Portfolio: Table of Contents

I Created A Video Game in Eight Weeks, Using RPG Maker MZ

Week One: Potato Churches, Nose Foam, and the Software Equivalent of “Open Sesame!”

Week Two: Plot Outlines, Blushing Statues, and Desperate Potatoes

Week Three: Spooky Dreams, Emotional Stakes, and a Boatload of Suspense

Week Four: Sex Dormitories, Homemade Deodorant, and Why You Should Never Accept Hot Chocolate From a Friendly Raccoon

Week Five: Silly Epitaphs, Mr. Fluffybuns, and the Game-Over Casserole

• “The Man Who Promised the Moon” Full Plot Outline (Part One)

• I Learned How to Use Self-Switches in RPG Maker MZ in Order to Interact With a Sack of Flirtatious Potatoes

• Suspense, Tone, and Exposition: Crafting a Video Game Intro

• Creating the Bedroom

• How to Have Itch.io Accept Your Game's Files, Instead of Blocking Them Like an Angry Bridge Troll

I Created a Branching Narrative Quest for Pixpil’s Eastward

Spec Script for “Talking Tom & Friends” about an Alien Prince on the Run

I Wrote Backstory Scene Scripts for Zoink’s Video Game, “Lost in Random”

My Monster Wingman (Short Story)

Superheroes Anonymous (Short Story)

Mother Knows Best (Short Story)

Good Kitty (Short Story)

Charlie (Short Story)

Cozy Saturdays (Short Story)

Lady Sunshine (Short Story)

Definitely Not an Alien: To-Do List

Book Excerpt: "Swamp Creature"

The Incomparable Rudeness of Time

Playing Dungeons and Dragons is One of the Best Things You Can Do For Your Career

Rules To Live By

Two Stories in Twelve Hours

Studying Writing at Oxford Taught Me to Throw Out the Rules

How People Gushing About Bad Porn Turned "My Dad Wrote A Porno" Into One of the Most Successful Podcasts of All Time

7 Ways in Which Wedding Photography is Like a Customer Success Bootcamp

Photo Essay: "Visiting My Sister"