Christy's Corner of the Universe

I often get invites to be a part of books on trans/cross-media, but rarely have the time to be a part of them. When the call for papers is open, I share the details. So here is one for the scholars out there: CALL FOR PAPERS Edited book: “Crossmedia Innovations: Texts, Markets, Institutions, Education” Editors: [...]

I had a great time when I spoke at this year’s Emerging Writers’ Festival, and now I’m excited to say that I’ll be a part of their special Digital Writers event happening in Brisbane. On 15 October, the Emerging Writers’ Festival want to run a mini-conference called Digital Writers: taking your words online. The event [...]

In my last post I announced a panel I curated for the Freeplay Independent Gaming Festival: How Every Little Decision Can Bring You Closer To or Further Away from Creating Crap A (self-described) “handsome and debonaire stranger” said to me the best way to avoid creating dull projects is “don’t work for shit companies” and [...]

For the next Australian independent gaming festival, Freeplay, I’m curating a panel on gaming decisions: How Every Little Decision Can Bring You Closer To or Further Away from Creating Crap “A (self-described) “handsome and debonaire stranger” said to me the best way to avoid creating dull projects is “don’t work for shit companies” and “only [...]

I’ve been a BAD blogger! It has been so long since my last update I need to list a few things I have been doing. I’ll list them in order of the most recent and upcoming, to the oldest (but still interesting!). The most exciting news for me is the forthcoming announcement of my own [...]

(cross-posted) I’ve been really bad with my blogging for a while now. Argh! So, here is an update of recent happenings. The transmedia experience I worked on for Nokia, Conspiracy for Good, by Heroes creator Tim Kring and The company P, has been nominated for a 2011 Digital Emmy Award (Digital Program – Fiction), and [...]

if:book, the Institute for the Future of the Book, has organisations in London and New York. It now also has one in Queensland, Australia! “if:book Australia promotes new forms of digital literature and explores ways to boost connections between writers and audiences, and is a small think-tank and part of the Queensland Writers Centre”. Recently, [...]

Well hello there. It has been a while since I’ve blogged and today you’ll find out one reason why. I’ve been working away at my own creative project and startup, but also on an event. A few months ago the Australia Council for the Arts (esp the cool digital program) approached me about helping get [...]

Helloooo! Although I’ve been head-down working on projects, I’ve managed to write an article and give a presentation. The International Game Developers Association asked me to write an article for their special issue on Alternate Reality Games. I decided to write about ‘Going Indie for Meaningfulness and Money‘. A while ago, I was also asked [...]

I’m really looking forward to chatting about #transmedia on Tummelvision tomorrow. Tummler is a Yiddish word used to describe the act of catalyzing others to action. Tummelvision is a weekly Internet live podcast hosted by Heather Gold, Deb Schultz & Kevin Marks first on Leo Laporte’s  TWiT Netcast Network and now independently. Why did it [...]