the Yelmalion Baboon
Posted inFrontier
Masters of War
Human Unity, though most pacifist by most standards, does construct weapons for use by natural humans and Experts. They build weapons for their own security and defense as Human Unity…
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Star Wars: abridged by a 3 year old
I have to get my kids watching Star Wars
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Human Unity
"In teaching there should be no distinction of classes." - Confucius, Analects XV. 39 Human Unity is a technocratic utopia made up of 85% of Earth's previous nations and all…
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RQ: Actual Play Thread at RPG.NET
Graham has started a Runequest/Glorantha Actual Play thread at RPG.net which we can only hope will be as popular as his Delta Green Actual Play thread which has had nearly…
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RQ: Fantasy Games
Since I joined the group, we've been playing either Delta Green (check for kinnygraham's Actual Play on rpg.net) or Gaslight Cthulhu. Michael's RuneQuest represents the first game where we haven't…
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RQ: Something bad at Black Rock
Anaxippos removed his golden breastplate and greaves and started to unpack his kitbag. He opened the cap of the spiced oily lotion he had prepared and began kneading it into…
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Why we stay up late….
Okay, I got this from Michele Neylon's blog: It explains everything. XKCD link
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Explorer ISD
The Internal Security Department manages all aspects of security aboard an Explorer. In a 24 hour period, a security officer is expected to juggle his duties between leisure time, passive…
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Cloverfield
I think it has everything to do with being a parent. I've never been a fan of Godzilla movies but I do like action/horror/disaster movies as a whole. Cloverfield is…
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Jumper
From IMDB: A genetic anomaly allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been…
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Space freighter given launch date
I never thought I'd live to see the day when the BBC News would have the headline: Space freighter given launch date Okay, it's not quite as glamourous as all…
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Religion in the far future…
This came in to the jabber channel from Aidan at an opportune moment. Religion survives in Frontier, writing about it now.
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Short Stories
Jens Alfke pointed out The Loneliness Engine and also linked to his own We Had Black Boxes. Great stuff.
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Promoting your book via blogging…
When Patry Francis was first diagnosed with colon cancer, she didn't want anyone to know. "I wanted to be able to have lunch with people and not have them wonder…