Archive | May, 2011
Learn to Raid in Cataclysm in 3 Easy Steps, Part 1

Learn to Raid in Cataclysm in 3 Easy Steps, Part 1

WoW Cataclysm offered veterans a revamp of the game they had fallen in love with years ago, and despite Blizzard’s loss in subscribers, more than a couple of people stuck their heads back in WoW’s door to see what was new. Part of that investigation is invariably going to be checking out the raid environment, and I followed 3 easy steps to get back in raiding shape.

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Getting Reacquainted with Raiding

For the first time in a long time, I have both the desire and capacity to raid. My RL friends have set up a relatively successful 10-man guild, so I’ve stepped into my Priest’s mooncloth slippers again. The first run was Bastion of Twilight, and despite the two runs earlier this spring, I generally have no freaking idea what’s going on. I’ve forgotten how to raid.

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4 Ways to Treat Writing Like The Job You Want It To Be

4 Ways to Treat Writing Like The Job You Want It To Be

Here’s the thing: you’ll probably never make a living by writing. Even if you luck into selling a manuscript, it’s unlikely that it will even pay your mortgage. No more amateur hour, no more kid gloves, and no more training wheels. (And no more motivational platitudes, am I right?) If you don’t treat writing like the job you want it to be right now, it will never happen.

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[Guest Post]: Choosing your genre–or Letting Your Genre Choose You

[Guest Post]: Choosing your genre–or Letting Your Genre Choose You

Some writers can write anything. They’ll decide one day to sit down and bang out a Western — because they’ve never written a Western before — and POW! They’ve done it. Okay, I don’t know too many people like that — any, really — but I know lots of writers who think of themselves that way. But it’s not so easy to just pick a genre and immediately start writing.

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[Guest Post]: On the Death of Stargate Universe: a TV Industry in Flux

By now sci-fi fans expect cancellation. They groan inwardly when SyFy cancels another awesome show, and yet they are not surprised. They saw Firefly beheaded; Dollhouse was murdered in its youth; Caprica went the same way; and the funeral procession for SGU has already been prepared.

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