This article also appears on my Website and Linkedin. It seems like every other day, there’s a new article about the latest big-name Actual Play series, or how Dungeons & Dragons or their parent companies are making a comeback. Although these stories are interesting and important, they often lack one…

This article originally appeared on Polywork’s Blog. You can also find it on my website, and Linkedin. Polywork is the professional social network built for the reality of work today where people have side hustles and passions that are just as important, if not more so, than their day jobs…

This article originally appeared on my website, and also on my Linkedin. For those of you who know me, you know I’m generally outspoken and forward. This is not a new phenomenon, my parents raised me to ask questions, speak my mind, and they taught me how to defend my…

This article originally appeared on my website. It also appears on Linkedin. I often look at six and a half years ago as the moment my life changed entirely. That “and a half” is the difference between my saying my life changed for the good, and indescribably for the worse…

Yesterday I officially made an extremely nerve-wracking and exciting decision. I gave my notice that I will be leaving my Executive Assistant job at Dashlane to finish up at the end of January. However I’m not leaving to start in a new Executive Assistant role. As of February 2022, I…

Since I joined the New Jersey Web Festival as an Executive Board Member I knew that we needed to be open to international and non-english fiction podcasts. As a filmmaker, one of the most amazing parts of NJWF was interacting with creators from all over the world and getting to…

Originally published at https://neddonovan.com. I’m gonna preface this article by acknowledging that I come off as bitter. I accept that interpretation of these words if you so choose. Because honestly? I am. I’m bitter on behalf of every single independent content creator who continuously hopes that industries will start to…

Originally published at https://neddonovan.com. My co-producer Brian David Judkins told me to slow down the other day, and I bristled. The third season of our podcast Encounter Party! had recently wrapped and I was sprinting on to the next steps. “Ned, stop.” Brian said sternly. “We need to have a…

Originally published at https://neddonovan.com. “We’re giving Fiction Podcasts the Film Festival treatment.” - Neem Basha, President, New Jersey Web Fest In the Spring of 2019, I approached Neem Basha to grab a cup of coffee. At a Starbucks on Wall Street, I told him about an under-served community of web…