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You See a Gazebo

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It’s one of the most famous stories in tabletop gaming history. I was well into my gaming career when I first heard it, as well as a little amazed that I hadn’t heard it prior because I had, for a brief time, gamed with one of the Cal Tech RPG groups, and you’d think that’s just the sort of thing that they would have gleefully shared with anyone and everyone. But heh, I was was also that rarest of creatures (at the time,) a female gamer, so maybe they didn’t think think it was the right way to impress me. Follow the link above for the full and complete tale, but to paraphrase: once upon a time a group of terrifically smart people got together for an evening of make-believe and during the session, the DM explained that there was a gazebo. It was white, it was large, it was just sitting there. What followed was worthy of an Abbott & Costello routine, because it never occurred to the DM  that his player might have no clue …

Brand New Day

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New day, new blog. I don’t plan to make a habit of it, but as I approach a new milestone (i.e. actually finishing the first draft on a book) it seemed like a good idea to start blogging under the name that will be on the cover of said book and create a site that’s a little more dedicated to writing. The blogging under the right name is pretty darn important. Someone pointed out to me that all the internet presence in the world is meaningless if nobody connects it with your product — in my case, my ‘product’ are the books I’m writing. So there you have it. I have a bad track record about blogging consistently, and one can argue that it’s time I should instead be spending on finishing books. I’m going to try to work on both. We’ll see how it goes.