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Writing Update – November

The Soldier and the Slave I’m happy with the initial interest in The Soldier and the Slave, and it continues to do well in the Kindle version (less so with the print version). My current Kindle Select contract is up on January 6th, and I’m considering whether or not I should leave it in theContinueContinue reading “Writing Update – November”

A D&D for everyone

The Dungeons & Dragons game has been around a long time. As befitting a game with more than forty years of history, the publishers of the game (first TSR, now Wizards of the Coast) have gone through multiple editions. And while the current edition of D&D is referred to as the fifth edition, this isContinueContinue reading “A D&D for everyone”

Reading and Writing: Books have soundtracks, too!

Movie soundtracks are pretty popular. In fact, many soundtracks are worth listening to even when you’re not watching the movie. And there are quite a few films that wouldn’t be nearly as good without the score underlying the drama. But books don’t have soundtracks. Everyone watches a movie at the same speed, but different peopleContinueContinue reading “Reading and Writing: Books have soundtracks, too!”

Which Forgotten Realms? All of them!

Later today, I’m going to be starting a new Dungeons & Dragons campaign with a bunch of kids aged 10-12, including my son. When I was planning this game, I considered a number of different system, including various editions of Dungons & Dragons, RuneQuest, the Omega system (found in the excellent Atlantis: Second Age), andContinueContinue reading “Which Forgotten Realms? All of them!”

Free Story – Reflection

Hallowe’en is almost here. So this month I decided to write an actual horror story. Some people considered August’s story, Pages, to be horror, and it certainly has some creepy elements, but Reflection is straight horror. As always, I enjoyed writing this one. It didn’t come out exactly as I had originally envisioned it, butContinueContinue reading “Free Story – Reflection”

Writing Update – October

The Soldier and the Slave The launch of The Soldier and the Slave last week went off as planned, and all the people who pre-ordered the book received it on Sunday. On Monday, Black Gate published a review of The Soldier and the Slave by Donald Crankshaw. Donald also reviewed The Severed Oath back inContinueContinue reading “Writing Update – October”

Blood Rage

I enjoy gaming in all forms, but my first love is roleplaying games. Having said that, I do enjoy a good boardgame. For me, a “good” boardgame has to have three elements: It has to be “fun.” I know this is a nebulous criteria, but basically I have to get a feeling of enjoyment fromContinueContinue reading “Blood Rage”

Book Launch Update

We’re down to the last couple of days before The Soldier and the Slave goes live on Amazon! I want to give a hearty thanks to all the people who entered the Goodreads Giveaway, and of course those who’ve added it to their “to read” list on Goodreads. I’ve shipped the autographed copies of the novelContinueContinue reading “Book Launch Update”

Reading & Writing: The Crystal Shard

The roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons has been around a rather long time, going through multiple editions (commonly considered five, if you don’t count Original, or the various versions of Classic, etc.), two different companies, and countless writers. And over those years, the D&D and property has been used for a lot more than justContinueContinue reading “Reading & Writing: The Crystal Shard”

Free Story – Exigent

I love the concept of imaginary time in quantum mechanics, so it was inevitable that I would use it in a story at some point. The free story for September is called Exigent. It’s actually the shortest story I’ve written so far (less than 4,000 words), and is the first science-fiction story I’ve posted on this site. Click hereContinueContinue reading “Free Story – Exigent”