{"id":819,"date":"2009-03-24T16:56:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-24T20:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/?p=819"},"modified":"2009-03-24T16:56:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-24T20:56:00","slug":"california-pipe-dreaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/?p=819","title":{"rendered":"California Pipe Dreaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Would I move to Irvine, CA for the perfect job?<\/p>\n<p>Thing A) Blizzard &#8212; the company that brought you Warcraft etc. &#8212;  is holding a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blizzard.com\/us\/inblizz\/contests\/writing\/\">fan fiction contest<\/a>. Well, they&#8217;re calling it a &#8216;creative writing contest&#8217;, which it is, but it&#8217;s a fan fiction contest. <\/p>\n<p>Thing B) Blizzard also posted a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blizzard.com\/us\/jobopp\/writer.html\">writer job<\/a> for an upcoming game. <\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t seem like much of a reach to think that the contest is a recruitment tool, especially considering that the entry form asks for your published writing experience and if you would like to become a professional writer.  Oh, and the prize is a trip out to Irvine to meet the Blizzard writers.  In the HR biz, that&#8217;s what we call an &#8220;interview&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Now, does this or does it not sound like THE job for your old buddy Alex?  Everything I have ever had published has had to do with video games, including two VG writing-related contests. <\/p>\n<p>But would I move to Irvine?  Sell the house, say goodbye to casual porch nights and nearby family?  Have to take a plane every time I wanted to see someone? <\/p>\n<p>And what the hell would I do with the other grand prize: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epicweapons.com\/products\/frostmourne\/\">Frostmourne<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Would I move to Irvine, CA for the perfect job? Thing A) Blizzard &#8212; the company that brought you Warcraft etc. &#8212; is holding a fan fiction contest. Well, they&#8217;re calling it a &#8216;creative writing contest&#8217;, which it is, but it&#8217;s a fan fiction contest. Thing B) Blizzard also posted a writer job for an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}