Category Archives: Fiction

Collaborative World Building Explained

Posted on March 23, 2016 by trenthergenrader

I was asked by a student reporter to write something up that explains my world building class. I have no idea what the final article is going to look like or how much of this will be used, so I’ll … Continue reading →

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Spring 2015 Speculative Fiction Workshop Reading List

Posted on June 22, 2015 by trenthergenrader

I posted this for some colleagues in the Creative Writing Pedagogy Facebook group. The books below are Jeff Vandermeer’s Wonderbook, Gardner Dozois’s Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection, and Paula Guran’s Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2014. Happy … Continue reading →

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What’s an RPG/fanfic Writing Workshop Look Like?

Posted on April 3, 2015 by trenthergenrader

Here’s what we did today in a 75 minute session of my Game of Thrones fanfic/RPG course. There were 17 people in class, making it a challenge to keep the story interesting for everyone. This covered the first day of … Continue reading →

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Prezi on Speculative Fiction and RPGs in College Classes

Posted on February 3, 2013 by trenthergenrader
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Prezi on my RPG Talk

Posted on November 19, 2012 by trenthergenrader

Last Thursday I gave a talk on the narrative potential of role-playing games. Here’s the Prezi that accompanied the talk. The Evolution and Narrative Potential of Role-Playing Games on Prezi

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GLS 7.0 Conference Proceedings Now Available

Posted on November 15, 2011 by trenthergenrader

Just got an email that the GLS 7.0 Conference Proceedings are now available via ETC Press: http://www.etc.cmu.edu/etcpress/content/gls-70-conference-proceedings This publication features my article “Gaming, World Building, and Narrative: Using Role-playing Games to Teach Fiction Writing.” Yay!

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Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter Gets Honorable Mention in BHoY #3

Posted on November 10, 2011 by trenthergenrader

Some narcissistic googling turned up an interesting little factoid: my story “The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter” made Ellen Datlow’s list of honorable mentions in Best Horror of the Year #3. Based on the post date, this news is about 10 months … Continue reading →

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A Short Prezi on my Dissertation

Posted on October 4, 2011 by trenthergenrader

While Stuart is away in Australia I’ve been tasked with keeping the ship afloat for our course on Game Culture. This includes a short talk I’ll be giving on my dissertation, putting my project in the context of interactive fiction, … Continue reading →

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