Author Archives: Meg

The Subway Bride

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Meg

The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature will be publishing my story, The Subway Bride, in their November issue! I’ve been getting more interested in storytelling through magical realism, and The Subway Bride blends Southern gothic and the Brooklyn start-up scene. … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter Variant Covers

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Meg

  Via New Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Cover | The Mary Sue, thanks to Limadean. Sometimes I’m baffled by the variant-covers thing in comics. I asked Harold about this. It’s the same story, right? Just with a new picture … Continue reading →

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Known Associates

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Meg

In the last few days, I’ve sure seen a lot of misspellings of Michele Catalano. Michele was my editor at the awesome (and sadly, now-defunct) Faster Than The World, and my freelance writing friend since then.  She writes here about the … Continue reading →

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Specialized Skills

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Meg

When I was in college, I was often asked what I planned to do with my degree in classics. No career counselor had suggested that studying classics is preparation to move to China, and that living China is preparation for … Continue reading →

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Indie Development at Geek Girl Con

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Meg

I’m going to be speaking at Geek Girl Con this fall, discussing women’s experiences in game development on a panel with some amazing women, and I’m also talking about press kit hacking for indie devs. “Press Kit Hacks for Indie … Continue reading →

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App Design Class

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Meg

I always enjoy reading student work in the Game Concepts class. I’m so proud when students turn their rambling and epic game ideas into succinct summaries with player objectives, win conditions and fail conditions.

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Failstate Fourth Wall

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Meg

What happens when I’m encouraged to write failstate messages… Working on Tokyo Hosto was a great time, and I’m pleased to see it coming together.

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A Study in Silks by Emma Jane Holloway

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Meg

A Study in Silks by Emma Jane Holloway is described as the adventures of Evelina Cooper, the mystery-solving niece of Sherlock Holmes. I was interested in a society lady detective and foggy Victorian London is a great setting for a mystery … Continue reading →

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Flavortext Superpower

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Meg

As part of the class in game design, we ask the students to come up with unique, descriptive titles for their completed games, and to write other game text like a one-sentence summary or a brief instructional screen.  Usually I … Continue reading →

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Royal Mistress

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Meg

New book review of Anne Easter Smith’s Royal Mistress, in which I display more of my vast knowledge of the British monarchy, and prove that 90% of it’s from historical novels.  (The remaining 10% is from researching interesting parts of historical novels, … Continue reading →

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