Ari Santiago

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Contributor at @PWOACom | MA student |
Short stories, VNs, essays and features.

[Ari Santiago @arisanwrites]

So the #NebulaAwards added game writing as a category. Cool.

Then they decided #Bandersnatch should win. Hm.

New article up:
https://t.co/0LhHmVvkve

[Play Without Apology @PWOACom]

This year, #LacunaCon2019 is pleased to bring you games that explore worlds that are beautiful, broken, and enchanting! Check out this thread for the tables you can join:

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Signal boost for the LGBTQ+ community and allies. The PH Congress website has a poll for legalizing same sex marriage and giving equal opportunities for people to love and be who they want to share a life with legally is important. https://t.co/5QFqW8vgZ0

Share. Discuss!

[Justine LT Chua @justineltchua]

Hello, there is an online poll on the home page of Congress' website talking about being in favor of same sex unions as civil partnerships here in PH and currently only 12% said yes. Please do click through, scroll down, and vote!

https://t.co/WibvLkofBq

[Ari Santiago @arisanwrites]

It's 2019 and people are still writing "Oriental" adventures for D&D. Ugh.

[Ari Santiago @arisanwrites]

New stuff. #CityOfMistRPG

[Ari Santiago @arisanwrites]

Cool to see #DnDSelfie giving a glimpse of how varied the D&D community is! Here's to more dice hoards and geeks of all sorts~

Pictured: Me, my signature DM phrase, and a quest-giver NPC from a short-lived campaign (no PC art for this almost-always DM)

[Ari Santiago @arisanwrites]

"Don't touch the wooden tikbalang head between the doors to the guest rooms," they told us when we got to the village.

Wish I had a cool story for you, but we weren't about to be the idiots who tried it for ourselves.

#ManilaEncounters

[Ari Santiago @arisanwrites]

Old family wisdom has it that spirits aren't self-assured about bodies. if you sense something "out of place," mutter to no one in particular "Oh, it's just a cat. Or dog or duck. Whatever." And suddenly, it is.
If it fails, though, you didn't hear it from me.
#ManilaEncounters

[Ari Santiago @arisanwrites]

I don't exactly like animals, but I always take it as a good sign when a neighborhood has lots of pets well taken care of.

See, sometimes the barking--every dog, one driveway after another--is the only sign you'll get that something wicked's on the way.

#ManilaEncounters

[Ari Santiago @arisanwrites]

Check out "Ang Sabi Nila II" at The Ruins, Poblacion this Saturday: a slightly different take on poetry events.

[Play Without Apology @PWOACom]

Three friends are better than two... It's a good way to add nuance and complexity to characters, by giving them people to interact with.

[Play Without Apology @PWOACom]

It is insane to be a writer. #MonstressBookTourMNL

[Ari Santiago @arisanwrites]

Onward, with renewed vigor!

[Play Without Apology @PWOACom]

When you have a story, when you work on it, one hopes it's a place where you find joy. #MonstressBookTourMNL

[Play Without Apology @PWOACom]

Guys you gotta finish what you start. If you don't finish what you start, you won't get published. #MonstressBookTourMNL

[Play Without Apology @PWOACom]

It is the biggest, dumbest, stupidest lie -- that women don't read comics. #MonstressBookTourMNL

[Ari Santiago @arisanwrites]

A geek is a beautiful thing. - Marjorie Liu

[Play Without Apology @PWOACom]

At this time last year https://t.co/5CAb7skkvW respawned into https://t.co/r6jYQUb2u7. In a span a of a year as PWOA we have pulled off the first LacunaCon, got featured on CNN Life PH, among many other milestones... And this all thanks to you!

Thank you everyone, play on!

[Ari Santiago @arisanwrites]

The old tension between "draft more first then revise" and "start revising already rather than continue a draft you'll scrap."