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 ...

A Binary Approach to Motivation
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 11, 2020Getting Inspiration
Tantz_Aerine at 2:14AM, July 13, 2019
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 ...
Making Bad Guys Intimidating
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 4, 2018
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 ...
Quackcast 248 - Interview with Dario di Donato of Barbarian Adventure
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 8, 2015 LISTEN!
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 ...
The Digital Dark Age Cometh!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 16, 2015
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 ...
SECRET SANTA TIME! Also Blue Strawberry and the Voices Against Bullying Anthology
skoolmunkee at 12:24PM, Dec. 5, 2012It has begun! Reashi has started up the signup thread for this winter's Drunk Duck Secret Santa!
D-d-d did you say s-s-Secret SANTA????
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2 weeks ago (because I forgot ...
Maybe your day is pretty busy, but not too busy for NEWS!
skoolmunkee at 3:30PM, Oct. 5, 2010I 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 ...
I made this newspost yesterday and then I totally forgot to post it! Whoops
skoolmunkee at 1:02AM, July 31, 2010Sameth
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 ...