
Continued from the last post, here are more things I learned in my latest WMFH project. Enjoy! Lesson 4: Double-check the POV I recently read an interesting blog from an...

I recently had my second experience in non-RPG Work Made for Hire writing. My first experience, Transformers, didn’t prepare me for stepping full-scale into the industry. For those who are...

Interrupting my communications series, I’d like to blog about a common misconception regarding SQL Server Backups. The mythical Incremental backup. This is part of a month series called T-SQL Tuesdays,...

Communications is an important topic in all aspects of life, whether you’re talking to family, coworkers, customers, or yourself. It’s so important, that I decided to make this a series....

A fellow Viable Paradise graduate, Writer Tamago, brought my attention to an open letter from Jim C. Hines addressing the whole "Ground Zero Mosque" issue from his perspective. The letter...

I have two jobs. My day job consists of being a SQL Server database administrator. My evening job is as an author. It never ceases to amaze me how alike these...

Tonight, at the Bank of America Campus in Jacksonville, FL., JSSUG is doing a "So you’ve never spoken before" meeting. 5-6 sacrifices volunteers will be speaking for 5-15 minutes on...

Wow. Just as I’m getting down, things start picking up. A tech buddy on another forum just pointed me to an old science fiction book I’ve never read. Sounds really...

My good VP buddy, Writer Tamago, interviewed me for her blog. Check it out here! Whee! I’m so excited.

My freelancer buddies are all going ga-ga over a blog comparing cookbook reviews to RGP reviews. I wasn’t sure why until I read it. Now, all I can say is: IT’S SO TRUE! Seriously, you...

Brandie Tarvin is an author and tie-in writer and a copy editor. In addition to her original fiction, she has written SQL Server articles, Shadowrun: The Role Playing Game sourcebook material and fiction as well as a piece for Hasbro’s Transformers. She currently lives in Florida with her family and is owned by two cats.