So my birthday is coming up in a few days, and I’m going to be celebrating by joining Rebekah Dodson’s takeover event to release her new book, Magic: The Curse of Lanval 3. I’ve started started reading the first book and I’m really enjoying it so far! And she’s got a great lineup of talented […]
Read More Author Takeover Event on My Birthday!In Queenstown, an untried youth is the only one who can face down a notorious Desperado. But Graeme Walsh is not a Gunslinger: not yet. Will his training and his secret sorcerer’s powers be enough to get the drop on the Outlaw, before the Outlaw gets the drop on him? Welcome to the Wyrd West, […]
Read More Showdown Cover Reveal: Available for Pre-Order!I am pretty happy with being traditionally published by Red Wheel / Weiser. They’re a good company. I liked my editor very much, and my publicist was excellent. I feel they did a great job with sales, promotion, and everything else. I got a few spots on some widely-syndicated radio shows and they promoted the […]
Read More The Indie Author Community is Awesome!I’ve been participating in the LGBTQ Speculative Fiction Reading Challenge for a couple of years now, and I’ve found it a rewarding and worthwhile experience. The challenge is described thus: The 2017 LGBTQ Speculative Fiction Reading Challenge seeks to promote diversity and expand horizons amongst readers and writers of speculative fiction. Read and review books that […]
Read More Diversity in SF/F: A New ResourceThe Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut My rating: 3 of 5 stars Read for the SF Masterworks Reading Challenge and the Second Best Reading Challenge at Worlds Without End. I had to struggle to determine what I was going to give this book as a rating. I can’t say it was a bad book, […]
Read More Book Review: The Sirens of Titan by Kurt VonnegutIt seems that I’ve been hearing an awful lot about pulp fiction, especially pulp sci-fi, recently! All of a sudden it’s like everyone’s talking about it! As I’ve mentioned, I’m doing some writing for the Tales of the Stellar Deep RPG, which is clearly rooted in pulp sci-fi and horror. All of a sudden people […]
Read More Is Pulp Fiction Making a Comeback?This weekend at the By Any Means Necessary Author Takeover I offered up a contest giveaway: And the winner is: Jeff Russell! Winning Quote: “You should learn to live as if you didn’t exist.” ~ from Once Upon a Time in the West. Other Entries: “Well, you’re a romantic bastard, I’ll give you that.” ~ […]
Read More Winner of My Contest Giveaway!Keep updated on the release at Goodreads!
Read More Welcome to the Wyrd West!Do you ever wonder what writers listen to when they write? For me it depends on the nature of the story I’m telling, and its setting. For the Wyrd West Chronicles I like to listen to spaghetti western theme music, epic fantasy and game music written in a similar style, a handful of steampunk music […]
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