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A fundraiser for cancer expenses is underway to benefit one of the OGs of the gaming industry, Rick Loomis. Rick gave me my first writing break in the role playing world and I worked for his company, Flying Buffalo Inc., back in the day.

Several books that include my work would not have been possible without Rick. If you enjoy fantasy role playing, there is a fantastic PDF bundle of titles that is raising money...

Hands down, audio scripts are my favorite format to write. They’re generally short and pose the challenge of telling a story without visual cues — a welcome restriction that eliminates the tedium of writing scene descriptions. They’re pure dialogue punched up by sound effects that evoke the mood. I’ve written audio drama scripts, radio commercials, and most recently a contribution to a comedy show.

After voicing the character Grace Huberstafforford during seaso...

Smashwords is running a promotion for Read An eBook Week starting tomorrow, March 3, 2019. I am offering my horror novella Mother of Ghosts for FREE this week only. It’s a quick, exciting read set in ancient Rome; there will be more in this series if you read it and I hear from YOU about where you hope the story will go.

To download Mother of Ghosts for free starting Sunday, go to my page link.

You can also discover other great books in this promotion by checking out the Smashwords Read An e...

It’s certainly been a long time since I posted. Frankly, my creative efforts have been focused away from writing over the last year. BUT I am thrilled to announce that a fantastic tabletop gaming project — Grimtooth’s Trapsylvania — that I worked on back in 2017 has at last been published. Rather than speak at length about it, here is a fantastic unboxing video of the exclusive Kickstarter edition. The regular hardback and soft books are impressive in their own rights. If you are an rpg gamer...

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I love sci-fi/comic conventions. I have probably been to more than 50 of them over the years. As they have become more popular and mainstream, there have been many more choices of events to attend. Overall, I prefer a larger con experience to the smaller, more thematically focused gatherings. That led to attending Dragon Con in Atlanta for 15 years. But I was getting bored and weary with that, and wanted to try something new.

This post will compare DragonCon, which I last attended in 2016, t...

In case you missed the previous announcements on my Twitter feed and Facebook page, I want to make sure you know that I’m part of a brand new comedy podcast covering all the hottest, ratings-grabbing topics you need to stay woke through the tedium of another Fury Road commute, your kid’s flutophone recital, or your bad date’s open mic night at the gender grammar nazi poetry slam. (Nazi reference included to draw more attention to this post.) The Fakist premieres today and I hope you’ll give i...

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Periodically I will be offering autographed book bundles exclusively for readers who take the time to read this blog. Today’s offer will land you two paperbacks: my magical realism novel Utopea, and the werewolf-themed anthology Go Ahead and Howl which includes a brand new story set in the Utopea universe. Bought separately, these titles would cost over $25. But you can have them for only $12.95, with FREE Media Mail shipping.

Want this deal? Payment is easy through Paypal. Simply click he...

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Almost two years ago, I told you about Trapslyvania, a project to be published by Goodman Games. The book was delayed for many valid reasons but is now in the final layout stage. I was excited to receive the pages of my submission in all their final “typeset” glory in my email yesterday. This was timely, because I was struggling for a February topic to post here.

My contribution for the book was written in the fall of 2015, so reading it again was like remembering a weird dream. It was so fu...

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I’ll be the first to admit that 2017 was not a terribly productive year when it came to writing. While progress was made, it was far less than I had hoped. As is true in many aspects of life, the efforts which get the most enthusiastic response are the ones we focus on. It’s in my nature to address the things for which people are cheering me on, and I didn’t hear much from readers this year. So, I focused on other projects.

But with that in mind, I would like to do my own cheering for severa...

Merry Christmas to all my Twitch viewers, book readers, and audiobook listeners! I hope you are having a wonderful holiday. Gifts are not a big part of my holiday experience, but here’s wishing that you received many treasures this month.

Year’s end is a time for reflection. I was unable to meet all my creative goals in 2017, but that’s okay. This past year felt like I was moving my pieces around a war game board to set up for a future attack. The time I did have free was dedicated mainly to...