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Telecommuter’s Lament #amwriting #storytelling #struggles
ByWesWorking at home works great for work. Not so much for creativity. About a year ago, my supervisor asked if I wouldn’t mind giving up my cubicle on the fourth floor of an office park building about 30 minutes from home. I didn’t put up any kind of fight. I packed my laptop and an…
[OTHERSPACE] Shuttles departed for the ether
ByWesAs of this evening, you no longer need to take a programmed shuttle to get from one world to another – and certainly not as a means of getting from the starting point on Sol Station to your roleplaying spot of choice. Instead, the shuttle berth area on Sol Station features doors that open to…
[BOOKSTORE WINDOW] The Boy in Brown #amwriting #storytelling
ByWesThe result of my sixth #bookstorewindow fiction writing exercise, inspired by the late Harlan Ellison, based on writing prompts supplied by Enigmatic, Entropymanor, and comics creator David Napier. Wrote it live on our Slack site in about 20 minutes: The discombobulated devil chicken staggered across the damp cobblestone street, and the boy in brown followed….
[OTHERSPACE AUDIO LOG] No. 1: “Not Rapid, but Reliable”
ByWesHere’s the first installment of a new project I’m working on, inspired by a suggestion from Nick Palazzo (OtherSpace players may also know him as Razorback)! I’m working on a series of audio logs that provide dramatic re-enactments of some of our scenes. Hopefully, this’ll help us share what makes this type of storytelling fun…
[BOOKSTORE WINDOW] Deep Sound #amwriting #storytelling
ByWesThe result of my second #bookstorewindow fiction writing exercise, inspired by the late Harlan Ellison, based on a writing prompt supplied by Lamia. Wrote it live on our Slack site in about an hour: The bathysphere Anapos had descended to a depth of six miles into the Nyaban Abyss before the barbed tentacles looped around…
[HOUSEKEEPING] You’re invited… #OtherSpace #storytelling #amwriting #roleplaying #indiegames
ByWes…to a celebration of OtherSpace turning 19 years old! We’re holding a virtual party on our Slack site, which you can easily join using Slackpass! We’ve had a great first few months making the transition from Telnet MUSH to Slack roleplaying platform, with players launching new adventures on classic worlds such as Demaria, Ungstir, Luna,…
