Archive for May, 2010

  • And So It Begins

    And So It Begins

    May 17th, 2010 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 27 Comments

    It’s time. So begins the novel-writing process anew. I’ve written… well, I dunno, six or seven novels by this point, and the last one (translation: the only good one) is held in the tender hands of my agent. Further, I think it’s also in the tender hands of some editors, and to those editors I [...]

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  • Comics! Comics, I Say! Four Color Funny Books!

    Comics! Comics, I Say! Four Color Funny Books!

    May 16th, 2010 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 41 Comments

    Once more, I turn to the Internet with unreasonable demands. I say, “Give me reading recommendations,” and you comply. I say, “Help me decide on a new coffeemaker, because mine shit the bed,” and you gift unto me a wealth of ideas about which coffeemakers are total shite and which are made of unrefined majesty. [...]

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  • Gagabieber! Biebergaga! Ia! Ia!

    Gagabieber! Biebergaga! Ia! Ia!

    May 15th, 2010 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 13 Comments

    “It’s loose,” Jack tells you. “What’s loose?” “You need to see,” he says, drawing a deep breath. “You need to see.” So you go. Long winding driveway. Moon overhead pregnant with doom. Gravel crunching under tires. The radio comes alive — fuzz, static, a dread frequency, a girl reading numbers in German (zwei, acht, neun, [...]

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  • Where My Heart Should Be Lurks A Dark Suppurating Rage-Oozing Canker Sore

    Where My Heart Should Be Lurks A Dark Suppurating Rage-Oozing Canker Sore

    May 14th, 2010 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 43 Comments

    It’s the end of an angry week. I just — it’s just — inside me is — fnugh! Rage! Raaaaaage. Seething suppurating fury. Every little thing this week has been like an earwig crawling in my cereal. A guy cuts me off in traffic this week, I’m all like, “I’m going to drive to that [...]

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  • The “Wagyu Fruitcake” Approach To Game Design

    The “Wagyu Fruitcake” Approach To Game Design

    May 13th, 2010 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 20 Comments

    First, I must ask: “Wagyu Fruitcake.” Band or Album? Hey! Look. Guess what hit the dance floor yesterday? Compacts & Conspiracies for Hunter: The Vigil. It’s a PDF product from White Wolf Game Studios (CCP). I wrote it. For the game that I helped to design and that I developed. Basic gist is, it cracks [...]

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