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12 Ways To Improve Your Pitches (Free PDF Guide)

Have you been struggling with your article pitches? Need a quick boost of tip advice to iron out the rough spots? Check out my free 4,000+ word PDF mini-guide “12 Ways To Improve Your Pitches!” This handy ebook for freelancers and aspiring game journalists is available as a free download to anyone who subscribes to my Game Journo Guides mailing list! All you have to do is sign-up, and you’ll get an email shortly afterwards with the download link! Don’t worry, I only send out very sporadic mai...

Shop Talk: Game Journo Gift Guide Vol. 1 (Book Edition)

Oh, man. It’s thatholiday season thingagain, isn’t it? What? Gahhh! That means there’s so much crazyholiday shopping to look forward to in the months ahead. Awesome?! If you’re looking for that special gift (or massive pile of gifts) for that special game journo or writerly-type person in your life, never fear!Here’s the first installment of mymulti-part series on killer gift picks for writers, game journalists, and nerd-folks. First up? BOOKS. BOOKS. BOOKS. BOOKS!

How-To and Non-Fiction Books...

Founders All Day IPA Review (@PasteMagazine)

“Sessionability is the key to a perfect warm-weather lawn mower beer. A refreshing pint on a hot day can make your task list a lot more enjoyable, but India pale ales are often too heavy-duty to make the cut for anyone who wants to be able to maintain cognitive function after a few cold ones. The good news is serious hopheads looking for a lower-test solution for quenching their thirst will find much to love about Founders All Day IPA.”

Check out the full review here at Paste Magazine.

MUST BUY: Kleen Kanteen Insulated Coffee Mug

As a freelance word-slinger, I am what you might call a VORACIOUS consumer of coffee. I make itin a French press, take it black, and drink it throughout the workday. There’s (almost) nothing I hate more than cold coffee, except an empty coffee mug, which is why I reluctantly agreed to let my wife buyus a $30 ish dollar insulated coffee canteen thingy. Initially, that seemed like a lot to pay for a metal travel mug, but when I experienced the magical heat-containing powers of the Klean Kanteen...

WTF Reviews: Kleen Kanteen Insulated Coffee Mug

As a freelance word-slinger, I am what you might call a VORACIOUS consumer of coffee. I make itin a French press, take it black, and drink it throughout the workday. There’s (almost) nothing I hate more than cold coffee, except an empty coffee mug, which is why I reluctantly agreed to let me wife buyus a $30 ish dollar insulated coffee canteen thingy. Initially, that seemed like a lot to pay for a metal travel mug, but when I experienced the magical heat-containing powers of the Klean Kanteen...

Shop Talk: How To Write Better Game Reviews (Video)

Long Trail Limbo IPA Review (@Paste Magazine)

Hey, my first beer review for Paste Magazine is up! Awesome! Here’s an excerpt: “Potent in both flavor and alcohol content, Limbo IPA is a very different brew from Long Trail’s other IPA offerings. Having recently dug into the brewery’s new Farmhouse 12-pack IPA sampler, I was already impressed, but this tasty beast goes well beyond impressive. Concocted in the experimental farmhouse pilot brewery at Long Trail HQ, Limbo is the first Brown Bag series ale to make the jump to year-round status....

Adorable Cat Journalism…Just Because #1

Behold! A cat video to end all cat videos! Prepare to vomit cuteness!

UUDDLW Kindle Edition Now $2.99 Until Nov. 1st!

This week I’m kicking off a MEGA SALE on the Kindle Edition of my recent book Up Up Down Down Left WRITE: The Freelance Guide to Video Game Journalism. For a super limited time, you can grab the Kindle version for a whopping 70% (ish) off! This sale only last until the end of the week, after which the price returns to its usual $8.99 point. Get your digital copy now while it’s hot and cheap, and benefit from the massive amount of info packed into this bad boy!

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Shop Talk: Guiding Your Grammar with Grammar Guides

I use Grammarlyfor proofreadingbecause the word warriors battling inside my head want to win the fight against epic sentence fails.

Seriously, though. Do you occasionally struggle with grammar and sentence structurewhen writing your pitches and articles? Having a tool that instantlypoints out potential troubles spots and thoroughly explains whyyour writing is sucktastic is pretty handy. It also never hurts to have an extra set of eyes, even if they’re robot ones,to glance over your pieces befo...