The Lines II
Puimun/DevianArt Lucas played the lines. It was easy at first. So simple, bone simple, blood simple, like blinking or drinking or building a nest. He pressed the keys and the the light was there, the...
View ArticleLunch with a Villain
We met on the patio of Agua Linda – well, it’s not much of a patio, just some plastic fencing, plastic chairs, plastic tables with plastic umbrellas. But it’s outside and it’s nice, so let’s deem it a...
View ArticleBard’s Doggerel
Writing about music is like dancing about math. Song in the scabbard and stone in the bath. Hand in my pocket, heart full of dust Robot Vandal is nothing but rust. End of the road, bend of the way the...
View ArticleDragonCon – Ur-Promotion – SPELL/SWORD!!!!
So, yeah – I’m going to be at DragonCon from Thursday thru Sunday – SO TRACK ME DOWN AND LET US COMMUNICATE WITH OUR MEAT-FACES. I’ll be packing in a few copies of the book to hide randomly around the...
View ArticleLunch with a Villain II
We met again, weeks later. Pizza this time, the shadows and red neon of the joint seemed appropriate. He was there first this time, leaning over the counter in whispered conversation with the bearded...
View Article‘Gamer’ Has Never Been Enough
I’ve never liked the term ‘gamer’. It’s reductive and bland, all too obvious. A ‘gamer’- one who games, or plays games. Such a strange banner to throw up over our heads. I play most types – video,...
View ArticleThe Riddle Box – Music
“You know a lot of things. I say it, so you can hear it. It is very important that we all know this about you, yes? You know a lot of things. Things and springs and wheels and the click-clack of...
View ArticleSong of the Road – The Riddle Box
Song of the road, road made of song. Who knew I would travel so long? Stories and wind, campfire and rain. When will I ever see my home again? When will I ever see my home again? Triumph and travel,...
View ArticleGilead Excavation
[Some old words about Gilead - putting them here for easy research later.] The waters ripple, and Haskeer sees Gilead. A gray city, made from simple stone. The towers and streets show signs of great...
View ArticleLunch with a Villain III
I saw him a few other times. I carefully averted my eyes or tucked my chin to my breastbone. He knew I was there of course, but gave no sign. His narrow shoulders square in his brown cloak, his grin...
View ArticleGeranium’s First Song
Watch all this wither Watch as we gather the leaves and grass and broken things threadbare heroes and three-cross kings, we sleep in the heart we wait in the dark until the cobblestones give way… Watch...
View ArticleRiddle Verse – Better
Sing in me, O Muse of the dark that hides quiet and calm in the center of the riddle box. Sing with me and hold my hand tight. I am afraid.
View ArticleYour Advice and My Stupidity
[This is an actual email I'm sending to another writer today. I'm removing their name, of course, to respect their privacy -- all you really need to know is they have sold a shit ton more books than me...
View ArticleI/O Tower – General Spell/Sword Shenanigan Update
1. I’m getting the final 50 pages of copy edits for The Riddle Box this weekend! With any luck I’ll be able to have the ebook up for sale sometime next week. 2. Which means I need to start the...
View ArticleProphecy
“Your future is an empty cup, Rime Korvanus.” The seer intoned. “And you, Jonas of Gilead, yours is a brown cloak.” [Just putting this here so I can find it later. When the Dimensional Radio plays,...
View ArticleBefore You Buy the Barrel
Now available free here on the site: the first two chapters of The Riddle Box. Sample Chapters This Way! This is a common tactic – in both the world of traditional and self-publishing. It’s nefarious....
View ArticleThe Holy Detective
Close your eyes. Okay, wait, open them again. You can’t read with your eyes closed. Are you reading this now? I guess I’ll need to wait for you to get bored and come back and read this. Okay – welcome...
View ArticleContinuity
Artist – Abe Taraky I get asked this question a lot: How many books are there in the Spell/Sword series? Well, not a lot. Eleven times, tops. People ask because they want to know what they’re getting...
View ArticleTake This Book From Me
I’m giving away 5 free copies of the paperback on Goodreads! The contest ends on release day of 11/26 so get in there now if you’d like a copy. You do have to be a member of Goodreads to enter -but...
View ArticleI Need Help
I need help. You are my people. You are my ragtag band of adventurers, wizards, lawyers, normal humans, and mutants. And I need your help getting my art out in the world. Tomorrow is release day for...
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