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How did you write for write for warmachine?

Douglas Seacat I got started writing for WARMACHINE back in Apotheosis, one of the early Mk I expansions. I had already been writing for Privateer Press for several …moreI got started writing for WARMACHINE back in Apotheosis, one of the early Mk I expansions. I had already been writing for Privateer Press for several years, mostly for the original roleplaying game. I got my start around the time of the 2nd book of the Witchfire Trilogy for the RPG, and was soon recruited into doing a lot of work for the main setting books. This was a great experience, getting a chance to collaborate with the other early pioneers on defining the Iron Kingdoms and its complex nations, religions, and its history. Since that time I've continued to be heavily involved in the Iron Kingdoms RPG, including its newer evolution.

I was writing fiction in the setting since the start, though we didn't have a good venue for narrative initially. We put a couple of short stories up on our website but didn't have a good home for such work until later, with the launch of No Quarter Magazine, and eventually Skull Island eXpeditions. However, I started to write full time for Privateer around 2006, with the upcoming launch of HORDES. A lot of the "metafiction" was done in the miniature game expansion book, and I was heavily involved with that since that time.

Blood of Kings was my first full novel in the setting, and it was very gratifying to work on, as well as being a distinctly different experience than the fragmented stories in the expansion books. In the aggregate those represent several novels worth of narrative, but sliced down into connected short stories and novellas. This was always a challenging puzzle.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Douglas Seacat My solution to writer's block is to stop trying to write the story I'm working on and switch to something else for a little while. Often this means wr…moreMy solution to writer's block is to stop trying to write the story I'm working on and switch to something else for a little while. Often this means writing a journal style brainstorm to work through whatever issues are causing the hangup. While this may seem similar to running in circles in your own head, I find it works better to put something in writing and eventually an idea will form that will let me get back to the story. I may never go back to these journals later, though sometimes I'll come up with something that can be integrated into my living outline.(less)

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	The Blood of Kings 3.69 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rites of Passage: A Warmachine Anthology by Douglas Seacat (Goodreads Author), Oren Ashkenazi, Darla Kennerud 3.76 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wicked Ways: An Iron Kingdoms Chronicles Anthology by Douglas Seacat (Goodreads Author), Matt Goetz, Zachary C. Parker (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 55 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At What Cost 3.53 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Five Fingers: Port of Deceit by Douglas Seacat (Goodreads Author), Brian Snōddy (Illustrator), Adrian Smith (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Warmachine: Colossals 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lock & Load: Iron Kingdoms Character Primer by Douglas Seacat (Goodreads Author), J. Michael Kilmartin 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Warmachine: Wrath 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Convergence of Cyriss 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hordes: Gargantuans 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars