We have wrapped NarraScope 2025! It went great. Everybody loved it, on-site attendees and remote folks. Hybrid conferences are hard, my friend. This is our third hybrid conference -- but really this is the first time we got a grip on the problem. ...| Zarf Updates
A quick reminder: today is is the last day to register for NarraScope 2025 if you want to attend in person. (Remote attendance will be open until June 18th.) If you want the conference rate at the University City Study hotel, you need to grab ...| Zarf Updates
My Interactive Fiction Competition entry Under the Cognomen of Edgar Allan Poe was reviewed by Justin Kim at The Final Arc. Highlights: On one hand, it’s a game about dealing with the duality of superficial popularity vs meaningful respect as a career writer. On another hand, it’s a mystery about the last days of famed […]| Jim Nelson
The recorded video of my NarraScope 2023 talk—”According to Cain: From concept to completion”—is now up: Or, watch it on YouTube. Published 29 August 2023. Last updated 28 August 2023.| Jim Nelson
It’s been awhile. Although the web site has been mostly quiet, I’ve actually been juggling a few projects and staying busy. First, I am working on a new novel, which I hope to have mostly finished before the end of the year. It’s a bit of curveball compared to my past work—an absurdist caper comedy […]| Jim Nelson