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Plunged into the Roaring Twenties for the Arkham Horror titles Mask of Silver and its sequels The Deadly Grimoire and The Bootlegger's Dance. A new sequence begins with The Nightmare Quest of April May and The Arcane Gamble of Harvey Waltersin 2025. I've written novels set in the Forgotten Realms, City of the Dead and Crypt of the Moaning Diamond, as well as several short stories and novella Cold Steel and Secrets set in this Dungeons & Dragons world. When not battling cosmic horrors, animated skeletons, and other supernatural foes, I'm authoring tales of Cobalt City, a place of superheroes, super villains, and regular joes just trying to get by. A new expanded edition of Wrecker of Engines and related short stories was issued in 2024.

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Rosemary Jones If your aspiration is to be published, then figure out what you like to write and then find the publisher who publishes that genre. This sounds super …moreIf your aspiration is to be published, then figure out what you like to write and then find the publisher who publishes that genre. This sounds super simple, but you do have to do your research. Start in your favorite section of the library or local bookstore. What books do you automatically pull off the shelf and start reading? Turn to the copyright page and figure out who published those titles. Look up their websites and see what they say about submissions. If it is "you have to have an agent," then start looking for agents who sell to that publisher. All that information is discoverable online. Ask questions in writer conferences, hang out with other writers, and take advantage of the professional associations like SFWA or MWA. Every published writer has done this hunt toward publication, everyone has had a "first book" that they've sold, and everyone takes a slightly different route toward making that goal. But if you have found some specific publishers that you'd like to work with, you'll be well on your way.(less)
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City of the Dead (Forgotten...

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Crypt of the Moaning Diamon...

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Mask of Silver

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The Deadly Grimoire

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Falling down the K-Drama rabbit hole

 I've always been a fan of wuxia movies but I'm coming a little late to the fantasy explosion of Asian TV series, many from Korea but plenty from China and other nations. As a friend and graphic designer for several of my book covers Rosie Gaynor started a series of journals to track her favorite K-drama shows, I thought I'd start listing a few here too. You can find Rosie's lovely journals on boo

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“I am saying that I would gladly trade my soul for one far less jaded,” Harvey said, “if I could once again weep at the death of a stranger. Value your tender heart, my friend, as the treasure that it is.”
Rosemary Jones, The Arcane Gamble of Harvey Walters: An Arkham Horror Novel

“More than once in the orphanage, I’d been asked if I wanted to look different. Truth is, I never did. I knew who I was when I looked into the mirror, my mother’s daughter.”
Rosemary Jones, Mask of Silver

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“Rosencrantz: I don't believe in it anyway.
Guildenstern: What?
Rosencrantz: England.
Guildenstern: Just a conspiracy of cartographers, then? ”
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