After a hu-u-u-u-uge push tonight, I’ve managed to get my NaNoWriMo novel more or less back on track. Still a ways to go yet in too little time, and good Lord why won’t the NaNo system update its tracker already, but I’m now at 41,355 words where I was at 36,764 when I woke up this morning. For the mathematically challenged, that’s a gain of 4,591 words. As a great cyborg detective once said, wowsers!
Can’t quit yet, though – I still have 8,645 words to go, but I’m feeling much more confident now that it might be doable after all. Woo-hoo!
Also, on a side note, old SXSW friends should be sure to wish our not-old friend Molly a very happy birthday today. She’s just dinged 37 (insert inappropriate Kevin Smith joke here) and is still showing us how to rock academia in your thirties. This is especially appreciated in my own personal camp, as I also spent a small chunk of time today revisiting the Ph.D. problem. Long story short, when I do get to be Dr. Long, I may very well be about the same age. So you go girl – thanks for being so awesome!
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I'm the Director of the Games and Simulation program at Miami University in Ohio, where I am also an Assistant Professor in the College of Creative Arts' Emerging Technology in Business and Design department. I'm also the director of Miami's Worldbuilding and Narrative Design Research Laboratory (WNDRLab). I have a Master's in Comparative Media Studies from MIT and a PhD in Media Arts and Practices from the University of Southern California.
In past lives I've been the lead Narrative Producer for Microsoft Studios and cofounder of its Narrative Design team, working on projects like Hololens, Quantum Break and new IP incubation; in a "future of media" think tank for Microsoft's CXO/CTO and its Chief Software Architect; the Creative Director for the University of Southern California's World Building Media Lab and the Technical Director, Creative Director and a Research Fellow for USC's Annenberg Innovation Lab; a Visiting Assistant Professor at Whittier College and director of its Whittier Other Worlds Laboratory (WOWLab); the Communications Director and a researcher for the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab; a founding member of the Convergence Culture Consortium at MIT (now The Futures of Entertainment); a magazine editor; and a award-winning short film producer. more »
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