November is NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and around the world, writers will be racing their page-a-day calendars to crank out a 50,000 word book by the 30th of November. The goal is to write, write, and write just to get it down on paper. Don’t stop. Don’t edit. Don’t give yourself time for a…

Text-based RPGs were a passion of mine from 10th grade (2002) until very recently. Right now my life is too busy to commit to much gaming, but a break from the hobby can do wonders to renew passion. Despite my distance I find myself ever-lurking, observing mistakes players make and acknowledging my own failures in…