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Friday, August 24, 2012

The OSR is Dead, Part 1.5

I want to add some more substance to this, but until then here are some links of where my thoughts are at.

http://swordsandwizardry.blogspot.com/2012/08/d-and-retro-clones-big-reboot-arrives.html
http://www.tenkarstavern.com/2012/08/where-d-goes-so-goes-hobby-so-whats-next.html

Some discussion on my Google+ site
https://plus.google.com/u/0/101143993996952001933/posts

And some commentary on the Keynote
http://www.twitch.tv/wotc_dnd/b/328881758
http://www.advanceddungeonsandparenting.com/2012/08/d-keynote-focus-on-vision-rather-than.html
http://www.heropress.net/2012/08/wizards-keynote-address-at-gen-con.html
http://towerofzenopus.blogspot.com/2012/08/overreaction-saturday.html

More this weekend.
Posted by Timothy Brannan at 12:29 PM
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Tim Knight said...

Thank you for including my waffles in with these, Tim

August 24, 2012 at 2:25 PM

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    1 month ago
  • The Moldy Vale
    I'm shutting it down - Haven't written something in a few months  and I haven't had a lot to write or think about about gaming, mostly due to college. I'm not closing the blog, I'm...
    1 month ago
  • Untimately
    Necropraxis - This blog has a new domain. Head on over to necropraxis.com (RSS feed). I discuss some of my reasons for the move in the first post on the new blog. I don...
    2 months ago
  • Burning Zeppelin Experience
    Dear Norm, You Feminist You - This is an open letter to Norm Sherman of the Drabblecast. Dear Norm, Norm, I love you. Your are talented and creative. Your work on the Escape Artists po...
    2 months ago
  • Goblinoid Games
    Faster Monkey/Goblinoid Booth at Gary Con V - In case you haven't seen Jeff's twitter feed (Faster Monkey Games), he posted a pic of the Faster Monkey/Goblinoid booths from Gary Con. I wish I could mak...
    2 months ago
  • A Rust Monster Ate My Sword...
    Sounds About Right... - Law's Game Style You Scored as *Butt-Kicker* You like a streightforward combat character. After a long day at the office, you want to clobber foes and o...
    2 months ago
  • Skull Crushing For Great Justice
    I don't need to post anymore - Because you can just read this sort of crap. Or, instead of wasting ten minutes of your life, you could play a game. Fuck, I don't want to harp on this sh...
    2 months ago
  • Sword+1
    Medieval France Mapping Project - I have started mapping all of France using hexographer, mostly because I think it would be fun - and perhaps to use it in a future game. Regardless, I have...
    2 months ago
  • Platonic Solid
    BareBones Fantasy Ain't Slim Pickins - I never meant to be writing this post. I never intended to buy BareBones Fantasy. My intention was to slow down my game buying habit in order to focus on t...
    3 months ago
  • Tankards & Broadswords
    FREE TODAY: The Pirates of Alnari by Dan Eldredge - Click Above to Visit the Book's Amazon PageMy good friend Dan Eldredge's debut novel is free today on Amazon. If you dig pirates, swordfighting, intrigue, ...
    3 months ago
  • Curmudgeons & Dragons
    Back on Patrol - Finally getting back to getting some drawing and painting done. Still about a month out from getting to go back to my day job, so I'm making time to ...
    3 months ago
  • My Dice Are Older Than You
    Only One Episode This Weekend. - I had a pretty busy weekend and my wife wasn't traveling for the first time in almost a month, so I've had other things to do. But now, it’s a bright, s...
    3 months ago
  • Dictionopolis in Digitopolis
    Well guys... - ...yeah, I think I'm done here. Please follow me on Twitter and/or friend me on Facebook if you haven't already. Thank you for your patronage. And (one ...
    3 months ago
  • There's Dungeons Down Under
    The State of the OSR Nation, part 1 - In this series of posts I am going to discuss, as I see it, the current state of the OSR – the Old School Renaissance. If that term offends you – and it...
    4 months ago
  • TEMPLE OF DEMOGORGON
    2012 - a great year of just plain gaming - With the Temple of Demogorgon 4 year anniversary just this last week, I thought it might a good time to talk about some of my gaming from the last year (...
    4 months ago
  • Rhonin's Ramblings
    - Over the weekend I had the pleasure of using my old TSR Hero RPG using the characters from Young Justice with my sons and three of their friends. IT wa...
