Pilot your landing pod to the surface of an alien world, racing to be the first to the surface to claim the planet for your corporate overlords and gain the honorable title of unpaid intern!
Description:
In the far future year, 2033 humanity has finally reached it’s true purpose among the stars. Seeking out new habitable worlds and strip mining them of all of their natural resources in order to sustain our quality of life on Earth. These operations are carried out by Earth’s great corporations who send their pre-interns on expeditions to claim planets in the name of their corporation. They call these pre-interns claim jumpers. Unpaid, untrained, unsuspecting corporate lackeys who are hurled out of a spaceship towards the surface of the planet in a high stakes, life-on-the-line race for ownership of the planet and promotion to unpaid intern. Just remember that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow when your pod’s coming apart, your opponent just got smashed to atoms by a space rock, and you’re burning in.
But This is How I Write: When and How to Talk to Editors About Voice
Summary:
Writers discuss when and how to stand up for one's personal style.
Description:
When an editor suggests changing something that is true to your culture or writing style, how do you decide when to argue for your version without ignoring good advice? Join our panel of expert writers and editors as they discuss developing healthy working relationships with editors, softening barriers in the publishing industry, standing up for your voice, and knowing when to listen. Panelists: Brady McReynolds (moderator), Matt Forbeck, Sarah Hans, Karen Menzel. Track: GCWS Editing.
At the party of the year, everyone has secrets ready to burst forward. Everyone's playing for keeps and doing their best to come out ahead. Can you avoid your own drama while stirring up trouble?
At the party of the year, everyone has secrets ready to burst forward. Everyone's playing for keeps and doing their best to come out ahead. Can you avoid your own drama while stirring up trouble?
At the party of the year, everyone has secrets ready to burst forward. Everyone's playing for keeps and doing their best to come out ahead. Can you avoid your own drama while stirring up trouble?
At the party of the year, everyone has secrets ready to burst forward. Everyone's playing for keeps and doing their best to come out ahead. Can you avoid your own drama while stirring up trouble?
Butcher Clowns From the Cosmos, A Heckna Adventure
Summary:
It’s 1981. A small town in the Midwest wakes to discover a carnival set up on the outskirts of town. A carnival of games, acrobats, and … smiling, joking, clowns.
Description:
One morning while delivering papers, Tommy discovers a carnival on the outskirts of town. A carnival filled with animals walking with the side show freaks, games of skill and chance being set up, and music playing through the air. Returning home, he calls his friends and together they make afternoon plans to go. Later that day, the group rides their bikes to the carnival. Tommy and his friends head first to the midway, to play some games despite know they are rigged. There, amongst the annoying clowns, they settle on throwing some darts to explode the balloons. After popping the last one, winning a purple, overstuffed bear, Tommy notices Jacob, his little brother, is missing. Looking at his watch, realizing his mom will be here in an hour to grab Jacob, the race is on to find him. Otherwise, Tommy knows he won’t be allowed out of the house for a month.
Move the hedgehog around the board collecting butterflies but catching a wasp means losing points. Watch carefully to make sure that you do not give your opponent a good tile when it is their turn.
Description:
Players move the hedgehog around the board collecting butterflies. However, some are worth more than others. Players need to watch out! Catching a wasp means losing points. Watch carefully to make sure that you do not give your opponent a good tile when it is their turn.
Butterfly can be played easily with families and children but can also be enjoyed by veteran game players who are looking for a fast filler game.