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The Joy of Research
I’m starting to do research for the third book in the Matthew and Epp series. Technically I research things constantly in a “Look at that guy! Could I use that guy in a story? Did you hear that noise? Maybe I could use that noise somewhere!” sort of way. But recently I’ve started to actually do reading research to prepare for the upcoming books. I need to learn about ancient... [Read more]
Results From the PARPG Play Test
So @Rolling20s and I were finally able to discuss his visit to SCARAB two weekends ago as well as the results of his play tests of the Probability Angels RPG. As I mentioned last week, the whole concept of attending smaller, regional conventions was scrapped. @Rolling20s ended up leaving the convention and driving north to a house full of friends where he was guaranteed a play test. First, I want to... [Read more]
Looking Forward
I was hoping to discuss how the most recent convention/play test/Probability Angels RPG marketing thing went, but it’s getting late and @Rolling20s is still on the road and I won’t be getting a full debriefing in time to write this. Chalk that up to poor time management on my part. I forgot what day of the week it was due to the three day weekend. That counts as poor time management, right? Anyway,... [Read more]
Convention Number Two
Your foot taps nervously on the ice, a light crunch sounding from the ever-present frost sucking onto the floor of the Fortress of Solitude. You’ve spent the last three months of your afterlife inside of this iceberg, but you still haven’t gotten used to it and the cold air molests the back of your neck, your wrists, your face, trying to slither its way into your clothes and freeze you... [Read more]
The $.99 Price Point in Publishing
There have been a lot of articles recently, and not so recently, about how much e-books should cost. Obviously this will always be up for debate, but over the course of last year somehow Kindle self-publishers landed at $.99 as the correct answer for now. Why $.99? Well for starters that’s the lowest you can go. There’s also a lot of allure in those double digits to the right of the decimal... [Read more]
10 Quick Facts About Korea
In light of the breaking news this week that North Korea’s weirdly androgynous leader has passed away, I thought I would do everyone a public service and put together ten key facts about Korea so you can seem smart without having to wade through all those newspaper articles. Korea is believed to have been written between the years 610 and 632. Contrary to popular belief, Muhammad is... [Read more]
Your Holiday Guide to New York
It’s that time of year again, when going below 55th street means participating in a mosh pit and traffic stands still for about four weeks. Ah, yes, the holidays in New York. I have a handy guide to help me keep my sanity through these times..there might be some secondary benefit for you as well but that isn’t really the point: I have lived on the island of Manhattan for ten years now and... [Read more]
Why I Hate George Lucas
Over this past weekend, for some reason, Spike TV was on constantly in my apartment. They were airing the entire Star Wars saga over and over again in a continuous loop. I’d head out for errands and come back to watch Luke get de-handed. After a late dinner I watched some Jar Jar. On Sunday I watched the finale of the original while texting with a friend. It was during this text conversation... [Read more]
Progress in Self-Publishing? Maybe…
I think I spotted a ray of hope for self-publishers this morning. A lot of days I sit at my computer doing nothing more than trying to get people to pay attention to me. And not in a fun, “Look at me I’m wearing a lampshade on my head!” sort of way. In a repetative, mindless, grind known as cold-emailing. I have numerous Google Alerts set up for terms that have something to do with... [Read more]
A Poem for NaNoWriMo
It’s November, which means it’s also National Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo for short. During this time hundreds of thousands of wonderful lunatic take on the task of writing an entire novel in one month. I have never participated in this event…because it’s freaking nuts. But I do love to support all those taking on this challenge and pursuing their dreams. I usually write... [Read more]
