Fred Gallagher's Blog

Rant [1107] "It Took Forever, But It's Here!"

Just blasting out into the ether that Transcendent - Book 1: The Girl is the Tomb is live, available for kindle, paperback, and a brand new hardcover option for you dead tree enthusiasts.
It's... been a ride, to say the least. When I started this manuscript, as a visual prompt from Fred, it had morphed and shifted its tone so many times that it quite literally shares nothing with the initial short story I composed from the prompt. In the interim, ...

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Rant [1106] "Clearing of the Air"

(note: this was actually a twitter thread that i wrote this morning... rather than copy paste and chunk this thing out to the other services... duh, post it as a rant and link it :)
I've been hesitant to post anything like this, so i'll keep it vague. Lets face it, the last YEAR has been awful. About a year ago, Sarah started to feel sick and it wasn't long before we knew her cancer was back. It was a hard year, but she beat it and we got thru it....

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Rant [1104] "old webcomic artist yells at cloud"

One thing ive found myself doing lately now that im sorta 'well fuck that twitter shit' is i am rambling on a LOT more when i type stuff. This can be viewed as a good or bad thing. Maybe for me it's not a bad thing. It's a bit like working in a 4 panel comic format. You can do a lot with a four panel setup, almost the first entire chapter of MT is all 4 panel. It has its own kinda pacing, setup, delivery, variables, etc.
But there are things i can...

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Rant [1103] "Retconning a Scene Entry"

Ok, if you look at comic above [1604] you might notice that it has changed from what i posted back in July (you might need to refresh your browser (ctrl-F5 or ctrl-R) to see it). Why?
Because i goofed up.
[TL;dr: small retcon for this comic: have to transition into earlier in the next scene so Mugi and Yaku can talk *before* Miho wakes up. Now I can insert the three pages in progress of Mugi and Yaku talking about what happened last chapter.]
In...

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Rant [1102] "So much for Microblogging..."

Well, after 15 years of using this new fangled "Twitter" thing for microblogging, that's enough of that. Back to normal ranting.
(For the record, this is not a rant about twitter, it's about me and the internet over the last thirty... years... oh geeze, it's been that long?)
When Twitter was just a new thing, i kinda liked the idea of using it for quick micro blogging (since i was such a slacker about writing rants) so i added two new twitter acc...

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Rant [1101] "Travel to "The Isle of Donne" at Long Last!"

It's been a long road, but the final book of the MegaTokyo: Endgames series is finally here. So let's get the actually important stuff out of the way.
The following links should lead you to your format of choice:
Paperback
Kindle
Kobo
Nook
With this, we are now at the point where Fred's omake/extras segments kick off, with Largo ready to launch his attack on the Domina of Kuith, and where my contribution to the works of Fred Gallagher end. I ...

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Rant [1100] "The Smiling Merchant"

While the manuscript for The Isle of Donne has been difficult (mostly because now I'm at the point where I have to start bringing stuff together to a set point rather than let them meander off wherever), I'm not completely without something to share.
This particular piece is a short story that kinda came about because of a character I liked writing about when the opportunity arose... but there really weren't any real opportunities to do so.  I...

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Rant [1099] "Things haven't been great, but..."

It has been about a month since Mom entered into Hospice care. The past year or so has been a real struggle for me with her declining health as well as Dad's struggles with advancing Parkinsons. This is my second time dealing with needing Hospice care for a loved one. The last time it was very upsetting and I'm still haunted by the experience, so it was with great reluctance that I agreed to engage Hospice care for Mom. Thankfully, my experience wi...

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Rant [1098] "A Whole New Megatokyo"

Greetings, readers! An update here from the team of n1nj4s working behind the scenes to keep the Megatokyo site up and running: We've just finished migrating the comic site to a brand new server. Things may not look different, but you should see faster load times thanks to a combination of a new hosting provider and efforts to re-compress comic pages without degrading their quality. We're also pleased to be able to provide exciting new features l...

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Rant [1097] "The Great Underground Empire is Here!"

Book 5 of the MegaTokyo: Endgames series is live for all platforms!

Amazon Kindle and Paperback can be purchased here.
Nook readers can follow this link. Of note, if you are completely unwilling to order through Amazon, you can also order the paperback through Barnes & Noble.
And for the first time, Kobo users can go here and be a part of the launch day as well!
Thank you again for all your support, and with luck it won’t be long...

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