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I am pleased to announce that J.R. Blackwell is joining Galileo Games as our Creative Director. J.R. produced her first game, Shelter in Place, with Galileo Games and the success of that project let me know that J.R. would be a good addition to the Galileo team. This year she will be working with Galileo as we expand into producing original fiction and online content.
J.R. Blackwell is a writer, photographer and avid gamer. She has been gaming since she was a child and enjoys tabletop, board games and LARPing. She has been published in a variety of formats, and has an essay in the Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. She received her Masters degree from the University of Pennsylvania where she studied creative writing. Her photography has been in magazines and on book covers. If you want to know more about J.R., there are variety print and audio interviews with her available for free on her website: http://jrblackwell.wordpress.com/about/
This year is a time of growth for Galileo Games. This means new games, art and fiction as well as new supplements for our existing games. Having J.R. on the team means that we have the opportunity to experiment with new ways of reaching our fans, from e-books to podcasts to more blog posts and social media content. You can count on hearing from J.R. here on the Galileo blog in the next year as she lets you know about the development of new games, interviews, and fiction.
If you have any questions for J.R. about her background, gaming history, or you just want to welcome her in her new role with us, feel free to leave a comment below. J.R. will be answering questions on this post all this week.
Tags: Galileo Games, J.R. Blackwell, Question Time, Shelter in Place
Excellent news and excellent partnership! I wish you all the best!
Thank you so much Daniel! I’m looking forward to all the projects we’ll be working on this year. There is going to be some totally new stuff, some new developments with older things, and some more experimental stuff. I’ve seen our plans and I’m excited to get them running.
JR, this is great news! I have a question about your role at the company. You’ll be looking for new things by others for Galileo to publish, or for new ways to publish things the company owns, or both, or something else?
Ooh! Ooh! I have a question! Looking for anyone to do layout?
Hi Robert! Thanks for the support. The answer to your question is: Yes! All of the above!
This year we are going to be looking for new things and trying out new ways to publish and promote. I don’t think we are going to be inventing totally new ways of publishing, but we are going to try out different formats that seem to work for other people and see what appeals to our audience.
For example, we will be trying out different online stores, selling anthologies versus novellas, podcasting, e-books, selling single stories and seeing what people enjoy buying in what format. I think of this as the year of experimentation.
Daniel, you are always the first person I think of when it comes to layout and design! You are a genius. I want to work with you on every project ever. That’s just as a general principle!
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Adding to the chorus of Daniels…
This is a great decision on the part of GG and exciting new direction. Looking forward to seeing what this holy union produces.
Thanks Daniel! We’ve been making plans for the past few weeks, and I’m excited about what we’ve got in production.