See You in St. Louis.

I’m going to be presenting at Archon again this year. Archon 40 is a great convention and I love attending. St. Louis in the Fall is amazing and the people there are a blast. Come on by and see me. We can talk games, stories, movies, or whatever. I might even buy you a beer!  

Cool People doing Cool Things: Interview Rhonda Libbey

This week I interview another great artist. Hi Rhonda. What cool thing do you do? I am an illustrator. I work primarily in oil paint. What are you working on now? I can’t really say, as usual I am under NDA. But later this year the projects will be published or put up on Kickstarter,

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Interview: Cool Person Doing Cool Things: Joe Mynhardt from Crystal Lake Publishing

Hey Joe, what cool thing do you do? I read unpublished books, then choose only the best to be published through Crystal Lake Publishing. What are you working on now? Two gory books by Jasper Bark. A very long novella and a novel. How have your personal experiences affected your projects? It’s difficult to say.

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Cool People Doing Cool Things: Francois Gerner

  This week I interview Francois Gerner. He makes video games set in a Lovecraftian universe.  It’s awesome sauce What more can I write!!    Hey Francois, what cool thing do you do? I am the Creative Producer and proud co-Founder of an independent video game studio called Strange Matter. Before going independent, I used to

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C2E2

Had a blast at the convention. It’s amazing to be with all that talent in one place.  Loved meeting and talking to authors and artists of all kinds.    This guy was also seen in the Chicagoland area.   (After +30 years he is due.)  

Episode 3 – Marinated Musings

Mr Pyre and Big Wyrm discuss inspirational movies and shows, check in on the status of their projects, and wrap up the Is It Worth John’s Time segment from the last episode. http://diminishedconsciousness.com/podcasts/Episode_3-Marinated.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS

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Creative Person Doing Creative things: Tawny Fritzinger

This week I interview the very talented Tawny Fritzinger.  What cool thing do you do? I draw and color for a living! I’m a freelance fantasy illustrator and dabbler. I’ve worked on tabletop RPG games such as Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Pathfinder. Mostly I illustrate characters but I’ve been

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Creative Person Doing Creative Things: Ryan Harden

This week I Interview Ryan Harden.  Ryan is a gamer, a larper specifically,  and is working on very cool things to bring people together. Hey Ryan, what cool thing do you do? I run LarpCraft, a worldwide Live Action Roleplay game system with chapters in the USA, Australia, UK, Iceland and Sweden. What are you

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Creative Cool Person Doing Cool Things: Talon Dunning

I know I’ve said it before, but art is a gift from the universe.  Talon is a very cool artist who does work for the RPG industry (Yea…I play paper and pen games…wha’na make somethin of-it?) Needless to say…I’m a huge fan. Hi Talon!  What cool thing do you do? I crush my enemies, see

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Artist Profile: Paul Dale Anderson

This week I interview Paul Dale Anderson. A Chicago Icon and friend. Hi, Paul! Thanks for the interview. You’re welcome, Jim. It’s my pleasure. What have you written? About 30 novels, hundreds of short stories, countless articles, numerous book reviews, a few comic books, and far too much ad copy. What are you working on

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