My kids made me post this…

My family has jumped onto the Minecraft party rather late, but if you want some fun Minecraft accessories, check out this instructables page: http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Ultimate-Guide-to-Minecraft-Papercrafts/

It has templates for creating most of the creatures and blocks from Minecraft out of paper.

My folding skills kind of suck, but I’ve managed to successfully implement several of the blocks :) The kids haven’t even touched their toys in a couple days, preferring to chase each other around with blocks of TNT.





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May 24, 2013 – 8:09 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in My Life | Comments (0)

If you read Dutch… (game AI)

While doing some clean up on the Lazy Designer I stumbled (again) across the site of Pieter Spronck. I met him several years ago while he was researching adaptive game AI. One of the games he was using was Neverwinter Nights. Anyways if you read Dutch you can read his discussion on the meeting he …

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May 22, 2013 – 1:41 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in The Lazy Designer | Tagged , , | Comments (2)

Another Revised Novel

Just finished revisions on another novel. There’s well established advice that you should never fiddle with a completed manuscript unless being asked to do so by an editor, but I do find myself drawn towards re-editing. Often this is because of specific comments on a rejected manuscript. This particular bout of editing however sprung from …

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May 18, 2013 – 3:14 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Sale: “Slaying Dragons” to Plasma Frequency Magazine

Plasma Frequency Magazine has accepted my story “Slaying Dragons” for publication in an upcoming issue of their magazine! I am not sure which issue it will appear in, but when it is available, I’ll make another post. For now, consider heading over to their current issue and checking out some of the stories. Free downloads …

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May 13, 2013 – 9:59 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in My Life, Writing Resources | Tagged , , | Comments (31)

My Spring Office Has Opened

This is where I did my writing today. Very pleased to be able to brave the outdoors now that the snow is gone. Also, do take a look at a recent post by Drew Karpyshyn on his blog where he talks about the process he uses to write novels. Drew has written Star Wars and …

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May 10, 2013 – 2:02 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in My Life, Writing Resources | Tagged | Comments (25)

“The Flame Wife” sells to Nightfall Magazine

Found out last week that I sold my short horror piece “The Flame Wife” to Nightfall Magazine. There is a bit of history behind this piece which I’ll talk about here eventually, but for now I’m just delighted this strange story has found a good home. Not sure yet which issue I’ll be appearing in, …

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April 29, 2013 – 8:18 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , , | Comments (40)

Lazy Designer Book 3 Exploration and Gameplay Is…

Not finished yet. I am working on it. It is just that it has so much more content than the previous two volume combined, that it’s more akin to finishing one of my novels. Which means, it takes time. That said, I have finally finished my giant grammar pass through all the sections and have …

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April 26, 2013 – 1:26 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in My Life, The Lazy Designer, Writing Resources | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Read “Inside Magic Circles”

If you’d like to read my science fiction story, “Inside Magic Circles” it is now available at Perihelion Science Fiction. You can read the current issue for free. Please keep in mind that this story is somewhat dark and may be disturbing, so if you don’t like that kind of thing, don’t read it.

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April 15, 2013 – 3:32 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , | Comments (25)

This is Today

Don’t really have any more to say than this.

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April 13, 2013 – 8:54 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in My Life | Comments (0)

Very important: A Book Bomb for Ben

Ben Wolverton, age 16, was in a tragic long-boarding accident on Wednesday the 4th, 2013. He suffers from severe brain trauma, a cracked skull, broken pelvis and tail bone, burnt knees, bruised lungs, broken ear drums, road rash, pneumonia, and is currently in a coma. His family has no insurance. (see the Original Facebook Page) Ben is …

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April 10, 2013 – 8:58 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in My Life | Comments (2)