Storms & Teacups

The Project Tempest blog

Be a Cheerful Pessimist: S.T. Joshi5 February 2023 · 3 min readS.T Joshi is an American writer, musician, critic and award-winning scholar whose work has covered much weird and fantastic fiction, especially H. P. Lovecraft. Talking with CJ Halbard on...
Steamboat Willie the Slasher Flick8 January 2023 · 2 min readArtifical Intelligence meets public domain AI-assisted content generation is going to explode across media over the next few years, including art, design, music, film, video games, and...
2022 in Love, Madness, and Horror31 December 2022 · 11 min readWhat we did in Project Tempest, and what's next in 2023 This is a lightly edited transcript of the audio & video version. You can listen here, and watch on youtube below. In this post: Part...
Project Tempest in a nutshell1 December 2022 · 4 min readThis is the 'straightforward' expression of what I'm trying to explore with Project Tempest. For a decidedly weirder and more colourful version, open up the Tempest Files. 1. At its heart,...
Advice to Young Creators: Jeff Gomez29 November 2022 · 4 min readJeff Gomez, CEO of Starlight Runner Entertainment, is a leading expert in narrative, story worlds, and transmedia development. Talking with CJ Halbard on theProject Tempest Podcast, Jeff...
How to be a Better Podcast Interviewer22 November 2022 · 6 min readAdvice on booking podcast guests, running recording sessions and tech setup for podcasts. In this post: Booking podcast guests Offering value and variety Podcast recording sessions Podcast...
Advice to Young Creators: Fabian Nicieza22 November 2022 · 2 min readLegendary comic book writer and novelist Fabian Nicieza offers career advice to people finding their path in creative industries. Fabian Nicieza is a writer of long-standing in the comic...
Advice to Creators: Bonnie Harris-Lowe22 November 2022 · 2 min readGame designer and writer Bonnie Harris-Lowe offers advice for young creators about how to impact the world. Bonnie Harris-Lowe is a game designer and writer. In their appearance on the...
Family is a Tree Growing Through Time22 November 2022 · 3 min readMy family has taken a hard strange road, and I love every one of them for it. My family comes from in between places. We were forest cutters and policemen and gas station mechanics and...
The Magic of a Second Hand Bookstore22 November 2022 · 3 min readOld second hand bookstores were rich with possibilities and memory. Mine was the Hard to Find (But Worth The Effort), in Onehunga, Auckland. Part of my soul was created in the Onehunga Hard...
Advice to Young Dealmakers: Simon Pulman22 November 2022 · 6 min readEntertainment lawyer and dealmaker Simon Pulman offers career advice to people finding their path in creative industries. Simon Pulman is a New York based lawyer and advisor focusing on tv,...
Nick Cave and Project Tempest: A Certain Point of View22 November 2022 · 3 min readMusician Nick Cave deals with grief, loss, and beauty in his album Skeleton Tree. I watched One More Time With Feeling last night, curled on the couch with my partner and some mushroom...
If a Goldfish Wrote a Horror Story22 November 2022 · 2 min readHow do you find your way through creative uncertainty? This is where Project Tempest began. If a goldfish wrote a horror story, would it be about drowning? Project Tempest comes from two...