The Soldier and the Slave This is the last week to enter the Goodreads Giveaway, as it ends next Sunday, September 25, 2016. I’ve got five copies of The Soldier and the Slave that I’ll autograph and send out to five lucky winners. Goodreads Book Giveaway The Soldier and the Slave by Andrew J. LutherContinue reading "Writing Update – September"
Storytelling Card Games
Those who read this blog already know I’m a big fan of roleplaying games. I started playing Dungeons & Dragons back in 1981 with Tom Moldvay’s Red Box set, shortly followed by Dave Cook’s Expert Set. Since then, I’ve played every edition of D&D at least once. In fact, the current edition (5th) is theContinue reading "Storytelling Card Games"
Reading & Writing: Epic Beginnings
Epic fantasy has been an extremely popular subset of the fantasy genre for many years now, and shows no signs of stopping. Trilogies have been replaced by huge series spanning (for example) 7 books, 9 books, 10 books, and 14 books. Tolkien did it in under 500,000 words in The Lord of the Rings, butContinue reading "Reading & Writing: Epic Beginnings"
Free Story – Pages
As promised, here is my free short story, Pages, for August 2016. I didn't go into this one thinking about Lovecraft, but it dragged me inexorably toward the final result. I hope you enjoy. Of course, I have to mention my next novel, The Soldier and the Slave. This is the first book in whatContinue reading "Free Story – Pages"
Writing Update – August
The Soldier and the Slave For various reasons related to setting everything up on the back end, the dates in my last writing update turned out to be off by a week. Here are the corrected dates: Today (Sunday, August 21): The Goodreads Giveaway is live! Five lucky people will receive a free copy ofContinue reading "Writing Update – August"
New Conan RPG
Kickstarter can be a mixed bag, especially when it comes to roleplaying games. Some Kickstarter projects launch, hit their funding levels, and deliver on the promises to backers without any issues. Sine Nomine and Khepera Publishing are two great examples of companies who do it right. Then, there are the Kickstarters that encounter all kinds of problems. TheContinue reading "New Conan RPG"
Reading & Writing: Raymond E. Feist’s Magician
As I’ve mentioned before, I regularly read novels to my son. Recently, I completed reading the novel Magician, by Raymond E. Feist. Note that this version is the single volume that combines the books Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master, and is the “revised edition” that restores the deleted materials from the original published version. (AndContinue reading "Reading & Writing: Raymond E. Feist’s Magician"
7th Sea Second Edition
As mentioned before, I’m an avid player of pen-and-paper roleplaying games. I’ve been playing for 35 years, and have at least tried well over a hundred different games at this point. Because I’m a natural storyteller, I’ve always been interested in games that really work to emulate the feel of the fiction that I readContinue reading "7th Sea Second Edition"
Free Story – Echoes
It's time for a free short story. This one is named Echoes, and it's a departure from everything else that I've published so far. I was looking at writing contests online, not so much to enter as to see what kind of things were being asked for from writers. And I saw a submission requestContinue reading "Free Story – Echoes"
Writing Update – July
Continuing with my new blogging plan I outlined here… The Soldier and the Slave So, needless to say, getting The Soldier and the Slave to published status has taken longer than I planned. I ended up making another full pass through the entire book again in order to improve a couple of areas that IContinue reading "Writing Update – July"
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