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These Are a Few of My Favorite Books

Yesterday I geeked out about my literary Guilty Pleasures. Today I want to speak out about some books I don’t feel even vaguely guilty about liking! Most of them are still fun escapism, but they’re books that I think are … Continue reading

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Guilty Pleasures

Thanks to my English degrees, teaching experience, and career as an editor, it should be no surprise that I’m a big ol’ book geek. A room in our house is dedicated to books, yet even that isn’t nearly room enough … Continue reading

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Cross Stitch Geeking

I’m a cross stitch geek. I like stitching—I have tons of patterns and materials and boxes full of cool projects I’ve started. My fingers start to twitch if I haven’t stitched for awhile. Whenever I’m sitting still (watching TV, around … Continue reading

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Story Geek

I’m a pretty classic geek in a lot of ways. For goodness’ sake, my day job is editing roleplaying game books! My husband writes for roleplaying games and is usually GMing and/or planning a game. I have a small collection … Continue reading

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Speaking about Geeking

Every time we walk into the exhibitors’ hall at GenCon—huge, bright, loud, colorful, overwhelming to the senses—Clark and I remember what our friend Shivam Bhatt said to us one year. He looked around, soaking it all in with a huge … Continue reading

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How to Get the Most out of Working with an Editor

So, you’ve decided to knuckle to the pressure and hire an editor. Or you’re freelancing for a company that hires an editor. What can you do to get the most from that editor? I could make all kinds of generalizations … Continue reading

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Con Games

I already selfishly took the time to gush about my awesome GenCon and all the cool stuff that happened. Now I want to talk about the really cool games I got to play. I think we played more games at … Continue reading

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Best GenCon Ever

Wandering around the con, I heard a lot of people saying “Best GenCon ever.” I assume they say that every year, although I’ve never really noticed. It stood out to me this year, though, because for me it’s totally true. … Continue reading

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Summer Break!

Tomorrow we leave for Gen Con! The kids are already at Camp Grandma and we’re rushing around trying to get everything ready. I’m excited for the convention – I can’t wait to see everyone, play games, hang out and talk. … Continue reading

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Toxic Stereotype Is Toxic

There are a lot of conversations and opinions about the portrayal of and reception of women in gaming and the effect that those things have on women. As both a woman in the industry and the mother of a 10 … Continue reading

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