Lots of people I know had a rubbish 2013. Sometimes a really, really rubbish 2013. Mine was pretty rough in many ways, but next to what other people were going through, it doesn’t seem so bad. So that’s something!<\/p>\n
A lot of good stuff cut through in 2013 as well. My name was attached to some very cool projects:<\/p>\n
I contributed a story to Baby Teeth<\/a>, a horror anthology for charity. The anthology’s been getting nice reviews, too. <\/p>\n I co-wrote a scary adventure called Silent Night<\/a> for Dale Elvy’s brilliant horror role-playing game, EPOCH. Pay what you want, all proceeds to charity, and Dale’s already turned the first batch of revenue into something concrete<\/a>. Do take a look if this is your kinda thing!<\/p>\n I have sole credit as writer for Flick Kick Football Legends from PikPok<\/a>, which is a bit of a cheat because I didn’t actually write a few tiny things like, um, the central storyline. But I did write a lot for it, and I’m proud of my contributions. it was a fun project, and it’s a fun game to boot.<\/p>\n I released Providence Summer, 1961<\/a>, a free series plan for a role-playing game called the Dramasystem. It’s the first thing I’ve ever put out under Taleturn branding – there will be more under this name, for sure. Plus: I did the graphic design by myself and didn’t screw it up too badly! Hurrah!<\/p>\n I’ll shortly be kicking off the month-long buildup to Get Prepared February 22<\/a>, which is an annual reminder to sort out your disaster preparedness kits, on the anniversary of the awful Christchurch earthquake. It’s still a small thing but it feels worthwhile and sustainable, and I hope it will grow.<\/p>\n I released into creative commons my first novel<\/a>, the teenage Hutt boy saga in move<\/em>. A fair number of people read along with the serialisation, and before the file host removed download stats it was clear a lot of people had grabbed the ebook. So I call that a win.<\/p>\n I was a foundation contributor to new blogsite The Ruminator<\/a>. I used the opportunity to push myself for some more ambitious pieces, the highlight of which was my essay about kids, toys, and gender<\/a>. I’m very proud of that article and it was shared pretty widely, which was extremely pleasing. I hope to write more for The Ruminator but time has been depressingly short for quite some time now.<\/p>\n And last but not least, the Wee Long-Leggedy Beastie was a solid source of entertainment<\/a>.<\/p>\n So. That’s not bad. And best of all, I’m already working on some other stuff that’s even more exciting.<\/p>\n So here’s hoping for a hearty 2014 for me and for everyone. See ya later 2013. Thanks for the good times, get out of here for the bad times. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lots of people I know had a rubbish 2013. Sometimes a really, really rubbish 2013. Mine was pretty rough in many ways, but next to what other people were going through, it doesn’t seem so bad. So that’s something! A lot of good stuff cut through in 2013 as well. 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