Author Archives: Meg

Arizona

My company shares a floor with a bunch of media companies, social advertisers, and tech start-ups, and someone on our floor has gotten a contract with Arizona and left a crate of Strawberry Coladas in the office kitchen today. That … Continue reading

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Impressing The Ladies

This mission, Professor’s Kardsten’s Journal, is one of the tutorials from Next Island, and Professor Kardsten, a book-loving historian, is a character I really enjoyed working up. Lots of the time, I wonder if players actually read through my dialogue, … Continue reading

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(Not Terribly Subtle)

My bio in A Torn Page I’d really like to send this back in time about two years, to when I was living in Cary, waiting tables and desperately looking for any kind of satisfying work. Tweet this!

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Irish Cream Latte

Harold: …then we’ll go once you’ve finished your coffee, James Joyce. Meg: What did you just call me? Harold: James Joyce. Because of your Irish cream latte. Meg: Oh, thank goodness! I thought you meant because I write long and … Continue reading

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The Round Tables

After my pass delays, I came late to Evan Skolnick’s Learn Better Game Writing In A Day, and tried to slip quietly into the room. Oddly, the room for this  all-day lesson was laid out not in lecture-hall rows, but … Continue reading

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All the URLs

Meg:  Hi Chip! We were just talking about you. And about how you buy ALL the URLS! Chip:  hahaha all the URLs in the world alltheURLs.com is now mine Meg: Of course it is. Tweet this!

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Distantly Awesome

I work developing missions and gameplay for an MMO, which has outsourced parts of development, and marketing, and works remotely with a distant platform, and is pretty great about letting folks work remotely when necessary. Anyway, my point is that … Continue reading

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Not Today

I’ve been feeling very not-today recently. There are some cool restaurants by my office, but it’ll be more efficient to eat quickly and get back to my desk. I think about stopping for a coffee, a designer coffee with foam … Continue reading

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On Turning 30

I cannot wait these days to turn 30! Then I may put away all pretense of being marriageable and concentrate on my interests. – Letter from the mid- 1800′s, quoted by Betsy Israel in Bachelor Girl Tweet this!

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Spring

This was going to be a picture of how it’s spring! And I’m growing a hyacinth! But since I am not very good at lining up shots, instead it’s a picture of my dresser! Which is only springlike in the … Continue reading

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