Free Fiction Monday: Game Testing

When Jen DeAngelo picked up and moved for the umpteenth time, she didn’t know where she would end up, as per usual. But when she finds herself in a place with family history—her family history—she decides to stay and investigate her roots. But she might just find more than she bargained for in this unusual town full of strange gamers, weird rumors and maybe even […]

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The Business Rusch: Why Writers Disappear (Part Two)

Last week, I started a blog post that I thought would go relatively quickly and be somewhat short. After all, I had just given a one-hour talk on the topic, and about forty-five minutes of that had been in response to questions. Talking something and writing something are vastly different. I only got through half of my list before I exceeded my comfortable blog post […]

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Death at Forgeheart

My friend Bridget McKenna asked me to do something I haven’t done in years: write a tie-in story. Bridget is the editor for En Masse Entertainment, which just came out with their new game, TERA, this spring. TERA is mighty cool, let me tell you. Anyway, I wrote a story that’s…um…not your typical slash-em-up gaming story. (I’m not sure if that’s a good thing from […]

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Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Online Networking (Networking Part Seven)

Artwork donated by Pati Nagle. The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Online Networking (Networking Part Seven) Kristine Kathryn Rusch When Carolyn Nicita asked me to discuss networking way back in February, she reminded me that I had missed a major topic in the Freelancer’s Guide.  I also knew that the networking section would have a lot of posts.  I didn’t realize, however, that I’d still be writing […]

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