I consider the age suggestions on the sides of game boxes to be total lies. Boss Monster (13+) is one of my 9-year-olds' favorite games ...

Those of you who saw my post about my super ridiculous September may want to know how I made out. Here are where things stand on all things...

My daughter Anica is beautiful, ruthless, and ridiculously smart. She embodies every connotation of the word precocious. In this chapter, ...

From the AMA bag of holding, Surface asks: Not to only ask about Torment - Im genuinely curious about your involvement with that orphanage...

The lovely Authoress asks: Why aren't you writing a novel right now?   :) Brian Fargo (my boss's boss) has been quoted as say...

I've been wanting to try my boys out on an RPG for a while now, but I wasn't really sure how. I'd given away a lot of my sourceb...

I hate having only First Impact posts go up, but I am trying to make money at this writing thing, so. Anyway, here are some of the things I...

It's been a long time since I've given you guys anything like a regular status update. I mean, there's my Works In Progress tab ...

Dear Isaac, I would like to apologize for your DNA. Not that you aren't awesome. You totally are. But, well...it's because you...

A couple weeks ago, I drew this pig for one of my kids. He came up with an awesome story about how the pig ran away from his mommy but his m...

Before I get to the questions, I have a task for you. You remember that story I wrote, "Pawn's Gambit" ? The one about the esc...

It's been a while since I opened things up for questions, so now's your chance. Same as before: ask anything you like in the comment...

You may know I have an acute fear of failure . The kind that makes me terrified of stupid things--like small talk or mowing the lawn--just b...

I don't remember where I got this meme, but here it is. You may see it again in the future. Also, you may notice there's a poll in...

Apparently 88% of us would rather be lonely (and smart) than stupid (with friends). I'm with you guys, but you should know this is how ...

I'm sick, so today's post is short. This picture is from our recent trip to the US , in which my son sees the ocean for the first ti...

I feel a little weird just jumping back in with a post on writing, so here are some things I accomplished in the last two weeks: I did not ...

Those of you who follow me via other means may know we recently added to our family. That is, we added FOUR KIDS to our family . Being as ...

We're back home now, and all is as it should be. Basically. Jet lag is about a quarter the misery it was going east. Our house is in fin...

Writers are always told, "Show, don't tell." The other day, one of my 3-year-old boys gave me an object lesson on why that is:...