I’m wrapping the tail end up of a very dark period for my work. The subject matter – death – combined with news all around me and some really stupid b.s. forced me to question what I was doing. Was it work-related? Absolutely not. John, Phil, Steve (Jackson) and Company have treated me like gold. […]
Month: April 2012
Another Time, a Different Novella, and an Excerpt
The first novella I wrote for the RPG industry was for the Aletheia RPG, published by Abstract Nova Entertainment. It’s titled “Twin Designs” and was included in The Tales of the Seven Dogs Society. I contributed to the RPG, so I knew how intense the setting was. That piece allowed me to take some risks […]
Cross-Stitch Okay, Sewing? Not So Much
Last weekend, I took a trip to Barnes and Noble in search of care package elements and found a few things for myself. (Isn’t that always how it works out?) I found a pretty nifty kit called “Miss Woolly’s Creepy Cross-Stitch: Everything You Need to Stitch Up 6 Spooky Projects.” The nice thing about these […]
Cover Revealed for Don’t Read This Book
Last week, Fred Hicks from Evil Hat Productions debuted the cover for Don’t Read This Book, an anthology inspired by the RPG Don’t Rest Your Head which is edited by Chuck Wendig. In my announcement when I talked about how I was thrilled to be one of the authors for this anthology, I also mentioned […]
Constructing Redwing’s Gambit: Characters and Treatment Part 2 of 5
This was the first paragraph I ever wrote for Redwing’s Gambit. Remember, at the time all I had at my disposal was the d20 version of the game and not the FATE manuscript. Dan Daget, a salt-of-the-earth Asurburan, is the security chief on a ship called the Haldis. His group, which is led by a […]