I've talked a lot about motivations in my articles. And how could I not? My scientific field aside, what makes us behave in certain manners or way is a question that has occupied entire schools of thought in psychology, philosophy, political science, even AI and (bio)chemistry.

There are ...

Inspiration is a flighty and whimsical thing. We don't know when we'll get it and sometimes we never do when we need it. Even others, we get it when we least need it, or when we can't use it. Or when we're sleeping, and lose it ...

Every hero goes up against a villain. Every protagonist against an antagonist. This is the main clash that drives your story, any story, forward be it slice of life or epic drama.

One of the elements that can make this driving force compelling, that will make the clash interesting and ...

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Today we interview Dario Di Donato, the creator of the great webcomic Barbarian Adventure! You may recall that Gunwallace did an amazing theme to Barbarian adventure that we played in Quackcast 244, AND the comic was featured a few weeks ago too! Anyway, this time around, Banes, Pitface and ...

Does everyone remember floppy disks?

This morning, the top trending topic was the warning issued by Vint Cerf, vice-president of Google, that we must create tangible back-up copies of all our digital works or else we may lose everything, every memory in a “digital Dark Age”. So I read about ...

What happens when a large anthropomorphic orange Rakasta (cat-tiger) rows up to the shore one day in a bowl-shaped boat? The only answer to that question is: An adventure! Spike is a fun-loving, easily pleased feline with a penchant for getting caught in gillnets. The minute he arrives in town ...

It has begun! Reashi has started up the signup thread for this winter's Drunk Duck Secret Santa!

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2 weeks ago (because I forgot ...

I hope everyone's holidays are going well! We've got one (or more) down and one to go. The last week of the year is a pretty unique time so I hope people are enjoying it!


First up, we've got one more Drunk Duck member interview! This time ...

I mean, I didn't get a chance to write this til like 11:30 pm but I still had time for news! NEWS! Neeeeeeeews!




Magical Weather Girls Go by altprom reaches 50 pages today! Mmmm magical..


Also at 50 pages is wildcard's A Girl Called Hate! Why would ...

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From the creator of Dragon City, Jix, and Pegwarmers comes the first in The Felicity Stone series called Stone the Apprentice. The book is about a girl trying to pass her magic guild entrance exam while juggling a school life, a social life, family, and having to fight a ...