Author: JRVogt

This popped up faster than I expected. I got an email from the editors of Dragons, Knights, & Angels magazine to let me know that… Manikin is now available to read online. So, hop on over to DKA and take a peek. This is the ittiest-bittiest story I’ve written so…

A great half-day of work, followed by spending time with my lovely wife, and then an evening of games and fondue with friends. Awesome way to spend a b-day. Light post for Saturday, as I am off to play with spears and then will try to escape the muggy day…

I just realized. This week marks one year since I literally first stepped foot in NYC. A lot has happened in this last year. In fact, I’d wager that it has held the most changes and transitions in my life than any other year before it, including entering and leaving…

You think I would notice these things, considering they involve some writing of mine actually getting put to paper. But this magazine issue has been available for a week now, and I just now realized it. Dragons, Knights, & Angels Issue 45, June 2007 is now on sale through Lulu.com,…

I thought this was pretty cool. Imagini It’s a new site that shows your your “visual DNA.” It’s basically a personality test that analyzes the images you select according to topic, rather than having you answer questions like “Do you enjoy dumping scalding water on yourself, yes or no?” Even…

Piggy-backing off of yesterday’s topic…where I talked about writers who had transitioned some of their material to more spur-of-the-moment stage storytelling… How many of you listen to audiobooks? I see a lot of audiobooks, working at the publishing house. It’s one of the big imprints that we do catalogs for,…

Storytelling is what we do. I love writing and reaching the end and realizing that I’ve written something others might enjoy reading. At the same time, I’m not a shabby public speaker. It was something I studied pretty often during college. Aside from the required classroom speeches, there were several…

A short post for today, since I am rather wiped. Went on an 8-mile hike yesterday, mixed in with a little rope-swinging over a lake, and swimming. You’d think physical activity makes people tired or something. Since my brain enjoys premium contact with a pillow, I’m going to show you…

In the next installment of “Josh’s random links of the Future!” we are given a glimpse of the future of computer interface: Tabletop Touching. I’m already budgeting to buy the first prototype, which will probably pop up error messages such as: Error: Function could not find your finger.Warning: Do you…

It’s strange, seeing this sort of things pop up in the news. For years, ever since I was a kid, the Loch Ness Monster was a thing of fable. Like Bigfoot and UFOs, it was relegated to fuzzy photographs, drunken rambles, and the occasional (and often jinxed) scientific expeditions. But…