Author Archives: Meg

Indie Games Blog Carnival

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Meg

I would just love it if you’d submit indie game pieces and encourage friends to submit! This includes reviews written for magazines, communities or personal blogs, as well as essays on indie games, thoughtful dev blog pieces, and related creative writing. You can also submit indie games, too. Continue reading →

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‘The Boleyn Bride’ by Brandy Purdy

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Meg

The Boleyn bride of the title is Elizabeth Howard Boleyn, mother of George, Mary, and Anne Boleyn. My entire previous knowledge of her life is basically me noting that the Boleyn siblings got their family prestige and connections through their … Continue reading →

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Adding Awesome with ‘If This Then That’

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Meg

New post on Yahoo about using IFTTT to save time and add awesome: If This Then That is a repository of recipes to take advantage of services and sites you’re already using, by integrating actions on one service with a … Continue reading →

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Imposter Syndrome, Part 273

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Meg

Meg: I’m working on your bio for our hipster startup profile, how many years have you been teaching? Colleague-who-will-not-be-named: Oh, man, I have no experience and no training. It’s a wonder anyone lets me teach their kids anything. Meg: What … Continue reading →

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Stories From Space Camp

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Meg

I have a new story, Star-Crossed, out in Stories From Space Camp. Stories From Space Camp is a scifi zine with an issue theme of assimilation / liberation. Star-Crossed is about aliens and alienation. Although I’ve been writing science fiction since I … Continue reading →

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The Future of Games Journalism

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Meg

…is turning out 1000 ~ 2000 not-quite-original words, in 6 hours, for $1. Looking someone to rewrite 100 to 200 word game news. Each 100 to 200 word game news is priced at $0.10 Please include these words in your … Continue reading →

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Surfer, Muppet, Gun, What?

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Meg

My App Design 3 students are doing a math-heavy assignment, and as I explained what they were doing, I threw out a couple of Chinese  number handsigns, meant to emphasize that there were 6 sides on a die so 7 … Continue reading →

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Winter flowers. #blog

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Meg

Winter flowers. #blog

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Pioneer Girls

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Meg

I started rereading the Little House books after Jennette and I got talking about them the other day.  (I’m not entirely sure how we made the segue from brunch mimosas to The Long Winter. We are talented!) I’d totally recommend … Continue reading →

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Instagramming

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Meg

Hey, you guys, am I using Instagram right? #sunset #flowers #nature #lotsoffilters

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