Category Archives: Writing

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Reactive

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Allen

Originally published October 2, 2005. Last night, I finished writing my first article for the RockBand.com ‘Zine, the section of our site where we pump out content we hope fans of our games will enjoy.  (The article goes live next … Continue reading →

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Oh, no — NaNo.

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Allen

In what was clearly an insane, feverish moment of self-delusional hysteria, I signed up to participate in National Novel Writing Month for the first time in three years.  Fifty thousand words of fiction in thirty days, when I rarely write any … Continue reading →

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Operation: Defunkify

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Allen

One of my heroes inspires me by taking inspiration from another one of my heroes: “I think Stephen King said some great things in On Writing — the main bit that I took away from that is the idea that … Continue reading →

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Proof

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Allen

OK, people, here you go. Proof. What follows is intended to eventually be a comic book script, though it doesn’t have any of the page or panel breakdowns that format would require. (Actually, right now it would be just as … Continue reading →

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Executive Decision

Posted on May 26, 2006 by Allen

Brian sits down at his desk, turns toward me and looks me in the eye: “Holt,” he says. “I’ve got a bone to pick with you.” “Oh, geez,” I think, assuming there’s some problem with one of the recent myriad … Continue reading →

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