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About Mike Shea
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On 20 May 2000. Updated 29 October 2014. Michael Erik Shea is a writer, gamer, and technologist living in Vienna, Virginia. Mike is the son of Yvonne Shea. And Robert Joseph Shea. Mike is the author of a few books including Seven Swords. And Vrenna and the Red Stone and Other Tales. Mike also writes short stories. Mike is a huge tabletop roleplaying game nerd (think Dungeons and Dragons. He runs Sly Flourish. A website and twitter feed. Running Epic Tier D&D Games. The Lazy Dungeon Master. Send comments ...
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Mike Shea's 2013 Annual Report
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Mike Shea's 2013 Annual Report. On 1 January 2014. A Year In Review by Looking at Data. The following is an analysis of various sources of data matched up with my four daily life goals: Create, Relax, Love, and Health. The data sources include blogs, Twitter, Loseit, Omnifocus, my own life goal spreadsheets, photos, Steam, Gmail, the Happiness iPhone app, and Amazon. You can also check out my 2012 Personal Year in Review. Published 56,824 words in 53 articles on Sly Flourish. 100 for Running Epic Games.
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Articles on Jobs, Technology, and the Future
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Articles on Jobs, Technology, and the Future. On 17 March 2014. Has given me a great way to archive my favorite articles. Looking back over 2013, I find a few themes in the articles I felt were worth saving. These themes surround the changing state of jobs and the economy based on massive technological upheaval over the last 20 years and what the future may look like. Spoiler, it's nothing like what we have now and bleak for most of us. David Simon 'There Are Now Two Americas'. Share a scary story. A fan...
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Experiences Running A Small Kickstarter
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Experiences Running A Small Kickstarter. On 31 January 2014. All of the following advice is a single datapoint in a large sea of experiences. Treat it as such. Get as much of your project done before you even begin the Kickstarter. Money isn't the limiting resource for finishing a project, time and energy is. Keep your project and your stretch goals reasonable. Make sure you can deliver on your promise. Some Other Great Reading. That ended up with 272 backers and a total of $2,580. This article is just a...
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Amanda’s Work & Awards | ayvalentine.com
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Musings on RPG editing, raising gamer kids, and other such things. Amanda’s Work & Awards. Index of Posts by Topic. Working as a Freelancer. Amanda’s Work & Awards. Novels by Elizabeth Cole, SkySpark Books. Secrets of the Zodiac. Novels by Elizabeth Cole, SkySpark Books. Secrets of the Zodiac. Novellas by Elizabeth Cole, SkySpark Books. Novellas by Elizabeth Cole, SkySpark Books. A Voice at Midnight. Watch for Me by Moonlight. A Dress the Color of Dusk. Spirit of the Century. Novels, Evil Hat Productions.
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Spirit of the Blank: [Gamex 2015] Fate On Demand
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Fate for every genre (eventually)! Friday, May 1, 2015. Gamex 2015] Fate On Demand. Is coming up over Memorial Day Weekend. That's just a few weeks! Event pre-reg opens tomorrow. So if you're planning to attend or just thinking about it, here's a roundup of the scheduled Fate games thus far. Not as Fate-heavy as some Strategicons past, but still plenty of variety. And you may notice there's something a little odd about this list of games. Can you guess what it is? Voyages of the Starship Loki. Welcome to...
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Spirit of the Blank: May 2015
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Fate for every genre (eventually)! Friday, May 15, 2015. GenCon 2015] Atomic Robo Wants You (And Vice-Versa). Get your wishlist and your sense of disappointment ready, because GenCon event pre-reg. Opens this Sunday morning! There are actually quite a few Atomic Robo: The Roleplaying Game. Games happening, which is extremely cool to see. In an effort to reduce my usually overstuffed GenCon schedule, I'm only running one of them. It's called Operation Crossover. And it's on Friday the 31st at 10am. And th...
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