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Radical ResilienceA Meaningful Retirement with Wendy LeggettWhile navigating her parents' illnesses, Wendy Leggett helps women successfully transition from their careers to fulfilling and purpose-driven retirement. This is her story and she is resilient. Submit your story of resilience to be in The Global Resilience Project Book 2 here: http://www.bit.ly/GRP2023 Learn more about The Global Resilience Project, read the stories of resilience, sign up for the newsletter and submit your story here: https://theglobalresilienceproject.com/ Trigger Warning: The Resilience Project provides an open space for people to share their personal experiences...2023-04-2828 min
Games, Grit, & Gratitude: Real Talk with Jean LeggettEpisode 2: Away We Go (The Journey of OMSG)Once upon a time… Jean and Blair Leggett started an indie game dev studio called One More Story Games and built a narrative game engine. In this episode of G3 Real Talk, Jean shares the founding story of the studio - getting started with interns, getting started, etc. Questions we explore: What went into the decision to start an indie studio?Why, after 7 years, are we still doing this? What keeps you going?What are some of the struggles, successes of being an indie startup? What does Jean wish she knew when she started? Cool links...2020-08-3148 min
Let's Discuss PodcastEp. 66: Our Highs & Lows Of 2019 + What We Are Looking Forward To Next YearWelcome to the last episode of Let’s Discuss Season 8! Not to mention the last episode of 2019 and this decade! We are so grateful to you for tuning in this season, and we hope that you’ll love reliving our highs and lows of the past 365 days with us. Here’s our big round-up of 2019! Wishing you a wonderful festive season ahead, we’ll see you next time in 2020! EPISODE 66 SHOW NOTES Ella's blog - Coco's Tea Party ...2019-12-1056 minLet's Discuss PodcastEpisode 33. Weddings - Monica's Engagement, Our Favourite Famous Wedding Dresses & Advice For Being A BridesmaidHooray! We’re so excited to welcome you to a brand new season of Let's Discuss! To kick Season 5 off we are discussing all things wedding-related. Between now and last season Monica and her boyfriend Oli got engaged, there was a big royal wedding (congratulations Megan and Harry!) and as twenty-somethings, many of our friends are thinking about taking that next step. We couldn't think of a more fun and love-filled way to start Season 5. Whether you're in a rela...2018-07-3137 min
Stark Reflections on Writing and PublishingSaying YES to Imagination with Jean Leggett of One More Story GamesEpisode 10 features a great interview with Jean Leggett, CEO and co-founder of One More Story Games. After her husband Blair's near-death experience in 2012, the two embarked on a journey back to his childhood hometown to each pursue their life's passion which includes the company One More Story Games and their software, StoryStylus, which simplifies video game creation for storytellers to create, publish and share story-based games. In their discussion, Mark and Jean discuss: The origin of the company One More Story Games that involves the creation of interactive narrative story games How StoryStylus is the underlying e...2018-03-0830 minStark Reflections on Writing and PublishingSaying YES to Imagination with Jean Leggett of One More Story GamesEpisode 10 features a great interview with Jean Leggett, CEO and co-founder of One More Story Games. After her husband Blair's near-death experience in 2012, the two embarked on a journey back to his childhood hometown to each pursue their life's passion which includes the company One More Story Games and their software, StoryStylus, which simplifies video game creation for storytellers to create, publish and share story-based games. In their discussion, Mark and Jean discuss: The origin of the company One More Story Games that involves the creation of interactive narrative story games How StoryStylus is the underlying e...2018-03-0830 min
One More Story Games PodcastShakespeare's Landlord Chat #10 - Dawn of MidnightWow! We've done 10 developers chats! Blair is feeling better, but Jean is still under the weather. We start off talking about Jodie Whittaker taking on the role of the 13th Doctor Who. Then we're only one week away from our #AskCharlaine episode where we will have Charlaine Harris herself to answer questions about Lily Bard, True Blood, and her new NBC series Midnight Texas. Speaking of which, next week is the network premiere of Midnight and we talk about all of the San Diego Comicon events that have been occurring throughout the week. Charlaine has been...2017-07-2600 minOne More Story Games PodcastShakespeare's Landlord Chat #9 - Remembering LafayetteWelcome back to the One More Story Games podcast. We're a little under the weather but we continue to work on the Shakespeare's Landlord video game. Our first topic is to discuss the recent passing of actor Nelsan Ellis who played Lafayette on HBO's True Blood (based on Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse series of books). Charlaine's character Lafayette deals with LGBTQ bigots "Tip Your Waitress" and how her novels discuss social injustices. Our next topic is to continue to announce that Charlaine Harris herself will be joining our podcast...2017-07-2400 minOne More Story Games PodcastShakespeare's Landlord Chat #8 - Tabula RasaWe're using the Be.Live Talk Show format, and we got off to a rough start when our first podcast attempt was halted when it crashed. This week we're talking about blank slates or Tabula Rasa since we officially started the production of the Shakespeare's Landlord game. So we've more in game