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These Are a Few of My Favorite Books
Yesterday I geeked out about my literary Guilty Pleasures. Today I want to speak out about some books I don’t feel even vaguely guilty about liking! Most of them are still fun escapism, but they’re books that I think are … Continue reading
Guilty Pleasures
Thanks to my English degrees, teaching experience, and career as an editor, it should be no surprise that I’m a big ol’ book geek. A room in our house is dedicated to books, yet even that isn’t nearly room enough … Continue reading
Cross Stitch Geeking
I’m a cross stitch geek. I like stitching—I have tons of patterns and materials and boxes full of cool projects I’ve started. My fingers start to twitch if I haven’t stitched for awhile. Whenever I’m sitting still (watching TV, around … Continue reading
Story Geek
I’m a pretty classic geek in a lot of ways. For goodness’ sake, my day job is editing roleplaying game books! My husband writes for roleplaying games and is usually GMing and/or planning a game. I have a small collection … Continue reading
Speaking about Geeking
Every time we walk into the exhibitors’ hall at GenCon—huge, bright, loud, colorful, overwhelming to the senses—Clark and I remember what our friend Shivam Bhatt said to us one year. He looked around, soaking it all in with a huge … Continue reading
How to Get the Most out of Working with an Editor
So, you’ve decided to knuckle to the pressure and hire an editor. Or you’re freelancing for a company that hires an editor. What can you do to get the most from that editor? I could make all kinds of generalizations … Continue reading
Con Games
I already selfishly took the time to gush about my awesome GenCon and all the cool stuff that happened. Now I want to talk about the really cool games I got to play. I think we played more games at … Continue reading
Best GenCon Ever
Wandering around the con, I heard a lot of people saying “Best GenCon ever.” I assume they say that every year, although I’ve never really noticed. It stood out to me this year, though, because for me it’s totally true. … Continue reading
Summer Break!
Tomorrow we leave for Gen Con! The kids are already at Camp Grandma and we’re rushing around trying to get everything ready. I’m excited for the convention – I can’t wait to see everyone, play games, hang out and talk. … Continue reading
Toxic Stereotype Is Toxic
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