Birthday for a Book

It’s been four years. Actually, four years and one week, but last week I was focusing on the last days of the Kickstarter campaign for Dragons of Londinium. So I’m celebrating a week late. On March 1, 2021, Dark Owl Publishing released my first novel, The Keeper of Tales. I’m insanely grateful to Andrea there.Continue reading “Birthday for a Book”

How much… is too much?

In just over a week, my next Kickstarter launches. What’s it about? Welcome to Londinium, City of Gears. The lowlies keep their heads down. The people are gray, cogs for the machines. The constables work for the coal barons. The Well-Dressed Man hunts his prey.  And then the dragons come. An angry orphan finds aContinue reading “How much… is too much?”

The Guilt of the TBR Wall

The books are all staring at me. There’s a novel by Jack Vance I got this last summer. It’s short. Shouldn’t take more than a few hours to read. It reminds me I told myself I’d only buy books I’d read quickly. And have I? No. There’s a novel by a friend. I haven’t readContinue reading “The Guilt of the TBR Wall”

Blurbs are from Beelzebub

Why did you buy that book anyway? My guess is the first thing you noticed was the cover. Something in the art caught your eye. It conveyed the type of story that you didn’t even know you wanted to find. And then you spotted the title. It tickled the imagination enough that you picked theContinue reading “Blurbs are from Beelzebub”

A Year of Writing: 2024

The end of the year rockets toward us. S. Usher Evans, an author I follow, posted everything she wrote this year in a recent newsletter. It was fascinating seeing how much she had done in 2024. I enjoyed it so much, I figure, hey, why not do the same thing? So what have I writtenContinue reading “A Year of Writing: 2024”