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WIP Wednesday – Aug 16

Hey all, Sam and David here again today. It's the middle of the week again, already. Wow. This past week has felt really long, and yet even then it didn't really feel that productive. Sam had to spend a little bit more time at work with a shifted schedule to cover a co-workers vacation...and it… Continue reading WIP Wednesday – Aug 16

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Weekend Writer: Writing with Emotion, Tension, & Conflict by Cheryl St. John Chapters 1

Hey all, Sam here. Welcome back to another bookish deep dive for Weekend Writer. So, if you've been paying attention, I was supposed to spend this month finishing up my deep dive into The Emotional Craft of Writing by Donald Maass...but I just wasn't connecting to the book and it just wasn't working for me.… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Writing with Emotion, Tension, & Conflict by Cheryl St. John Chapters 1

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WIP Wednesday – Aug 9

Hey all, Sam and David here again today. After the lengthy post from yesterday, I think we're going to try our best to keep today's post a little more short and sweet...because obviously most of the past week has been spent at Gen Con. Basically we'll be covering anything that happened last Wednesday after we… Continue reading WIP Wednesday – Aug 9

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Tabletop Tuesday: Gen Con Wrap Up

Hey all, Sam and David here. Okay, this might end up being a bit long. Well, at least it's certainly going to be a whole bunch of photos, so I don't think we're going to take too long with the intro section. We've tried for the most part to divide things up day by day… Continue reading Tabletop Tuesday: Gen Con Wrap Up

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Let’s Talk About Books Some More

Hey all, Sam here. All right. I'm at Gen Con and it's been a lot of fun, and the panels at the Writer's Symposium have been excellent this year, and it's definitely gotten me very focused on books. And yes, that does include thinking about my own books too...so hopefully I'll have a lot to… Continue reading Let’s Talk About Books Some More

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Weekend Writer: August Prompts

Hey all, Sam here. It is Gen Con Day Two! We have quite a bit on our schedules, between panels and game playtests and of course wandering the exhibit hall, and there's a few game drops that we're really hoping we're lucky enough to snag, so we'll see what happens. Obviously, since I'm writing this… Continue reading Weekend Writer: August Prompts

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WIP Wednesday – Aug 2

It's almost time for Gen Con! But first we have one more work shift to get through and this WIP Wednesday post to share. Come see what we were up to in the final days before our long awaited convention trip/vacation!

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August TBR

Hey all, Sam here. Wow, okay, so we're at the end of July, and I think things went pretty well with the TBR for the month, so we'll do it again for August. I mean, okay, I guess it helps that I'm really trying to keep up with my NetGalley release schedule the past few… Continue reading August TBR

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Weekend Writer: July Prompt Share

Hey all, Sam here. Well, here we are at another Friday, the final one of the month. If you've been around here for a little while then you know that this particular Weekend Writer post is time to share some writing and creativity that has been created over the month. That's right. For the first… Continue reading Weekend Writer: July Prompt Share

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WIP Wednesday – July 26

Hey all, Sam and David back again today. It has been another fulfilling week for us here at Free State of Geek. While we sometimes feel like we don't have all that productive of a week, that's just because to us it does seem a little slow...but in reality we're still doing a lot of… Continue reading WIP Wednesday – July 26