art to show you, that we will not be posting anywhere else (check out the YouTube version podcast listeners). First off, our podcast is now on Stitcher, and second we're reminding our listeners that we will have Charlaine...2017-07-1000 minOne More Story Games PodcastShakespeare's Landlord Chat #7 - A Package for CharlaineWe're re-announcing that Charlaine Harris herself will be joining us in an upcoming podcast for July 28th. First off, we do a bit of a follow-up from the seriousness of the previous podcast. Our game will not shy away from the emotional pain that Lily Bard struggles to overcome in that playing (as Lily) will sometimes mean being triggered by emotional events: more on that in future podcasts. This week we're announcing that we're moving from pre-production to full production. This is just a fancy way of saying that we finished most of the...2017-07-0300 minOne More Story Games PodcastShakespeare's Landlord Chat #6 - But Seriously FolksWARNING: This episode may cause trigger warnings due to descriptions of sexual violence. Jean is back this week from the Jalloo Festival of Animation and Gaming, and Blair is back from a Costa Rican tech trade delegation. This week we are talking about Serious Games: video games that do more than just entertain. We get into the violent details of Chapter 5 in "Shakespeare's Landlord". Lily Bard is a character who was kidnapped and violently raped, and physically scarred by her attackers. This forms the basis of her character. Lily is a survivor who keeps people at...2017-06-2500 minOne More Story Games PodcastShakespeare's Landlord Chat #5 - Becoming Shakespeare's ChampionsWelcome back to the fifth One More Story Games podcast. We're using a new Facebook live streaming system called BeLive.tv, so for the first few minutes we're enjoying the new chat features where people have their comments shown right in the stream. Jean Leggett is away giving a keynote address at the Jalloo Festival of Animation and Gaming in Miramichi, New Brunswick. This week I'm talking with game-designer/writer/director Neal Hallford who is working with us to create the Shakespeare's Landlord story game. Neal has been in the games industry...2017-06-1700 minOne More Story Games PodcastShakespeare's Landlord Chat #4 - What do women want?This episode contains a collection of discussion topics. We talk about our latest success releasing Story Worlds on the iPad. (see Story Worlds in the iTunes Store and Story Worlds on Google Play for the Android). There is a brief summary of the opening chapter of Shakespeare's Landlord and what it will be like to play the first scene of our mystery adventure game as Lily Bard. Could there be a friendly and social Lily Bard? We ponder the phrase 'Suzy Creamcheese'. We discuss some of the challenges of female representation in games and stories. Finally...2017-06-1000 minOne More Story Games PodcastShakespeare's Landlord Chat #3 - Mysteries we love!So here's a funny story! We actually recorded a podcast on the Friday but through an accident we lost the video. This is the re-recording of that chat. Though we don't have as much audience participation; however it was a fun chat talking about our favourite mystery games and stories. We give some updated progress on the character portraits in the game and which actress we think best fits for Lily Bard. And finally, you learn why Jean is not allowed to play Clue/Cluedo with our friends.2017-06-0300 minOne More Story Games PodcastShakespeare's Landlord Chat #2 - Past or present?Welcome to the second episode! In this episode Jean is finally able to finish her story of meeting Charlaine Harris at Bouchercon 2014. You will learn the magic in the question "Is that something we can help you with?" We consider setting the game in modern times versus 1996. The 'modern' when the novel was written. Will temporal paradoxes ensue? What will it feel like playing Lily Bard and making choices in the story of Shakespeare's Landlord? More importantly... where does Lily get her hair cut? All these questions get answered and more!2017-05-2600 minOne More Story Games PodcastShakespeare's Landlord Chat #1 - Nice to meet ya!In our premier podcast we meet Jean and Blair Leggett of One More Story Games. They have been married for 21 years and enjoy interrupting each other. For the past four years they have been building the StoryStylus authoring system which lets people go online and create interactive story games. Now they are adapting Charlaine Harris' novel Shakespeare's Landlord and want to bring you on the adventure of making the adventure game. They are funny, sassy and have some interesting stories to share about making games. Listen along and prove us wrong.2017-05-2000 min
Inner DominatrixThe Games We Play with Jean Leggett Jean Leggett is the co-founder and CEO of One More Story Games. Together with her husband Blair Leggett, they have developed StoryStylus, a simplified authoring platform for amateur to professional writers to create, publish and market narrative-based video games. In 2016, she was awarded “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” and two of their published games took top honours for Game of the Year. Jean credits her years as a stand-up comedian as essential to bringing levity to the stressful world of startup life. Summary: Jean tells Dana about leaving her coachin...2017-01-2434 min
Lovecraft eZine: A Horror Podcast That Feels Like Hanging Out With FriendsA New Frontier in Writing and PublishingIn today's world, there are more opportunities than ever for writers! The Lovecraft eZine panel interviews Blair Leggett with One More Story Games. We also discussed "Ash vs The Evil Dead", and more.2015-11-022h 07