Last time I talked a little about why we creative nut jobs do the things we do, despite the things we have to go through and give up. This time I’m looking at some of the sacrifices we need to make in order to do the things we love, the things we need to do, and how we choose. Nobody can do everything. Nobody can be everything. When our plates get full, we have to choose – not just for the whole linear time thing (which, sadly, we humans have still to live with), but for the sake of our…
Author: Lee Hulme
Lee Hulme
You’ll mostly find Lee hiding out in whichever fictional world they’re writing about or playing games in. They’ll usually be hopped up on caffeine and talking at twice the normal speed of most humans. When not tied to the computer, they’ll be walking, reading, probably not far from coffee or alcohol, and often chatting to total strangers just because they can. At any given moment they’ll be working on at least one new book and/or short stories, producing fun things with 8 Sided Films, learning about the indie film industry that they somehow fell into entirely by accident, diving headfirst into any other fun projects they get the chance to do and occasionally remembering to have a social life. Their reputation for never sleeping is often well-deserved, but they do need to recharge their energy source every so often by only doing 2 things at once, instead of 5.
A little while ago I wrote a guest blog for a great supporter of everything indie, Casey Ryan’s Cutting Room Floor where I talked about the first few months of making the transition from one side of the screen to the other. It’s been a big change from writing solo as an author – you can read that here: From Fan to Producer. Writing that, and seeing friends, colleagues, others attempting indie projects, both successfully and not, started me thinking. We go through a lot of hassle to do what we love. We work awful day jobs, and then we…
Before we get into this, I need to tell you something important: LGBT may be a single tag, but those contained within are not treated the same within geek culture. I want to write today about lesbian tropes, and why they matter – to me, and to you, whatever your sexuality may be. Being a geek hasn’t been easy. I started playing games not long after I learned to read and start to tell stories. These things have been absolutely central to my life, my development, my creativity. Games and stories are a part of who I am, how I…