    4 months ago
  • Beyond the Black Gate
    Once, there was a dream called Camelot - I still love watching Excalibur, after all these years. Not in the least because of Nicol Williamson's brilliant portrayal of Merlin.
    4 months ago
  • Elf Lair Games
    Amazing Adventures Support Materials! - I'm happy to announce that I came to an agreement with Troll Lord Games to produce support materials for Amazing Adventures. These will consist of a sec...
    4 months ago
  • Risus Monkey
    Eye of the Tiger (Supercut) - The *Risus Companion* has rules that gives a character the ability to spend Lucky Shots (or Questing Dice) to summon a training montage sequence. I couldn'...
    4 months ago
  • How to Start a Revolution in 21 Days or Less
    More on Amateur Hour - When I say that RPGs are "amateur hour" I mean a couple of different things. On the one hand that term has a pretty negative connotation-- of unprofessiona...
    4 months ago
  • Save Versus Death
    Womb of Curses 4-1: Cavern of Prophetic Inebriation - This post is part of the Hunger play-by-blog. The stairs leading up from the Tomb of the Shunned Child ascend for nearly three stories before coming to an ...
    5 months ago
  • Lord of the Green Dragons
    My New Blog - *SEE YOU THERE!* LAKE GENEVA ORIGINAL CAMPAIGN
    5 months ago
  • GROGNARDIA
    Imagine Magazine: Issue #6 - Issue #6 of *Imagine *dates from September 1983 and features cover art by Emmanuel, who's probably best known in *D&D *circles for having provided the cov...
    5 months ago
  • The Realm of Dungeons & Dragons
    The Resurrection - When I'm talking (writing) about "the Resurrection" - I'm not talking about anything religious, or even the 7th Level Clerical Spell - but rather AD&D 1st ...
    5 months ago
  • The Lair of the Evil DM
    Guarding Kalas - I was going through a new purchase I made for my Castles and Crusades game: The Town of Kalas. I'm very impressed so far. I was reading one of the suggested...
    5 months ago
  • Geek on the Borderlands
    Leverage 2072: A Shadowrun Hack - The following rules can be used to run a Shadowrun game with the Leverage RPG. Unless otherwise noted, this conversion uses the standard Leverage rules. ...
    7 months ago
  • Fantasy City Setting
    Basic Tips for Finding the Right Earthmoving and Excavation Specialist - Building, improving and landscape designs all need different volumes of earthmoving and excavation. Which assistance provider you seek the services of may se...
    8 months ago
  • Gaming All Over The Place
    Mongoose Traveller: Hard Times on the Solomani Rim: Session 4 - *Cast of Characters:* - Baron Khoiayahelu (Aslan noble (Imperial rank is much greater than his Aslan standing) whose family's mismanagement of the ...
    9 months ago
  • Old School Heretic
    Third Time is the Charm - Okay. So it seemed like a great idea at the time, but all those blog rolls arranged in-between the ABCs we used to have on the Left-Hand side-bar are now h...
    9 months ago
  • A Hamsterish Hoard of Dungeons and Dragons
    Monster: Mask - MaskArmour Class: 4 Hit Dice: 1+2**Move: 90' (30')Attacks: 2 Damage: 1-6/1-6 No. Appearing: 1-4 (2-20) Save As: MU3 Morale: 7 Treasure Type: G Alignment: Ch...
    10 months ago
  • Thac0 forever!
    Converting Iron Heroes to 2e - Every couple of months I get it into my head that I want to play Dark Sun. I look over all the books and systems, and decide that I absolutely can't stand ...
    10 months ago
  • Drawings & Dragons
    D&D next open playtest is out... - The materials for the open play test are quite different from the closed play test items my group has been playing with. My first reaction to this new stuf...
    11 months ago
  • Ramblings of a Gentleman Gamer
    2295 Stellar Survey - Appendix F (Anomolies & Restricted Worlds) - Captain's Log, U.S.S. _________, H_____ S___, commanding... We have completed our remote survey of stellar system ZA-9748PJF, usually known as the Zelazny ...
    1 year ago
  • NeoGrognard
    Shadowed and Shameless - If you’re like me, then you are a sucker for old school on-the-frontier dungeon crawls. Shadowed Keep on the Borderlands is more than an homage to those da...
    1 year ago
  • The Gygaxian Bag of Holding
    Dave Trampier Thursday - Goblin - For my money Trampier's version of the Goblin is the definitive one. Page 47 of the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual. Every thing about th...
