Kickstarter for Authors with GOH Stephen Kotowych #CanCon

Morning, #Cancon, up and had coffee and looking forward to @arleysorg.bsky.social's panel on querying and pitching, "Baiting the Hook"

Big in Brno (this was from an interview I did at Game Access earlier this summer) youtu.be/JFT5u1LqjsY?...

oh my. that last one. so sharp, well, you know.

Check out this cast of all stars!

CanCon - Canada’s premiere speculative fiction [science fiction, fantasy, horror] conference is this weekend in Ottawa. My 3rd time attending, and I have the privilege to be on three panels: two on (video/tabletop) game writing, and one about comics!

Good day!

Subversive Sci-Fi -- essays by some of gaming's luminaries on futuristic films that broke the rules! Please check out the campaign and consider chipping in! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho... Just check out this line-up: 1/?

Read three more stories in Unseen Agreements: www.amazon.ca/Unseen-Agree... @lynnesargent.bsky.social's The Fall That Dreams of Summer," with gorgeous, bewitching descriptions of a fae court, as Elora mourns her husband and dallies with an otherworldly adventure. 1/3

Oh my God it IS Lupus... (though I guess that would have been House)

I'm still impressed they get the horses in the pool at all.

Next weekend is #CanCon, where I'll be on one panel (on comics!) and moderating two others (on narrative design): The Player-Shaped Hole (mod) Enticing Gamers: Environmental Storytelling (mod) Bam, Pow or Thwack Your Way Into Comics 1/?

With luck (based on my schedule) I'll be a guest tonight on: The Ghost Show: Atomic Batteries to Power, Turbines to Speed -- SSFE Kickstarter Week 1 8:00pm-9:00pm ET Talking about Pitch Black (my topic for the book) and maybe Dead Money and who knows what else! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAHt...

Who thought signing up for Friday morning pickleball would be a good idea...

Anyone have examples of fantastic comic or game store front window displays? Ideally, something like Magic or Lorcana. Looking for ideas / reference images.

Nightmare fuel-ohwait-it's-just-2025

Good morning!

One of the cool folks in my writer's group - Paige Ewing - has a spooky book up for the season, currently on sale for 99 cents. It's about urban fae, fortune-telling spider-kin, and werewolves! Shifters and slow burn spider romance - what more could you ask for? www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

Jesse Scoble (@jscoble.bsky.social) is on The Corner of Story and Game (@storyandgame.bsky.social) talking his history making games + other things, and his current project Dead Money: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kt9...

Also, anyone still play Wizard101?

Anyone still play Webkinz on my feed?

New episode! 🎙️ @jscoble.bsky.social joins us to explore how narrative survives across games, comics, & TTRPGs. Canon, player choice, & writing for the gaps. And Dead Money! 🎧 Listen: bit.ly/3WeIcna #GameWriting #NarrativeDesign #Transmedia #Podcast #TheCornerOfStoryAndGame #JesseScoble #DeadMoney

Just arrived! Can't wait to dig in...(might need a bottle of Scotch at hand).

Could have been a Beaverton article, eh?

Dead Money proofs! The newsletter for more info: buttondown.com/Jesse_Scoble...

Replies to “Who is the greatest voice in heavy metal / hard rock?”: Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth); Chris Cornell (Soundgarden / Audioslave); Ronnie James Dio (Black Sabbath / Dio); Rob Halford (Judas Priest); Bon Scott (AC/DC); Ann Wilson (Heart); Robert Plant;

Who is the greatest voice in heavy metal / hard rock?

A blast from the past at Whyte Knight (upstairs) in Edmonton. www.instagram.com/whyteknightu...

Further finds of interest from a week in Edmonton.

The Wee Book Inn on Whyte Ave in Edmonton is always amazing to visit.

can't wait for @rdansky.bsky.social's book!

Post a comic you love - a top-5er for you. Secret Wars #4 (1984) cover by Bob Layton - this was one of the first stories that really showed me how interconnected the Marvel universe could be. It was fantastic (amazing, spectacular, uncanny) to see all these characters interacting with each other.

Last 18 hours for DEAD MONEY! 18 hours left to end the campaign for DEAD MONEY issue #1, co-written by me & Devinder Thiara, with amazing art by veteran illustrator Tomás Aira, production and lettering by Mishka De Caro, and graphic production by Adam Jury-Last LNK in bio!

Last 18 hours for DEAD MONEY! 18 hours left to end the campaign for DEAD MONEY issue #1, co-written by me & Devinder Thiara, with amazing art by veteran illustrator Tomás Aira, production and lettering by Mishka De Caro, and graphic production by Adam Jury-Last LNK in bio!

66 Hours To Go for the KS for DEAD MONEY. What I Knew (or Thought I Knew) These are the things I knew (or thought I knew) going into it: 1) Kickstarters are a lot of work. Big, wildly successful ones are basically a full time job for the month it runs. Full story: buttondown.com/Jesse_Scoble...

We will be posting a preview of our first issue - watch this thread! But first, meet our ensemble cast of characters.

"In the beginning, there were 12..."

From Montreal Biodome.

Some light listening. thedorkeningpodcastnetwork.com/podcast/retr...

Our writers, Jesse Scoble and Devinder Thiara sat down with video game veteran Brian Kindregan to talk about storytelling

Got to chat about similarities and differences between video game narrative design and ttrpg world-building and design with my writing partner, Devinder Thiara, under the HARSH SPOTLIGHT of Brian Kindregan. Great fun! Check out GAME STORY BASICS. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X29W...

This was a blast! We chatted with @stevevansam.bsky.social and @8bitalchemy.bsky.social on Retro-Ridoctopus about how we got into the business, differences & similarities between ttrpgs and video gamess, and working on DEAD MONEY. retro-ridoctopus.pinecast.co/episode/55ae...

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Hello Bluesky! We are Dead Money, an upcoming western horror limited comic series written by award-winning game writers Jesse Scoble and Devinder Thiara, and illustrated by veteran comics artist Tomás Aira. Back us on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

Thanks for the boost!

#portfolioday I’m Aysha, and currently I’m working as a writer and editor on the narrative shooter Spine and on Pathologic 3, which is HUGE for me. Previously I wrote for Life is Strange and Hiveswap, among other things! I’m in my editor era rn, along with my small euro studios era