J Alan Erwine's Blog
November 25, 2009
I just wanted to pop in and wish all of my readers in America a Happy Thanksgiving! At our home, we're just going to have a small gathering. It will just be Rebecca, the girls, probably her brother, and me obviously. We'll be doing a small turkey and a ham, as well as potatoes, corn, and most of the other traditional Thanksgiving foods.
Rebecca bought a holiday cookbook a couple of months ago, and we're starting a tradition where each Thanksgiving two of us will pick something, and on Chri...
Rebecca bought a holiday cookbook a couple of months ago, and we're starting a tradition where each Thanksgiving two of us will pick something, and on Chri...
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Published on November 25, 2009 17:28
November 24, 2009
The last few days have been very productive. Yesterday I finished up the Expanded Ephemeris Equipment List. This Ephemeris RPG supplement is meant to add to the equipment list that was provided in the original rulebook. There just wasn't enough room in the original book to come up with a good equipment list, so the EEEL gives you 65 pages of equipment, and it's all available as a free download from DriveThru RPG at http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=65873.
Just momen...
Just momen...
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Published on November 24, 2009 19:48
November 22, 2009
I currently have two major projects that I'm working on. The first is the re-write of Red Moon Rising. This is progressing well, although I think I still need to soften the antagonist a little. He still seems a little too harsh to be believable. If all goes well, I should still be sending this off to the publisher by the middle of December...and then we sit back and cross our fingers.
The second project I'm working on is the Expanded Ephemeris Equipment List. When we released the initial ...
The second project I'm working on is the Expanded Ephemeris Equipment List. When we released the initial ...
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Published on November 22, 2009 10:25
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November 15, 2009
Yesterday, as the snow was starting to fall, I went to the window, and I saw these visitors coming up out of the canal behind our place...

I knew we had deer around here, but I never really expected them to come this close. The girls were really excited to see something like that so close...although they seemed to be more worried about getting cold...kids!
Revisions on Red Moon Rising are continuing. It's my hope that I will be turning in the final revisions to the publisher about one week be...

I knew we had deer around here, but I never really expected them to come this close. The girls were really excited to see something like that so close...although they seemed to be more worried about getting cold...kids!
Revisions on Red Moon Rising are continuing. It's my hope that I will be turning in the final revisions to the publisher about one week be...
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Published on November 15, 2009 11:07
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November 9, 2009
I've finally started on the much-delayed revisions of Red Moon Rising. As a refresher, this is my environmental disaster novella that I've been working on off and on for more than a decade.
A small press publisher read the most recent draft and was intrigued, but felt that the book need some extensive revisions...or at least the first third of the book needed revisions.
I hate revising, but I'm through chapter one now, and I'm heading into the parts of the book that really need work.
Wish me lu...
A small press publisher read the most recent draft and was intrigued, but felt that the book need some extensive revisions...or at least the first third of the book needed revisions.
I hate revising, but I'm through chapter one now, and I'm heading into the parts of the book that really need work.
Wish me lu...
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Published on November 09, 2009 19:45
November 4, 2009
My second short story collection, Marionettes on the Moon, and other stories, is now available as an e-book at DriveThru SF. You can find it at: http://scifi.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=65619.
And the best part is that the collection will only cost you $1.00.
And the best part is that the collection will only cost you $1.00.
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Published on November 04, 2009 10:05

My rather dark SF short story When Living is a Crime has been published in the latest issue of Tales of the Talisman, which can be ordered from The Genre Mall at http://www.genremall.com/zinesr.htm#talisman.
Info about the issue: Karen Anne Mitchell introduces us to a Taiyiha--a woman who has been made into the ultimate lover by aliens--and a lonely man who faces his own inner demons. Join Lawrence R. Dagstine as he shows us the lengths a werewolf must go to adopt a child. Danielle Ackley-McPh...
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Published on November 04, 2009 08:36
November 3, 2009
Two of my titles are now available at DriveThru SciFi as e-books. You can find The Opium of the People at http://scifi.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=65438, and Seedlings on the Solar Winds, and other stories at http://scifi.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=65440.
They're both priced $10 off the normal trade paperback price, so what are you waiting for???
They're both priced $10 off the normal trade paperback price, so what are you waiting for???
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Published on November 03, 2009 19:10
October 28, 2009

I'm sitting here playing catch up (mostly Sam's Dot stuff), and watching the snow outside my window. It started snowing last night, and it's been pretty steady all day, although it seems to be picking up a bit now. I'm guessing we have about eight inches right now, and I'm pretty sure we'll end up with more than a foot by morning, but in reality, this storm is not all that impressive...as Colorado snow storms go.
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Published on October 28, 2009 14:44
October 26, 2009
The last day started out as quickly as the previous. At 11 in the morning I ran a game of Ephemeris. It looked like we wouldn't get enough people, but I ended up having six players with me, which is exactly what I was looking for. I had Ian Brazee-Cannon, creator of Ephemeris: Critters & Pests, Howard Brazee, Flying Pen Press publisher David Rozansky, Stace Johnson (for an hour), and James Van Pelt's two sons...who I'm afraid to say I didn't get their names. We played for two hours, had a...
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Published on October 26, 2009 17:58


