Talanic
2009-08-04, 10:45 AM
First off - I'm usually working on these while I'm at my job, where I do night shift security. One patrol per hour, and the rest to myself. It's probably just a temporary job (electronic security will be installed in the building later) but it works well for all I have to do; it'd only be better if I had internet while I was there. But I digress; the point of me saying that was, I've been up for about 20 hours right now, and I'm just shooting off a post before bed.
The three major projects in my life so far, in ascending order of how much they're likely to interest people on this board:
1. I'm writing a book. Well, revising a finished science fiction / fantasy book. If you care to learn more, it's in my sig. I always welcome comments and criticism.
2. I'm (kind of) professionally designing an RPG, for author P. C. Hodgell's series. She was one of my college professors, and it's based on verbal agreement, but I've designed a system for her to use from scratch over the summer. Her agent's been through a lot this summer, so I don't have the contract in writing yet, but it's expected any day now. I'm about ready to start alpha playtesting, too...and when we're done, we tentatively plan to release .pdfs for free and use print-on-demand if anyone wants hard copies.
3. My alma mater - responding to my attempt to create a college e-sports league earlier this year - has hired me to give lectures at the university, regarding computer games. I'm to lecture twice at this time (more expected if these go well): Once on types, history, and culture of games, and once "For Parents who don't play, of Children who do." A week after the second lecture, a campus LAN party is scheduled.
So yeah, that's what I'm doing this summer. If you'd like to comment or ask questions about any of those, go right ahead - I'll be checking back in about eight hours.
The three major projects in my life so far, in ascending order of how much they're likely to interest people on this board:
1. I'm writing a book. Well, revising a finished science fiction / fantasy book. If you care to learn more, it's in my sig. I always welcome comments and criticism.
2. I'm (kind of) professionally designing an RPG, for author P. C. Hodgell's series. She was one of my college professors, and it's based on verbal agreement, but I've designed a system for her to use from scratch over the summer. Her agent's been through a lot this summer, so I don't have the contract in writing yet, but it's expected any day now. I'm about ready to start alpha playtesting, too...and when we're done, we tentatively plan to release .pdfs for free and use print-on-demand if anyone wants hard copies.
3. My alma mater - responding to my attempt to create a college e-sports league earlier this year - has hired me to give lectures at the university, regarding computer games. I'm to lecture twice at this time (more expected if these go well): Once on types, history, and culture of games, and once "For Parents who don't play, of Children who do." A week after the second lecture, a campus LAN party is scheduled.
So yeah, that's what I'm doing this summer. If you'd like to comment or ask questions about any of those, go right ahead - I'll be checking back in about eight hours.