Build a community with your students As we move into online and remote (and hybrid, whatever that is, for however long/short it lasts) teaching, a few folks have asked about having a “teaching on Discord” tutorial. Well, I won’t call this a tutorial; rather it’s an overview of how I’ve…

Full Facepalm re: 2020 f2f instruction in 3… 2… 1… — I have always described myself as a lazy academic, particularly when it comes to teaching. If I’ve made innovations, it’s because they save me time and effort, first and foremost. When I or colleagues get super stressed from the drudgeries of academic life, I remind us: we’re not medics. If…

Weird Facebook and tag groups are the relief we all need I am way late to the Weird Facebook scene, but damn am I glad I’ve discovered it. Between the cat groups and the tag groups, I have found a new joy in online life. Like a lot of people, I’ve wished many times I could leave Facebook — my feed…

What can digital fiction do? The evolution of digital fiction First, it isn’t new. And you’ve definitely already played/read some. Some of us (I’m aging myself here) grew up with it: Oregon Trail, Zork, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, all the Infocom games. It has spread through floppy discs and mobile apps and websites and even gaming platforms. Calling it…

Stop enabling these #glitteryturds Here’s the thing about incompetent men: they rise. Like a turd in the community swimming pool, they rise and rise till they float on the top. Everyone can see it. Everyone knows it’s there, and what it is, and how it got there. No one will take responsibility for putting…

Getting Started Previous parts: Part 1: Why Write Digital Fiction Available platforms This should be a short article: all you have to do is just think of an idea and run with it, like any writer. Right? Only it’s not that easy, not even if you’re working in prose. The digital medium…

Why Write Digital Fiction? I recently received an email from a colleague asking me about digital fiction workshops. (FYI, while I don’t have workshops scheduled at the moment, Dreaming Methods does.) While I do think in-person workshops are ideal, let’s face it: writing retreats aren’t offering courses in DF yet, and the few of…

Below are the tools you can use to create digital fiction. If you want more on how to do it from A-Z, check out my How to Write Digital Fiction series. Digital fiction (DF) as I’ll be posting about it is: Fictional stories that are written and read on digital…