    1 year ago
  • Emerald Lich
    Foreshadows: The Ghosts of Zero - Awhile back, I mentioned my involvement in a project called “Foreshadows: The Ghosts of Zero”. It’s an illustrated paperback anthology of cyberpunk-style...
    1 year ago
  • KOK'ed Dice
    And Again, I've Been Painting Nomads! - Infinity has been my new vice. I'm really needing to get a balance between this, other games and drawing during my free time. Infinity has been the most fu...
    1 year ago
  • The Blighted World of Zaoth
    Androids and Robots of Zaoth - Eons ago, before their attempts at creating life, the Ancient Ones delved into advanced forms of science creating androids and robots to act as servants. ...
    1 year ago
  • Old Guard Gaming Accoutrements
    Apparently, Wizards of the Coast, do have something to offer me. - Once again, I step away from the intertubes, and stuff happens. I'm sure everyone knows by now that Wizards of the coast are issuing a limited print run of...
    1 year ago
  • Back in '81
    Unchained and out on the Mean Street(s) again. - In the wake of some recent (mediocre) tuneage from the yet-again reunited VH/DLR combo, I feel the need to post the following old school masterpiece for yo...
    1 year ago
  • The Geek Gazette
    Quick comic recommendations and reviews - There are a lot of really great comics out there and with the changes at Marvel & DC there is a lot to be excited about for comic book fans. Here are a few ...
    1 year ago
  • Adventures in Gaming
    Final AGP Subscriber Compensation Deal - Okay, here's the final deal... I now have permission from both *Judges Guild * and *Troll Lord Games* to compensate subscribers for their remaining balance ...
    3 years ago
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My Blog List - Other Stuff

  • Calvin's Canadian Cave of Coolness
    Space Can Be A Dangerous Place - So either stay on Earth. Or get your ass to Mars.
    1 hour ago
  • Bobert the Hoosier expatriate
    The hike in search of a hike - Oat Mountain is the highest peak in the Santa Susana range marking the northern rim of the San Fernando Valley. There's a lot of interesting stuff there - ...
    2 hours ago
  • Monster Island News
    A Tribute To Ray Harryhausen At LA's Aero Theater June 7th! - MYSTERIOUS ISLAND / ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. / THE VALLEY OF GWANGI From The American Cinematheque Aero Theatre 1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 9040...
    2 hours ago
  • Toyriffic
    Splinter Taught Them To Be...Garden Greens? - Out Garage Sale-ing today and came across this statue cemented into a home's landscaping: Master Splinter? I was tempted to ask the homeowners if they we...
    10 hours ago
  • Red Sonja: She Devil with a Sword
    Red Sonja by Nicole Marie Jean - Cosplayer extraordinaire Nicole Marie Jean! https://www.facebook.com/NicoleMarieJeanPage Red Sonja I by *EnchantedCupcake on deviantART Red Sonja II by...
    13 hours ago
  • All Things Urban Fantasy
    Review: Bitter Disenchantment (Coveted, #0.4) by Shawntelle Madison - As a prequel to the Coveted series, readers already know where Aggie ends up, but its the journey there in BITTER DISENCHANTMENT that really fleshes her ...
    14 hours ago
  • Propnomicon
    Making a Quick and Dirty Fiji Mermaid - The talented Allen Hopps brings us this tutorial on creating a Fiji Mermaid gaff using an off the shelf skeleton and the plastic wrap corpsing technique we...
    19 hours ago
  • A Storybook World
    Interview with Paula Martin - * * Neve Daltonloves her job as a tour guide on a River Nile cruise ship as much as she values her independence. She isn’t ready to settle down with her E...
    22 hours ago
  • EXONAUTS!
    COMICS: A snapshot of my pull list... - With SpringCon comic convention in Saint Paul this weekend, I thought I'd spill what comics I'm reading in print these days, here's a list of my regular ti...
    1 day ago
  • OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS
    To her friend... -
    1 day ago
  • Amazon Princess
    Kingdom Come: Fan Made Trailer - The fan-made trailer for Kingdom Come is now up. Wonder Woman features rather prominently. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vchOGKIlUnA Go to their Faceb...
    1 day ago
  • What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse...
    Guess what? - Guess what the Busan Gamers are gonna be playing tomorrow night? shamelessly stolen from Larry Elmore's web site That's right, some Star Frontiers! Of cou...
