No, you didn’t read any of that wrong.
It’s really something I’m still processing. I mean, it’s kind of a darkfic, I’m wondering how the band feels about this, and it sounds like people are piling onto what they see as a promising income stream.
Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach. He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, publishes books on career and culture at http://www.informotron.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at http://www.stevensavage.com/.
My group was talking online and they found some resources that just take me back . . .
- 1990’s game console commercials. Remember these?
- Softline magazine is online. Trust me, this matters if you’re like me – old.
Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach. He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, publishes books on career and culture at http://www.informotron.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at http://www.stevensavage.com/.
Hey everyone, so what’s up?
- Not much.
Pretty much been hammered with work, and then the chores and things I had to keep up on, with some socializing to stay sane. Needless to say I haven’t been in the mood to work on much. Let’s see what happens in the next week or two . . .
Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach. He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, publishes books on career and culture at http://www.informotron.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at http://www.stevensavage.com/.
Just something creative and neat.
Also I would watch a show about soccer playing superheroic pro wrestlers. You would too.
Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach. He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, publishes books on career and culture at http://www.informotron.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at http://www.stevensavage.com/.
Hey everyone, so what’s up here at the Sanctum!
Well, the big thing is I’ve wanted to add more ways to socialize – and try out a few ideas I had. So I’ve got the official Seventh Sanctum Tumblr – AND I created automated updates for it. Not only does it repost links to what’s at The Codex, but every day there’s a new, randomly generated story! Yep, every day you’ll have a story untouched by human hands, delivered straight to Tumblr!
I may also be adding some more things over time as I experiment, and of course reposting Sanctum related things.
I also played up our social media on the site – for instance I never really promoted our Twitter. It has a randomly generated idea every day, plus posts from here and anything I think to send down. So now I’m promoting it – join up!
I want to see if this provides some more socializing to the Sanctum before I look at other elements like a more active Facebook community or a mailing list. Yep, still working on that adding-more-social elements goal!
OK, with that done, the Writing Prompt Generator!
I haven’t done much with it recently since I’ve been pretty busy with work – and this takes a certain level of creative energy I just wasn’t feeling (sometimes it seems writing code is more workmanlike than building the data files and kind of relaxing). However the plan is still to get it working well enough and then posting it to get feedback and ideas from everyone. That’s my next goal, actually.
Meanwhile with Way With Worlds, I’m now working on a four to five part series on Worldbuilding and Sex. If you assume that’s going to be exciting, you’re probably going to be disappointed unless you really get into Worldbuilding. Then again you’re here. . .
Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach. He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, publishes books on career and culture at http://www.informotron.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at http://www.stevensavage.com/.
And greetings Sanctumites! How’s it going?
So let’s get down to what’s up here . . . .
I hope you’re enjoying Ryan, our new columnist. He’s got a lot of unique viewpoints and I’m glad to add him to our group – and remember I’m always looking for more creative folks.
Way With Worlds is still churning away. I’ve got a new addition today, and then some more rewrites coming, so hang in there . . .
The Writing Prompt Generator is still on track, it just got delayed due to me getting sick. After my vacation. Really not good timing on my part. I want to add a few more roots then throw it out there for feedback. This one? It’s going to take awhile, but I like the idea of doing things together, you know?
I’m also working on new ways to deliver random too you. Now you’ve seen our Twitter, but I’m also working to plug in Tumblr and maybe a few other things. Stay tuned . . .
I’m not sure about the mailing list I discussed recently. I want to see how other social media experiments go before trying that, though I’m finding mailing lists work in other communities. Go figure – I think it’s the predominance of mobile phones where email and social media works, but message boards are a pain to use.
Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach. He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, publishes books on career and culture at http://www.informotron.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at http://www.stevensavage.com/.
Well I started on the Writing Prompt Generator. This is definitely going to take time and it’s definitely going to have to go through a lot of user feedback. But I’ve got some results already:
- It was thursday, the day of faith, but nobody knew that.
- Hate requires war.
- It was monday, the day of hate.
– Steven Savage
Well first of all, no updates for awhile. I’d like to have a great explanation or something, but really I had a tooth out and was doped up on a bunch of stuff. Nothing critical, just an old root canal that had gone bad, but not a fun experience. Fortunately my dentist (who is awesome) sent me to an equally awesome endodontist who did a great job, I’m healing fine – and she grows her own fruit and gave me fresh lemons. I made a bunch of hummus and such using it, which was perfect to eat after having a tooth out.
So what’s up?
Well, we’ve got another column series starting, I won’t spoil it, but we’re going to involve a rather imaginative person I met focusing on things he likes to ponder and to get you thinking!
I have started work on the Writing Prompt generator and have a few notes. It’s going to be challenging so I’m thinking of releasing it in beta or even alpha to get feedback on it. Right now I’m working on making it a mix of prompt/opening line to keep imaginations flowing.
As you noticed we changed the look a bit – the Crossroads Alpha control bar is gone and the Badge is in as we’ve added a lot of new sites! If you want to team up to share content and people and more, let me know!
– Steven Savage
Whew, what a busy week – it seems every day had something to occupy my time (or cleaning up after doing other things). Hope you’re doing well!
- I’ve got a potential new contributor to the codex! Stay tuned.
- As you saw I had a guest post from my friend Serdar. Serdar writes some insightful stuff on media, so I’m hoping to reprint more here.
So how are you doing?
Hey gang, I’m always ready to help out fellow writers, and Chris over at Ennead Games is looking for people for his site! Let’s see what he has to say!
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The blog/site has been going along a while now, but it’s time to take things up a notch or two. But we need your help. Our design monkeys can only work so much before they start throwing their food everywhere and getting upset. Then things get messy.
What is needed
Resources for rpg gaming and storytelling. It can be anything, from a NPC background, to contents for a generator, to maps for handouts, for any game or genre – just nothing of an adult nature. The best thing to do is to send a short proposal to EG first. You’ll either be told yes (in which case send it in ASAP) – or no (and given a reason – it might just simply be that someone else has allready sent in that idea). Shorter smaller items are prefered. If it’s long, then splitting it into parts is encouraged.
We don’t offer compensation for contributions, but if you have your own site then a link to yours will gladly be displayed. You retain the rights to your work, but grant Ennead Games the unlimited, non-exclusive right to post your resource here forever. By submitting an resource proposal, you grant Ennead Games the unlimited, non-exclusive right to publish your contribution on EnneadGames.com in perpetuity. That means you can post or otherwise use your work elsewhere, but we can keep it posted on the site forever.
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Go on over and give Chris a ping!
