life goal: infamous recluse
Here's how the IndieCade-nominated, live-action, cozy, not-an-escape-room location-based experience MEMOIRSCAPE managed to host a full, remote playthrough for an international audience of players.
So waaaaay back in 2019, I wrote a post about wanting to blog without chasing engagement-- rewinding back to the old days of LiveJournal where long-form was king and the Algorithm? I didn't know 'er.
(Part 2: What It Means to Leave, and to Be Left-- But Also to Come Home Again) Fig. 1. A seat. A room. And stones. (Room design and photography by Hannah Belan) 1. Interactive Media and Game Design It doesn't roll easily off the tongue-- not least because it's the name of the MFA degree... Continue Reading →
(Part 1: A History of the Universe Until Now, With Some Significant Exceptions) Fig. 1. Foreshadowing, probably. (Photograph by Hannah Belan) 1. Several Jokes and No Laughs I have this joke I like to tell these days, which makes sense to only a very small group of people: I don't like games. In front of... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/mDxNxcu2j9k This is going to be very quick, because I can’t tell it slowly.Your Hand in Mine, We'll Be All Right So this is an old reading (previously talked about here) of "Your Hand in Mine, We'll Be All Right," originally done for Flash Fiction Online's 10-year anniversary, that I noticed was down for the... Continue Reading →
It's a rotten time to be a writer. Leaving aside the creativity-crushing effects of indoor monotony, the usual mechanics of the publishing business are showing their fault lines: authors can't go on book tours, covers can't catch consumers' eyes as they perambulate around shops, and while ebook and audio bundles could be a cool thing,... Continue Reading →
I'm in the middle of outlining a romance novel that has a lot of potential endings -- and several of those possible ending are polyamorous in nature. It's making me realize one of the weird ways fiction doesn't necessarily mirror reality.
I've recently joined one of those movie theatre loyalty programs, where you get to watch multiple movies over the course of a week for the cost of essentially two movies a month (which I would do anyway, so this works well for me). Because of it, I end up seeing a lot of films I... Continue Reading →
For the last several years, I've engaged in micro-blogging: Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr. All of these create an "active" online presence that doesn't have to actually create anything new (though many do) -- one can instead just like, or reblog, or provide a two-word comment, and be considered alive and well. The other day I went... Continue Reading →
Katherine Crighton 