    1 day ago
  • SciFiChick.com
    Star Trek Into Darkness (Non-Spoiler) Movie Review - Star Trek Into Darkness Synopsis: When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organ...
    1 day ago
  • Tossing It Out
    Remake blogfest - When Hollywood runs out of ideas, they remake older films. Sometimes this works, and sometimes it fails miserably. On May 17, list the best remake you’v...
    1 day ago
  • .W.I.P. It
    Best and Worst Movie Remakes - Hosted by Alex J Cavanaugh, Stephen Tremp, Livia Peterson, and Father Dragon Al. *When Hollywood runs out of ideas, they remake older films. Sometimes thi...
    1 day ago
  • Kweeny Todd
    MMM Day 07: Kweeny Reviews May! - *KWEENY REVIEWS MAY* For the last day of May Monster Madness, I thought I’d do a movie that is very special to me. It’s a movie about the loss of innocen...
    1 day ago
  • el blog de Victor Santos
    - *PROCESO DE PORTADA DE MT VOL.4 #4* *MT.VOL 4 # COVER PROCESS * Color de Chandra Free. De mis bocetos cutrongos, mike Oeming desarrolló su propia porta...
    1 day ago
  • A Piece of My Mind
    5 on Friday - Set 171 - Travis at *Trav's Thoughts* invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his *5 on Friday* meme. Lo-o-ong weekend! Tha...
    2 days ago
  • THE HORRORS OF IT ALL
    Rat-Trap - The cover image featured on *HAUNTED HORROR #5 *(coming this July from *IDW / Yoe Books*) is from the November 1952 issue of *Mister Mystery #8*, --and so ...
    2 days ago
  • Bonnie Rae, Just Words...
    Write Motivation Update & Dracula? - 1. Line by line edit third Nether Book. (Currently in progress and almost done). 2. Get third Nether Book sent off to editor. (Gets sent out next Friday). 3...
    2 days ago
  • Blogging from A to Z April Challenge
    Marketing Through A to Z - *By Julie Flanders* * * I know I’m not alone among writers when I say that marketing and promotion does not come naturally or easily to me. But as we all ...
    2 days ago
  • Kim Harrison's Blog
    You like a good deal? I’ve got one! - Early heads up! DEAD WITCH WALKING will be Amazon’s daily deal this Sunday, which means it will be 1.99 for a very short time. I know if you’re like me, yo...
    2 days ago
  • Adventures and Shopping
    OSR on DTRPG? with 15% Off. -ADnD Unearthed Arcana Premium Reprint and a Lulu voucher - DriveThruRPG and RPGNow have a featured "old school" games page -"OSR" even. This brings me great pleasure. It's a tidy compact list for now - a sort of...
    3 days ago
  • space1970
    Behind-The Scenes Pix #41: STAR WARS - I missed it, but yesterday was *George Lucas*' 69th birthday. Like every first-generation *Star Wars* fan, I have my issues with Lucas' choices and handli...
    3 days ago
  • Erotiterrorist
    Fiction: Bella of Damnation - “Samuel, look at me.” I purposely did not. A minute ago I was alone in the car. Now it appeared that I wasn’t. There was a tinkling of bells and something...
    3 days ago
  • The Freedom of Nonbelief
    Blogfest: Hop Against Homophobia and Transphobia - Cross posting this from my gaming blog *The Other Side*. *Hop Against Homophobia and Transphobia* http://hopagainsthomophobia.blogspot.com/2013/03/hop-again...
    4 days ago
  • Alexis Bass writes about writing.
    Giveaway Winners! - Winners for the May Giveaways, chosen by Rafflecopter: *Personal Demons* Lisa Desrochers *Jessica W.* *Sanctum* Sarah Fine *Katie O.* * * *Nobody But Us...
    4 days ago
  • Sexy Witch
    Gabrielle Ray, Christmas Witch, 1907 -
    4 days ago
  • She Never Slept
    Supernatural: Rite of Passage - Supernatural: Rite of Passage Written by: John Passarella Published by: Titan Books Page Count: 392 ISBN-10: 1781161119 ISBN-13: 978-1781161111 Where to bu...
    5 days ago
  • Creepy Query Girl
    When Good Series Go Bad... - As one of my favorite television series (based on one of my favorite book series growing up; the original L.J. Smith *Vampire Diaries Trilogy*) comes to a...
    5 days ago
  • Thoughtcrime Inc.
