A couple weeks back, I got to give a workshop called “Step into the Story: Immersive worldbuilding through play” at the Seriencamp conference (a series festival, like a film festival but for series) on the subject of using roleplaying games in the writers’ room. It’s not a unique thought
This week brings layers of heavy heartbreak as I learned that Hampshire College, my alma mater, is shutting down. It’s hard to process the waves of different emotions of grief, unmooring and something almost akin to relief that have absolutely overwhelmed me in the last day. I had some
We recently crossed a little milestone in the editing process! Episode 15 is edited, designed and mastered - Julian just sent it back to me to review. I've just finished cutting the voice tracks for episode 16 and I get to dig into the sound design and score. There
actual play
This week I just want to talk a little about how games are used in different ways and some of my experiences in training and cross-training acting and improvisation! I got a really cool comment on Games for an Ordinary Life , my art zine of minimalist games, over on
This WIP Wednesday, I want to share a game I’m working on. I did a very early test over the holidays — which is (wildly) more than a month ago at this point! There’s a lot of people in my life who I cherish, and I love being in
It's not Wednesday, that much is clear! But, I want to keep this up and let you in on what goes on in the background here that contributes to why I do or don't share what I'm working on. Mostly, the projects I'
wip wednesday
Happy new year! I hope your entry into 2026 is going well at least on a personal level and you've got things to buoy your soul against the awful crush of fascism. I've been learning piano recently! We've had this piano in our house
year in review
Wow, that was 2025! This year was filled with a truly astonishing amount of things. I met and worked with wonderful people and created beautiful and meaningful things. That’s basically what I want to be doing with my life! The goal for 2026 is to find paths to sustainability
ttrpg
Your players’ biggest tools are the ones they will reach for first, so give them problems where that tool will just make it worse.
This week I want to share a fun little sound I made for Episode 13 of The Witches of Wederra Keep! In this episode there's a lighthouse, and I wanted to make a mysterious tone that would capture some of the sound of a rotating lighthouse lamp and
invisible parties
I'm starting a Work-In-Progress Wednesdays and I'll publish both here and on Patreon. I do a lot of cool stuff but my income has been very low, so I'm adding an option for you to pitch in and support my work. You
One of the goals of Games for an Ordinary Life, the micro roleplaying game zine I kickstarted in February as part of Zinequest was to help me create some more linoleum block print work. After the campaign, other parts of life took over for a while – hence the radio silence