All Hope Blackwell wanted was a quiet Mediterranean vacation. Sun, sand, local cuisine…and tracking down Archimedes’ ghost to learn if he’s been tampering with the fabric of reality. But when you’re a psychic whose specialty is communicating with the dead, a trip to Greece means you’ll come face-to-face with legendary heroes. And monsters. As HopeContinueContinue reading “GREEK KEY is out, so let’s talk about Helen of Troy”
Category Archives: Writing
More Fun with Self-Publishing
Some of you seem to really enjoy these posts on self-publishing and the living nightmare that is the production phase! Please. Come. Read my hair-pulling, head-to-wall-bashing, chew-through-own-bottom-lip-for-the-joy-of-it experience. Hi! When’s the release date for GREEK KEY? I don’t know, exactly. It goes live around Halloween. You don’t know, exactly? That seems unprofessional. Do you knowContinueContinue reading “More Fun with Self-Publishing”
GREEK KEY sample up on Gumroad!
Greek Key goes live today–the first eleven chapters, at any rate. The cover is gorgeous. I offer these free samples via Gumroad for a couple of reasons, the biggest one being that self-published authors are an unknown quantity. We walk around the Internet shouting BUY OUR BOOKS! and readers say WHY? YOU PEOPLE ARE SCARYContinueContinue reading “GREEK KEY sample up on Gumroad!”
Pickwickian Pickers Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers
A brief rundown on Patreon feedback and possible (Joshsmut) steps when moving forward.
More POD Issues from CreateSpace
Dang it all, Jeremy the Intern is at the switch over at CreateSpace again.
Attention Deficit Disorder and First-person Perspective
How do you manage a character with ADD? Ritalin and sickle weasels, of course.
Zinc (Velveteen fanfic)
You’re all aware of the Velveteen Vs. stories, right? Author Seanan McGuire has this world full of superheroes and it…rather sucks for them. Think: 80s X-Men with Marketing and HR departments, insurance premiums, and lawyers fighting against corporations for a juicy slice of that superhero civil suit pie. The majority of these stories are freeContinueContinue reading “Zinc (Velveteen fanfic)”
Cultural property and ownership
On fact-checking and character perspectives for GREEK KEY
Juggling countries
A brief roundup of the AGAHF world.
(Yes, if I had known these projects would take over my creative life, I would not have given this world the same acronym as the sound I make when I sneeze.)
STATE MACHINE and superpowers
Hey! It’s Monday! STATE MACHINE just went live, and I’m going to talk about the plot…ish. This’ll be vague to avoid spoilers, but if you’re familiar with the books or the comic, you’re already aware that one of the general themes I use is real-world superheroes. This is the part I have fun with, especiallyContinueContinue reading “STATE MACHINE and superpowers”
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