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9/4/2017

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It’s my weekly Scrum style standup for my audience, so where am I?

So what have I done the last week? “A Bridge To The Quiet Planet”:Chapter 6 is out.  Chapter 7 is being written and is a probably about 2/5 done already – big revelations here when the characters look back on history – and character development as one has to ask just what his goddess is up to. Way With Worlds Minibook #4: I thought I’d take a break.  I didn’t...

A Writer’s Life: The Second Principle

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This week I rewrote part of the plot of my book.  I had a great idea that would make the book deeper, improve character, explore the world!  Best of all it didn’t require me re-plotting major elements or the ending, while it made the ending more powerful.

It’s just I didn’t want to do it.

I had this gut-level resistance to re-plotting.  In retrospect it was a dumb attitude to take, and I think it was just that I don’t like to...

Information Radiators, Refrigerators, And Hoses (My Agile Life)

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More on my use of “Agile” and Scrum  in my life!  This one isn’t quite as “life-directed” as my others, but the insights come from my personal work to be more Agile.

Lately I’ve become obsessed with Information Radiators.  As I was once inspired by Failbetter game’s public posting of their sprints and my own desire to better chart workflow, that kind of fits.

If you’re not familiar with Information Radiators...

Steve’s Update 8/28/2017

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It’s my weekly Scrum style standup for my audience, so where am I?  Besides on time thank goodness.

So what have I done the last week? “A Bridge To The Quiet Planet”: I hope to have Chapter 6 out this week. Way With Worlds Minibook: The next book, on Food and Cuisine, is done!  Go get it at Amazon! Seventh Sanctum: The new generator is out! Art: On top of all that, I’m doing my practice book covers – they’re...

Latest Generator: Fantasy Game Generator!

Been awhile team, sorry I haven’t made anything lately – summer got weird.  So I want to finish off the year with some fun ones!

The first is the .

Let’s try stuff like: Battlements and Ballistas Bows and Bravery Courage and Castles Explorers and Enchanters Hellspawn and Halflings Paladins and Plots Prophecy and Potions Saints and Scrolls Swords and Sphinxes Witches and Wanderers

Enjoy!

Steve

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A Writer’s Life: Cover Me II: Electric Boogaloo

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Sorry for all the delays in actually posting on writing.  been a weird few weeks.  So I want to talk about Book Covers again – with an interesting exercise.

I was thinking about my future writing plans.

First, the covers for the new Way With Worlds books were OK, but I realized I didn’t have the skills/intuition to have made them jazzier.  In fact, I wasn’t sure they needed to be jazzier, and realized I lacked artistic insight...

MVP and Anxiety (My Agile Life)

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This is an odd post. In some ways it’s about psychology. In some ways it’s about my use of “Agile” and Scrum  in my life. Either way, I think you’ll find it valuable, even if you’re not reading those posts.

Imagine that you have a problem to solve, but you’re not sure how to solve it. Worse, this situation is complicated by having many options – a common problem in a wired age with so much at our fingertips....

Civic Diary 8/22/2017

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Yes, it’s time for my latest Civic Diary.  So where am I in my efforts to be a better citizen?

First, as always, holding my ground with my online work with a local political group, doing their Facebook page.

What I realized recently is that a lot of political groups that get established sort of stop innovating.  I’m there running the engine and so on, but I’m not just there to do that I’m there to innovate.  So I’m already tak...

Steve’s Update 8/21/2017

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It’s my weekly Scrum style standup for my audience, so where am I?

First of all, on time.  Sorry about my delays folks.

So what have I done the last week? “A Bridge To The Quiet Planet”: Churning away, working on getting a good pace.  Right now we have a demon, spies, and Scintilla’s ability to smuggle some very deadly weapons between worlds.  Also sarcasm, because how do you react when someone in the most obviously Evil Cult...

Steve’s Update 8/15/2017

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It’s my weekly Scrum style standup for my audience, so where am I?

Well this one is late –  man I have to be more careful.  Though Monday was a bit nuts.

So what have I done the last week? “A Bridge To The Quiet Planet”: Chapter #5 is out, with cops, secrets, demons, and more.  Marigold, Scintilla, and Beacon find out more about Shalen, while Briar Lindel contemplates bad recruiting and living with a...