LIVE Tonight on Rolecasters!
Michael and I are going to be LIVE tonight on Rolecasters starting at 9pm EST, 6 pm Pacific, talkiing about Raven's Tears, the world of Menelon, the nexus of fantasy RPGs and fiction, and whatever else they'll let us get away with. We've never done a…
Fire Mission I: Bagédaan
This week, we launched our second publication. So far, Michael's novella, Fire Mission I: Bagédaan has peaked at #3 in Amazon's "Action/Adventure - War" category. Well done! It's the last day of the giveaway. There's no better way to get an introduction…
Whether Or Not To Weather
Today, we live in air conditioned houses or flats in concrete jungles, and travel in air conditioned cars and buses and planes. Natural disasters not withstanding, weather is usually little more than a minor irritation or point of idle conversation. It…
The Final Scene
One last word cloud and I mean to be done until Dead Man's Trigger is ready to go. I needed, I just had to see how the intensity of the final scene in Raven's Tears came out as a word cloud. My jaw dropped when I saw it. Clicking on it should give you a…
Revisualize Chapter One
Okay, so let's revisualize chapter one. Tagul Word Clouds are plenty awesome, too. May I present their version of the word cloud for chapter one of Raven's Tears. Wow. I may have to get that one done on a shirt, or mug. Michael and I had a moment as we…
Visualize Raven’s Tears Chapter 1
Visualize Raven's Tears Chapter 1. According to WordItOut, this is what it looks like. I can like that a lot. There are meta-things to be discussed about the so-called "random" placement of those words, eh? This is probably my last reminder abou tthe 99…
Last Day of the Sale!
Raven's Tears featured on Goodkindles again yesterday. Did you see it? It's still only 99 cents through midnight PDT - after that, it returns to its $4.99 list price. I think I'm going to look into posting an excerpt for loyal readers tomorrow. You've…
Words Curling
This quote sums up like 90% of my depressive episodes, right here. Substitute "depression" for "darkness" and you have it. I wonder if this is true for writers in general, that our depressive bouts are generally due to being lost in an inner world…
What Does It Take To Be An Effective Writer?
Anyone can learn to be an effective writer. Colleges are full of creative writing courses turning out effective writers. A better question would be, can one learn to be an affective writer.
Writing On The Go
Mobile gear means writing on the go! We don't have to stay home to get work done, so sometimes we don't. Our files are still on our server at home and we access them just as we would if they were on Drive or Dropbox. These early sessions mostly consist…