Author Archives: ayvalentine

Toxic Stereotype Is Toxic

Posted on July 9, 2011 by ayvalentine

There are a lot of conversations and opinions about the portrayal of and reception of women in gaming and the effect that those things have on women. As both a woman in the industry and the mother of a 10 … Continue reading →

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Kids, Moms, and Cons

Posted on July 1, 2011 by ayvalentine

OK, time to get around to reflecting back on Origins. It was, of course, wonderful and amazing to hang out and talk and play games with all kinds of great people all day and way too late into the night. … Continue reading →

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Decisions, Descisions

Posted on June 28, 2011 by ayvalentine

I meant to talk about Origins. It was amazing on many levels, and I will definitely get to that in later posts. But I came home to a professional decision that’s really weighing on me, even though I think I … Continue reading →

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I’m Not a Writer

Posted on June 20, 2011 by ayvalentine

I’m not a Writer (although I do have several danger signs, based on Chuck Wendig‘s guidelines). I’m OK with this, overall, even though it’s taken me years to finally feel like it’s not something I ought to aspire to. I … Continue reading →

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Raising Gamers

Posted on June 19, 2011 by ayvalentine

There are some interesting challenges that come with raising gamer kids. It doesn’t occur to them that most people don’t play “dragon games,” as our oldest used to call D&D, and that not everyone spends their vacations at Gen Con. … Continue reading →

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