    Blackmail Material - If you're an artist, who's been doing this comic thing for a while, it's guaranteed you've had a period of time in your art where you've experimented with...
    5 days ago
  • the musings of huginn and muninn
    Thor’s Hammer Approved For Veteran Headstones and Markers - Thor’s Hammer Approved For Veteran Headstones and Markers Available Emblems of Belief for Placement on Government Headstones and Markers Hail the Victorio...
    1 week ago
  • The Whole Wide World
    I am Generation X - I am Generation X. We are those who were born in the 70's, raised in the 80's, and came into our own in the 90's. Our parents were baby-boomers, and man...
    1 week ago
  • Fábrica de Heróis
    Itens Pedidos Pelos Doadores para o FH13 - Você que é Doador ou só está curioso pra saber quais são os itens pedidos pelos doadores, veja aqui a lista de Itens: http://fabricadeherois.blogspot.c...
    1 week ago
  • Unedited
    Dangerous Warriors - Task #2 - *Thank you for all who entered the first task!!! I will be showing off some of them later this week but without further ado - your next task!!!!!* *The Br...
    1 week ago
  • Krell Laboratories
    Wake the Dead - Most contemporary ghost stories are about haunted people rather than haunted places. This is the legacy of Henry James and Shirley Jackson, and it's the ...
    1 week ago
  • Like Being Read To From Dictionaries
    Another D&D movie. Will it be as good as the last one? - (Here's where I learned about it, on The Nerdist.) It seems someone decided the Dungeons & Dragons brand wasn't degraded enough by that movie in 2000 (that...
    1 week ago
  • Who Can Turn The World Off With Her Smile?
    Of Gods and Monsters: Ray Harryhausen, 1920-2013 - (cre8con) My dad's a graphic artist. In 1992, his company sent him down to the Portland Creative Conference, when people had money and could do stuff like...
    1 week ago
  • MONSTER BRAINS
    RIP Ray Harryhausen - [image: Ray Harryhausen - 1] Ray Harryhausen - Movement into Life from walshbros on Vimeo. [image: Ray Harryhausen - 2] [image: Ray Harryhausen - 3] [image...
    1 week ago
  • Justice League Detroit
    2013 Aquaman “We Can Be Heroes: Honor” silhouette by Steve Garcia - Click To Enlarge “For every hero, there comes a day. A day when they step forward. A day when talk turns to action. Over 8 million people have had their l...
    1 week ago
  • The Groovy Age of Horror
    Cimiteria N. 79: La Verga Del Gigante (The Staff of a Giant), published in February, 1981 - There once was a race of giants, but they went extinct. The only thing that remains is one set of giant balls, trapped in amber. Meet Frank's cock. Fran...
    1 week ago
  • Forgotten Classics of Yesteryear
    American Pop - Directed by Ralph Bakshi 1981 The United States of America “I had this dream that animation could be the medium of the people...if Disney worked for the ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Bad Librarianship Now!
    Worra beauty -
    2 weeks ago
  • On Alitheia
    Thinking in the Rain - Okay, I lied. This isn't about thinking in the rain, it's about thinking in the shower, but that didn't have quite the catchiness I was looking for. So I t...
    3 weeks ago
  • That's all she wrote!
    Sprung - We knew it was imminent. It just took a little extra time this year. Poor ole Punxutawney Phil has had to go into the witness protection program. But, I t...
    3 weeks ago
  • Kimberly Pauley
    Friends & Family Sale! - In which I announce the Tu Books Friends & Family sale! Cat Girl's Day Off is on sale until the 19th!
    5 weeks ago
  • The Gallery: Russ Nicholson
    A complete book: 'Necklace of Skulls' ... all the pictures. - Back from *Trolls and Legendes *2013, in Mons, Belgium, and an appearance at in Lille, France. In hindsight the later proved a 'convention too far' and I'...
    5 weeks ago
  • Amber Benson's Official Blog
    SOUL BONER!!!!! - Yesterday was a bleh day. Sometimes you just have days like that. I did some work - hated everything I did and have already started re-writing it - and tri...
    1 month ago
  • The Book of Worlds
    Detroit on the eve of the 21st century - Wheat-fields in front of the Central Station The once bustling Motor City has become all but a ghost town, with nature having reclaimed whole districts. F...
    1 month ago
  • Mandy Morbid
    - Hey! Look I'm back. I have a new C4S studio and that means I am performing again! Will update with more news and photos and stuff later.
