I am writing a new story called Denzo Steel and will be presenting it in comic strip format with episodes every week (all being well). The style is darker and more serious than my normal comic strip work so I hope that people will enjoy it as much, if not more. As ever, feedback will …
…from 20 years in the games industry. February 1st 2013 marks 20 years in the games industry for me. I joined Revolution Software in 1993 and it’s been a fantastic career so far, thanks initially to everyone at Revolution and, now I’m freelance, to all those clients who have taken on my services. Inspired …
This Thursday, 15th Nov, I’m taking part in a Google+ Hangout in which I’ll be talking about writing for games. The Hangout is organised by Heather Taylor of Red on Black Productions and you can hook up in a number of ways. Google+ event page. Facebook page Youtube page If you miss the live event, …
I feel it sums up the work I undertake, at a high level. Please feel free to share it if you wish. Related articles Game Writing or Narrative Design? New-look website Press Release July 2012
Writing for video games is a wonderful thing and at the same time a little odd. Or, rather, people’s perceptions of it can be odd. Even after all the time I’ve spent making it my career, there are still some people in development and publishing who think that game writing is just the dialogue or …
The last couple of days I’ve been working on a number of things connected with Caroline’s Secret, my personal project. One of these was the story, which has been troubling me for a little while and now I’m much happier with. The other is the portrait of Caroline, above. This is an early version and …
“Don’t even think about touching the keyboard.” Writers’ block takes on many forms…
If any of you tried to come here over the last couple of weeks you’ll have noticed the blog was down. This was due to a problem with the database which even changing server didn’t fix. The tech guys at my hosting provider eventually tracked it down to some weirdness with the username. So, it’s back …
There’s actually been an entry about me on the German language version for a while, but now there’s an English language entry, too. This one is much more comprehensive than the German one appears to be and that’s all due to Willem van der Velden and his sterling efforts to gather all the relevant information. …
Willem van der Velden created an online biography of me and my career. What a nice thing to do. It’s also quite useful to have an online reference like this. 🙂
I now have an agent. It took a little while to finalise the contract details, but earlier today I signed the contract and am now represented by the SMART Talent agency. From now on they will be negotiating my million dollar deals. 🙂 To contact them, please do so through the e-mail address, jd@smart-talent-group.co.uk If …
I was asked to write a guest column for the German adventure gaming site, Adventure-Treff. As this is a new feature on the site and I’m the first to write a piece, it’s quite an honour and I hope my short article is a suitable way to begin the series. The link takes you to …