Jen Telling Stories

 I mentioned that I was working on a second murder mystery party for the Steampunk Society. And then I dropped off the face of the earth because it turns out working a full time job and writing a murder mystery party for 18 people takes up all my time management skills. But I hosted the event on Saturday so now things are slowing down a bit. The event was... well, chaotic. I shouldn't call it a failure because the players had a good time, but things were a lot messier than my previous mystery party. All in all, it was a good learning experience. I'm glad that editing my first mystery party has been taking so long because this second party taught me some valuable lessons that will improve the first one.  Still, it's always disappointing when something you plan doesn't go as planned. As I've mentioned before , I struggle with that perfectionistic streak that makes me want to get things right the first time. To make a perfect experience for the readers or players, so t...

So, I've been working hard on editing my Steampunk Murder Mystery Party, "Death in the Skies!" I'm hoping to release it for sale in the next two months, fingers crossed. I'll definitely keep you updated on that. But I also have committed to write another Murder Mystery Party for the Utah Steampunk Society this fall. I've been thinking that maybe sharing my process on here could help me stay focused on both projects, and maybe even be useful information for some of you; I've had a few people asking me lately about how to write a project like this.  This blog post series is meant to be me sharing the things that I've learned so far in this process, as well as the things I'm continuing to learn as I go. I'll be breaking down different elements that go into making one of these games--many of which are elements that also go into writing other projects, like a more traditional mystery story.  For both of my parties, I've found that I started with...