    1 month ago
  • No Rest for the Wicked
    WRITERS AND PUNKS - In Memory of Rick Hautala - WRITERS AND PUNKS In Memory of Rick Hautala I have written about Rick Hautala many times over the years—his bio when he was Guest of Honor at our beloved N...
    1 month ago
  • Lili's Lair
    Interview: George Pappas, Alien Skin - As most of my misanthropic miscreants already know, I have a "thing" about music and have since I was a small child growing up in Ireland with a family of ...
    2 months ago
  • Writing Reality
    Check out my friend's new book! - Announcing the release of *Inevitable*, the newest young adult suspense novel by Tamara Hart Heiner! Visions of death plague Jayne, who thinks watchin...
    2 months ago
  • Kentucky Wonder-er
    Sensuality and Weather - --> In the late 1950s I sang in the Methodist church choir. Wednesday night was choir practice night, a night when Tobby Burklow, Edd Hust, Edna Earl Vil...
    3 months ago
  • Cedar Valley Sustainable Farm
    January Newsletter - [image: Banner] *Dear Beth,* Happy New Year! This time of year always brings about the urge to reflect and look ahead. In that spirit I'll share some of...
    3 months ago
  • The Atlantis Blog
    State of Phoenicia: City of Psionics - My campaign setting, Phoenicia, City of Psionics; is taking shape. I've had some great ideas to get over the art problem, but not all of it is solved, so ...
    4 months ago
  • How to Start a Revolution in 21 Days or Less
    More on Amateur Hour - When I say that RPGs are "amateur hour" I mean a couple of different things. On the one hand that term has a pretty negative connotation-- of unprofessiona...
    4 months ago
  • Good Lesbian Books
    Guest Review: Adijan and Her Genie by L-J Baker - *While we recover from Real Life in order to return to more regular updates, here is a guest review for a book we have previously reviewed, Adijan and her ...
    4 months ago
  • Jonny Hodgson Art
    2012 in review - So posts annually is it now, eh Jonny boy? So be it. I've been busy this year. Very busy. In November 2011 (funnily enough right after my last blog post ...
    4 months ago
  • Overpriced Popcorn
    Review: Peter Jackson's The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - *Introduction* The biggest buzz in movie news these days is the release of Peter Jackson's *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. *The film slammed the box off...
    5 months ago
  • Cavalcade of Perversions
    RIP Paul - Has it really been over three years since my Paul passed away?
    5 months ago
  • Cartoon Redheads
    Kei -   Kei, from the Adam Warren version of "Dirty Pair." Below is some warm-up.
    6 months ago
  • Tits And a Scream
    Wither (2012) - I don't know why, but Sweden appear to have been less keen on straight out horror films than us Norwegians for some time. *Wither*, a classic hiking trip ...
    6 months ago
  • Fangirl Next Door
    Star Wars Reads Day- FND Episode #6 - In this newest episode of our podcast I am joined by one of my co-writers from the Star Wars Report, Aaron Goins. He and I came together to discuss th...
    7 months ago
  • ~ * ~ Rebecca Dupree Fiction ~ * ~
    Stories can be so hard to GET STARTED!!!! - Today I really tried to start working on my latest story. I sat down at my computer and opened the four paragraphs I already wrote. TOTAL CRAP!!! I ...
    8 months ago
  • Almost Darwyn Cooke's Blog
    "On the couch" at FanExpo Toronto - Ty Templeton hosted one of the last panels at FanExpo Canada, “On The Couch with Ty Templeton” is a free-form discussion about comics, with a focus on in...
    8 months ago
  • From These Hollows
    It's the End of the World As We Know It....*sing-song voice* - Doomsday people trip me out. I've been going to concerts ever since I was a baby (No...literally.). And, like most people, I have "bucket list" bands. ...
    11 months ago
  • Bang Out the Prose
    TMI - This term is normally applied to situations when someone, for example, expresses her level of heaviness flow during that time of the month. Hello! Big time...
    1 year ago
  • A Very Creepy Blog
    Vampirella 2 - Bill Hughes provides the cover for this issue of Vampirella, dated November 1969. Tom Sutton provides the story and art for the frontispiece "Vampi's Fea...
    1 year ago
  • StevenJTodd.com
    StevenJTodd.com is now on the web! - My website is now ready to view. Please feel free to look it over and blog, baby, blog!
    3 years ago
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