The Story Engine Blog

A lot of you will know that I developed The Story Engine deck of writing prompts while I was writing weekly "postcard" stories for my microfiction ...

I’ve been reflecting on the teachers who guided me in becoming a professional writer and inspired me to create The Story Engine Deck to help other ...

One of the most common questions I got during The Story Engine deck Kickstarter was this: "Will the box fit cards with protective sleeves?" Right a...

I was shaking with the excitement the day the final produced copies of The Story Engine deck arrived. I set up a camera to record opening and seein...

To date, we've given out 1,702 free PDF copies of The Story Engine deck to families & educators in quarantine! The plan is to keep it going! (W...

I usually post production and fulfilment updates to Kickstarter and BackerKit, but I want to start keeping everyone updated here on the new hub sit...

The big day is here! I’m thrilled to announce the winners of The Story Engine/The Shortest Story 100-word microfiction contest! We are also hosting...

  Thank you to the 172 writers who shared their stories in our microfiction contest! We don't have the results for you quite yet, but as promised...

The print production samples arrived last week and they are stunning. Watch me unbox them in a video below! I am absolutely thrilled with the qual...

Summary UPDATE #1: The contest deadline has been extended to 8pm EST on June 11. Explanation here. UPDATE #2: Submissions are now closed. Thank you...

The Story Engine Deck is a story-prompting card system that can help you create billions of ideas for new stories, characters, settings, and more. ...