Following Grand Central Arena, my next solo novel was Phoenix Rising, the first novel in the Balanced Sword trilogy. Originally called Fall of Saints, this story went bac...
2022-09-07 00:07:07 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been several years since I finished recording and presenting Polychrome to my high-tier Patrons. I've now made all of the recorded videos publicly available and assembled them into a single pl...
2022-08-29 23:43:41 +0000 UTC View Post... first, I have just tested positive for COVID again, so I'm looking forward to at least a few days of unpleasantness.
Second, in the wake of Eric's death, Ring of Fire Press is ...
2022-08-16 13:39:33 +0000 UTC View PostI didn't have any music that specifically associated itself with Diamonds are Forever, and I think I'll do the Eric Flint coauthored works as a group, so that brings us to the Arenaverse's...
2022-08-07 16:53:13 +0000 UTC View Post...I must tell you all that my often-coauthor, good friend, editor, and guy who started my career, Eric Flint, has passed away today. I am in shock and will be kinda wrecked for a while.
2022-07-17 19:56:34 +0000 UTC View PostLast month I finished the series of "my favorite scenes". Today, I'm starting a new one, which is the music that inspired, or was a part of, my writing of each book. Some books only had ...
2022-07-08 00:23:19 +0000 UTC View PostWith this post, we reach the end of my published novels, so this will be the last My Favorite Scenes (at least for a while).
Shadows of Hyperion is the fourth and currently las...
2022-06-05 15:55:30 +0000 UTC View PostCastaway Resolution, originally called
2022-05-11 01:29:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe third and final crossover idea that I've taken is to cross our heroes from Godswar with the world of Polychrome. Of the three, this is the one that really could have ...
2022-04-11 01:46:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe culmination of the Balanced Sword trilogy, Phoenix Ascendant obviously had a lot of scenes worth remembering, some I'd been waiting to write for twenty years. This is one of the hardes...
2022-04-07 01:04:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe second of three, this one gave me a bit of trouble; I started it three times before finishing it. But I think it's fun. The basic prompt? Star Trek : The Next Generation intersecting with The A...
2022-03-28 03:54:21 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the first of the selected crossover concepts -- which was A.J. Baker of Boundary meeting up with DuQuesne of Grand Central Arena!
A.J.'s at his home, after...
2022-03-08 18:40:26 +0000 UTC View PostBack in 2008, I was driving home from work and had to pick up a few things. On my way, I saw one of the most magnificent double-rainbows I've ever seen, one which persisted for close to 20 minutes....
2022-03-06 18:06:31 +0000 UTC View PostI am awed and terribly grateful to all of you for providing your support over these five years. You know that much of the money goes to producing things like the covers and illos shown at the Sketc...
2022-03-06 17:19:57 +0000 UTC View PostYou can cross characters, locations, etc, however you like, as long as at least one of them is mine. I'll choose probably three of the suggestions to actually turn into a scene, a vignette, a short...
2022-02-24 02:06:28 +0000 UTC View PostIn this continuing series, we now reach my first epic fantasy release, the first volume of the Balanced Sword trilogy, Phoenix Rising.
This trilogy, just being re-issued now by...
2022-02-06 21:37:10 +0000 UTC View Post... as to what intersection between worlds might interest you! I've already gotten a couple interesting suggestions, but we can always use more for this special 5-year event!
Want to have Jas...
2022-02-04 02:11:36 +0000 UTC View PostNext month will be the beginning of the sixth year of this Patreon; many of you have been here from the beginning, and all of you have been well-appreciated supporters.
Inspired by a conversa...
2022-02-02 00:25:45 +0000 UTC View Post
As most of you must know by now, I'm a long-term roleplaying gamer (since 1977). I've been playing in one or more games pretty much continuously since that time, with only brief breaks. ...
2022-01-07 01:35:41 +0000 UTC View PostContinuing this series of posts, we now move to my overall best-sellers. Following Digital Knight and Diamonds are Forever, Eric Flint gave me the opportunity to write a hard-SF novel in collaborat...
2022-01-05 01:52:11 +0000 UTC View PostI'll continue my Gaming-influenced posts later, but I can't find the box with key notes for some of that, so instead I'll do this little series until I do.
I often say that I don't...
2021-12-10 02:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs of this morning the Kickstarter reached its 10k goal! Don't expect to reach the stretch goal, but I posted one -- to make theme music for the Maidens! (here: 2021-12-05 17:55:01 +0000 UTC View Post
... today I started posting the D20 Modern character sheets for the OSC agents seen in _On-Site for the Apocalypse_!
Kickstarter is going slowly, but it's not impossible for it to succeed! Pl...
2021-11-25 16:34:16 +0000 UTC View PostIt's no secret that my main world wasn't just built for writing, but for gaming, nor that many games I played influenced what I have eventually written. In this little series of posts I'll give you...
2021-11-03 00:25:13 +0000 UTC View Post
And so it begins. Please spread the word!
2021-11-01 10:12:27 +0000 UTC View Post(if you haven't read the short story "On-Site for the Apocalypse" you may be missing some details)
Shortly after the final battle...
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THE APOCA...
2021-10-31 14:56:13 +0000 UTC View Post
... of The Apocalypse Maidens kickstarter! This preview link should turn into the real thing on launch day!
2021-10-30 23:12:16 +0000 UTC View PostWith today's fifth posted chapter, Demons of the Past: REVOLUTION has been fully read and posted to the Read Me Something Reward tier. This makes three complete books I've read and posted -- Polych...
2021-10-20 01:12:34 +0000 UTC View PostAs we may recall, this little sequence of posts showcases how Castaway Peril (later relaaed as Castaway Resolution) could have gone in a somewhat different direction. In very broa...
2021-10-03 17:31:22 +0000 UTC View PostI have posted all the Read Me Something rewards, plus an extra chapter to start to make up for the ones I missed!
Also, a welcome to some new patrons who just signed up in the last week or so...
2021-09-26 20:16:48 +0000 UTC View Post