The monologue (Upside Down) had a really good reception from the Writers Guild, considering it was still first draft when they saw it. Let's see how my Creative Writing group respond to it on Tuesday.

Hmm... The March's economy's Strong, it's civil rights are Superb. However, its political freedoms are Below Average. Unfortunate. Let's see how not banning the neo-Nazis from holding a demonstration affects that.

Hogshead Publishing is under new management of a guy who's never been involved in the roleplaying industry before (although I assume he is a roleplayer). They're concentrating exclusively on games for the D20 Open Source system, which didn't go down well at LURPS. Never tried D20, but apparently it's pretty controversial - most people think it sucks, but some think it's manna from Heaven.

The various personal crises regarding that nameless female friend have re-emerged. Her boyfriend's not speaking to her, for several reasons that I'm not going to go into here. However, she's spending the weekend, in her words, 'doing penance'. She says she's only getting what she deserves. To be fair, a lot of what she's put herself through over the past six months or so has been the result of bad decisions on her part as well as her boyfriend's, but I still feel really sorry for her. I should have offered to go over and watch the West Wing with her, to keep her company.

I'll try and see her tomorrow night, if the Sunday wargaming session finishes early.