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What Do You Want to Know?

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm all too nervous.
Don't get me wrong–I'm ecstatic as well about the support and patronage of 33 individuals who've brought us up to 21% of our funding goal. It's a great start, but it's also a distraction while I juggle far more balls than I can without a good Dexterity check.
Until the Kickstarter funding drive is complete, I'm in a waiting pattern in terms of a number of things I'll want to do when Vistag Media officially launches with Secrets, like Dragons….
Websites: I've been tweaking and tinkering with three websites, all to my frustration when I inadvertently crash one by a bad combo of plug-ins and have to lose half a day by restoring a backup. Even while this is important for visibility and communication, working on the site doesn't seem a "priority" like getting some content snippets out there. ...

Gaming Paper Adventures ASSEMBLE!

Today's the day you'll all want to head on over to Atomic Array and give a listen to podcast #55. It's all about Gaming Paper Adventures, the latest release from the folks at Gaming Paper.
I've not had the time to sit and listen to the podcast, but Ed & Rone interviewed a whole mess of folks for the podcast, from Lou Agresta, Erik Bauer, Monte Cook, Brian Cortijo, Ed Greenwood, Christopher West, and little old me. I've no idea how they got that many people's comments and such onto the podcast, so I'll be finding some time this weekend to give it a listen.
If you're a gamer, you'll be very interested to see what we're up to with GPA. Christopher, Louis, and Rone developed the maps and initial adventure for the Citadel of Pain; Ed, Monte, Brian, and I took those geomorphic maps and each went ...

Thanks and thoughts

I want more than just the supporters at Kickstarter to know how excited and thrilled I am that our Secrets, like Dragons… project is 18% funded in a week's time! Profuse and hearty thank yous to our initial 26 backers for bringing us nearly 1/5 of the way to making the Secrets, like Dragons… book a reality!
I've just updated the funding page this morning with some new information and questions for people interested in the project. Please go give the updated Kickstarter page a read and either ask questions and comments there or come on back and tag them here as well.
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Kickstarter surprises me with gaming…

I didn't think I'd be able to find a Kickstarter project that excited me as much as my own. This one doesn't (because, well, you know, I'd rather see my publishing house happen), but it's still pretty nifty and fun and something I've got to keep an eye on. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1... Dice-based geomorphic maps? What a

Crunch vs. Fluff

For those not among gamers, those terms mean next to nothing. To me, they're a little bit red-flaggish, I'm afraid. They're short-hand for whether a gaming product is full of rules and game-specific material (be it an item, spell, race, or some thingummy for the rules system) or story and background material. Crunch for "crunchy

Caught with a Flat

Okay, guess I hadn't expected such a blip in traffic to my site from my Kickstarter project. Silly Steven. No doughnut for you. Foolish of me to not have this in better shape for new viewers, really. Apologies for those folks who've stopped by and been disappointed by a lack of content. Not intentional–I've just

Publishing via Kickstarter

Hi, any and all! Just a very brief note to activate the blog/site and remind folks that I'm out here. For those who've not been following me on Facebook or Twitter, the big news for me this week is my foray into publishing! Yup, finally adding a new notch to my creative cane by pulling

Welcome

Here's the new home for Steven E. Schend on the net.
I'll have more content as soon as possible, but please be patient.
I've a toddler with a far greater ability to steal my time than the Internet.
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2009 Reading Wrap-Up

Last year, my wife challenged me to mimic one of her habits. Thus, I kept track of nearly every book I read. I didn't record or remember books I'd only read pieces of (for research), nor did I record anything I read for hobby and work purposes (like game books from Paizo). I didn't bother to count those books I could not finish, like Pride & Prejudice & Zombies by Jane Austen & Grahame Smythe-Jones; I'd have thought I was the perfect audience for that book, but the joke/conceit grew tiresome ...

C.K. Gill

One of the greatest creative minds ever employed exclusively by Bulwark Publications, C.K. Gill is famous for his creations, his odd sense of humor, and his longevity in publishing. Most who met Gill found his easy smile and infectious laugh what they most remember, though more people remember his writing (which varied from strong to strange to the occasional strained joke).

His first records at Bulwark Publishing mention him as a copyboy working for editor August Villers in 1909. He stayed...