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And hello to everyone!

Busy day here, got some vacation time coming up, keeping busy at work, and got friends coming to visit.

First of all, thanks to everyone asking about the tooth.  Now that it’s been three weeks things are healing fine.  I’m feeling great . . . and not missing being on medications and needing coffee to function.

I had my first sale of the new Fan To Pro awhile ago.  Now, let’s see what happens there.

Taking the break from writing a new book for at least 6 months was also well-needed.  Last year was insane and the rewrite was challenging.  So I’m kicking around where the next stage of my writing is going to go, and I think my next “major” book may not be about geek careers but something else.  We’ll see where that goes.

Though as noted, my plans to roll up Way With Worlds as a book will proceed anyway, when I’m done with it.  I don’t have an answer to that as it seems sometimes what was once one column becomes three in the rewrite.

Seventh Sanctum has two writers beyond me now – and we’re always looking for more.  I really want to turn the codex into a second resource for writers and artists.

So that’s it for me – what about you?

– Steven Savage

Hey gang, if you want to join up with the sites at Crossroads Alpha, here’s what we’re looking for!

Comics Bulletin

At Comics Bulletin we love all kinds of comics – new, old, mainstream, independent, web and print – and feature smart, insightful writing about comics.

We’re always looking for great new writers to join our team. We encourage smart, passionate writing by writers with individual voices to explore their ideas. We’re looking for reviewers, essayists and interviewers but are always open to new ideas as well.

Contact Jason Sacks.

 

Muse Hack
Muse Hack is the blog of Geek Applied – career-building, skill-learning, and community-creation. We’re looking for motivated, engaged authors that want to write on people putting their passions to use; career, education, conventions, fan charities, technology, and more. If you want to write on people getting things done, contact us.

We’re specifically looking for:

• A person willing to put together a weekly roundup of relevant news.
• Coverage of the convention beat, especially conventions with a heavy career and/or charity presence.
• Coverage of training, skills, and development.

Contact Steve Savage

Psycho Drive-In
Psycho Drive-In strives to be the home for intelligent reviews and commentary on television and movies on the fringe of mainstream.

We are always on the lookout for great new writers and prefer distinct individual voices with something to say rather than someone just looking to recap the latest episode of whatever you happen to be watching.

We are looking for reviewers of weekly television programs that veer toward the horror/sci-fi genre, but also includes the best that TV has to offer, as well as people interested in reviewing films that are currently playing in theaters and/or new release home videos. Each writer should ideally maintain a presence on Facebook and/or Twitter – at least – to help spread the word when new items are updated on the site.

We are specifically looking for:
* A person willing to put together a weekly roundup of relevant news.
* Writers interested in launching quality ongoing columns analyzing or surveying specific film or TV works/genres/creators with an eye toward future publication as ebooks – either independently or under the PDI banner.

Contact Paul Brian McCoy

Seventh Sanctum
Seventh Sanctum, the site of random generators, is looking for creative people to share their advice and their secrets! The site supports a legion of random tools for ideas, and now hosts The Codex, an online section for advice for creative people. Be it writing, art, or role-playing games, we’re looking for you to share what you know to help out others.

We’re specifically looking for:

• People who can write on art and visual creativity.
• People who can provide serious, hard advice on writing such as editing, publishing, and more.
• Someone willing to do a weekly roundup of news, interesting links, and of course crazy inspiring stuff.

Contact Steve Savage

Indie Haven
Indie Haven, the site for all the news you’d ever want about Indie Games, is looking for folks eager to delve into the world of games journalism. We have a solid reputation among Indie Developers and this is a close-knit group of writers and editors that will help you get better.

What we’re looking for:

• Reliable reviewers that can turn around a game review in a short amount of time.
• Journalists willing to put together feature stories for the website.
• Livestreamers willing to play some games on our Twitch TV channel.

Contact Jose

Remember the band KajaGooGoo from the 80’s?  By the odds, probably not unless you’re around my age.  They are mostly known for their hit “Too Shy, Shy” which was popular, and rather nicely melodious.  I hadn’t thought about them much.

Then, when surfing 80’s music videos, I found a fan site for them, http://kajafax.co.uk/, and they reunited and are still going strong.

It’s just kind of need to see a band still going, see fans still around, see new fans.  It’s nice to see the endurance and see the love.

– Steven Savage