Convention Panel Preparation: Some Reflection
2025-05-18
Hi everyone! I’ve been doing panels at major conventions here in the UK for almost 15 years now and I thought it might be a good time to give some
How do you start (and complete!) a Creative Project?
2022-10-20
We believe that everyone has the ability to create! We feel that people should be helped bring their stories and visions to life as a creative project! After a decade
#RPGaDay2020 – Day 31: Experience
2020-08-31
Hi everyone! It’s the end of RPGaDay2020 and, once again, it’s been an experience. It’s especially true this year, because the sorts of things I’ve said in these posts are
#RPGaDay2020 – Day 29: Ride
2020-08-29
Hi everyone! Tabletop RPGs are a way to do whatever you want within the world, and there’s one particular occasion that will always remind me of that. Some years ago,
#RPGaDay2020 – Day 28: Close
2020-08-28
Hi everyone! I’ve spoken already in this month about being close to the end of a project and how hard that can be (where the last 20% seems to take
#RPGaDay2020 – Day 27: Favour
2020-08-27
Hi everyone! The hardest thing (for me, anyway) relating to creating is getting the word out into the wider world. I’ll often ask if someone can “do me a quick
#RPGaDay2020 – Day 26: Strange
2020-08-26
Hi everyone! I think the strangest thing about being a creator who has made a lot of different things is that there are things that feel obvious to me now,
#RPGaDay2020 – Day 25: Lever
2020-08-25
Hi everyone! What technology should you include when worldbuilding? Is a lever acceptable in a High Fantasy setting? What’s the lowest level of technology you can have and still call
#RPGaDay2020 – Day 23: Edge
2020-08-23
Hi everyone! What should you do when you approach the edge of giving up on your creative project? I’ve talked about this a few times at conventions and such –
#RPGaDay2020 – Day 21: Push
2020-08-21
Hi everyone! The final push of a project is always the hardest. In convention panels, I’ve been known to say that it’s 80/20 – the latter half of that being
#RPGaDay2020 – Day 20: Investigate
2020-08-20
Hi everyone! I believe that every rule set has limitations. No, really – I’ve built Era d10 to have as few as possible, but there are things that it will
#RPGaDay2020 – Day 17: Comfort
2020-08-17
Hi everyone! No-one likes to go outside their comfort zone. That said, it’s the only way that things change significantly – sometimes you can be forced out of what you
#RPGaDay2020 – Day 15: Frame
2020-08-15
Hi everyone! In my opinion, one of the hardest parts of writing RPGs is framing the sentences so that they are specific, descriptive, open to a minimum of interpretation, and
#RPGaDay2020 – Day 14: Banner
2020-08-14
Hi everyone! I’m fortunate enough to have a banner which shows off all of our Tabletop RPGs very nicely. It’s a go-to for me in many situations, and it all
Three Top Tips on How to Direct an Audio Drama!
2020-03-12
Hi everyone, Ed here from shades of vengeance. And today, I’m going to talk about how I and today I’m going to give you my top three pieces of advice
How to Make Your Characters Real – Part 6: Acting
2020-02-27
Hi everyone, and welcome to the final part of “How to Make Your Characters Real”! In this part, I’m going to be talking about how you decide the way in
How to Make Your Characters Real – Part 5: Hidden Information
2020-02-20
Hi everyone, Ed here, and I’m back with another “How to Make Your Characters Real!” Today, I’m going to be talking about how characters won’t always share all of the
How to Make Your Characters Real – Part 4: Visualisation
2020-02-06
Hi everyone, Ed here from Shades of Vengeance again!I’m back with another entry in my “How to Make your Characters Real” series. I hope that you are finding these useful
How to Make Your Characters Real – Part 3: Hero of Their Own Story
2020-01-30
Hi everyone! I’m back again to talk a little more about how to bring your characters to life in an engaging and realistic way. The reason that I think this
How to Make Your Characters Real – Part 2: Building up your Characters in the Right Way
2020-01-23
Hi everyone, Ed here again! I’m back to talk more about making your characters real. The advice in these posts could apply to roleplaying games, when you create a character, or
How To Make Your Characters Real – Part 1: Inspiration
2020-01-16
Hi everyone! Ed here, and today I’m going to kick off a multi-part set of articles that are based around ideas I have on how to make your characters real.
Building a World: What Makes It Survival Horror?
2020-01-09
Hi everyone! When I started both Era: Survival and Era: The Chosen, I asked myself one simple question very carefully: What is the difference between Survival Horror and Horror? I
How to Begin Building a “Hero’s Journey” Story.
2019-12-19
I think most writers have heard of the concept of a hero’s journey. For those that haven’t, the idea is that the hero begins in a negative, or non optimal
3 Reasons I Use a Timeline to Plan when I Create a Universe
2019-12-11
Hi everyone! Ed here, and today I’m going to talk to you about three ways that a planned timeline of events can make your work seem especially awesome. 1: It helps you figure out how
How To Build a Hero
2019-12-06
Hi everyone! Ed here and today I’m going to talk to you about how to build a hero. There are a few things that I think you ought to realise
Why Your Personal Limits Don’t Have to be a Barrier to Creativity
2019-12-04
Hi, everyone, Ed here! Today I’m going to talk about what you’re what you need to do if you’re going to reach the limit of what you’re capable of. Every creator
5 Reasons that Writing The Book You Always Wanted To is Worth Your Time!
2019-11-29
Hi everyone, Ed here! Today, I’m going to talk about five reasons why writing the book you always wanted to is definitely worth your time. 1. You don’t have to
Three Quick Tips to Make Sure YOUR Story is the Best You Can Write!
2019-11-27
Hi everyone, Ed here from Shades of Vengeance! Today, I’m going to be giving you my three best quick tips for writing your story. 1. Start with Feelings Begin what
Five Ways to Make Sure that YOUR Universe is “Complete” and “Immersive”.
2019-11-22
Hi everyone! Today, I am talking creativity and universe building. Here are 5 simple things you can do to make sure your universe is as complete and immersive as possible: 1.
Three Things YOU can do Today to Break your Creative Silence.
2019-11-20
Hi there! Everyone has spare energy at some point during the day. And it’s often very difficult to know the way in which you can change this into actual productivity
