by liam | Jan 11, 2015 | writing news
I am a very lucky writer. I get to make stuff up, send it out to the world and have people read it. That sounds pretty basic, but sometimes that is all I want from this whole writing thing. That’s why my brain never fails to explode when readers take the time to...
by liam | Dec 31, 2014 | life, writing news
It’s December 31st, 2014. That means the Year in Review lists are clogging up your newsfeeds, webpages and neural datastreams (if you’re reading this in 2025). This is another one of those. Sorry. I’ll admit that I write them mostly for myself....
by liam | Dec 13, 2014 | Battle of the Blocks, literacy, video games, writing news
I’m not good a keeping track of stuff. My desk is a collection of piles of papers, books and gadgets that I tell myself is organized into a “system”. But it’s not. It’s just what it looks like: piles of stuff. Being this way is not a...
by liam | Nov 30, 2014 | education, gamebasedlearning, Teacher's Guide, video games
[This post originally appeared on GamingEdus.org, but you missed it, didn’t you?] With October behind us and the school year in full swing here in Ontario, I finally got a chance to do something I enjoy each year: starting a new Minecraft club at school....
by liam | Nov 22, 2014 | Battle of the Blocks, writing news
The print books are here! The print books are here! I like ebooks and all, but when I get the print edition of my latest books, this is what I do: Every time. And yesterday was no different. These came in the mail: The print editions of Descent into Overworld. Are...
by liam | Nov 20, 2014 | video games, writing news
I’ve been running around like a headless enderman for the last few weeks but now I can finally stop, take a breath and announce that Descent into Overworld is available on Amazon, right now! If you have a Minecraft-loving reluctant reader on your holiday...
by liam | Oct 4, 2014 | education, gamebasedlearning, gaming, media, Teacher's Guide, video games
Around the world, young computer makers are rejoicing. Kano has arrived. While I am definitely not young, I am right there geeking out with the kids. My own Kano kit arrived last week and I’ve been having a blast making music, designing new versions of Pong and...
by liam | Sep 30, 2014 | comics, literacy, Tank & Fizz, works in progress, writing news
It seems every day I come home there’s something cool waiting for me in the mailbox. On Friday, it was this. Today, it was the awesome book pictured below: That’s right, Tank & Fizz: The Case of the Slime Stampede became a little more real today....