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Self Publishing is Fun!
I've just turned a couple of live roleplaying games that I wrote with Cat into published PDFs on an online roleplaying store. First sale went through about 5 minutes ago. Yay!
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The Book Club Redux
Is now running on Thursday, 11 February, arrive from 7pm with start time at 7.30pm, at Nasia's place. Runtime is expected to be 2-2.5 hours. We have a couple of spaces left if anyone would like to come but hasn't gotten in touch yet. (Naomi - did you get that link to the date poll I sent you? Would you still like to come ( Read more... ) -
The Book Club (Larp)
The Calvino Bay Book Club has been meeting for a few months now. It's been OK. The books you've been looking at have hopped around the literary spectrum from the 'classics' like Austen and Dickens, whatever new wunderkind book has got the critics excited, and that time someone wanted to talk about Harry Potter. Something for everyone, you reckon, ( Read more... ) -
LARP: But Nobody Loses An Eye!
(Oops, one more place to post this. Apologies to people who have seen it already.)
But Nobody Loses An Eye!
It was supposed to be the greatest day of your life, the pinnacle, you doubted it could ever be cooler than this; you were invited to a birthday party. But now you're here you're not so sure: someone's widdled in their shoe, the little kid ( Read more... ) -
Tsunami Alert
In case anyone reads LJ but not the news, there is a Tsunami alert.
I think they're expecting a wave of about 1m to hit New Zealand, but even so, I recommend staying off the beaches. More details on arrival times here.
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Interested in Live Action Roleplay in Wellington?
(Hoiked from Amphigori.)
We're having a meetup on 6 September at 1pm at JJ Murphy's to discuss getting more LARP going in Wellington.
All interested parties are welcome to attend - even if (maybe especially if) you've not done much (or any) live action RP before.
We're keen to get everyone's input on what kinds of games they'd like to see run and get ( Read more... ) -
Gosh
It turns out that Amazon is bullying small publishers. It seems an odd business decision - most of what I buy from Amazon are the rare and hard to find purchases that small publishers specialise in. -
Sanctuary: The Aftermath (Afterlarp Report)
Introduction
Sanctuary was a theatre style live roleplaying event written for up to 66 people, held at the annual KapCon roleplaying convention in Wellington in January 2008, written by myself, Naomi Guyer and Sean Broadley. It had a low fantasy setting inspired somewhat by A Song for Arbonne and The Princess Bride, and was billed to potential ( Read more... ) -
In which I am tagged...
(Courtesy of Morgue: http://www.additiverich.com/morgue/archives/002129.html)
1. You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451. Which book do you want to be?
Erm, Freedom and Necessity by Steven Brust and Emma Bull, I guess.
It's a very good book with lots of interesting ( Read more... )