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SoulQuest is now on sale!

SoulQuest, my new epic fantasy novel, is now on sale on Kindle for only 99¢! Click hereto go directly to Amazon to pick up your copy right now!

With a list price of $4.99, that means this Kindle Countdown Sale will save you 20% off the cover price!

But you need to hurry, because this countdown sale will only last until January 5th! So run on over to Amazon to get your copy before it’s too late! What better way to spend those Amazon gift cards you got than on a discounted book?

SoulQuest is an ac...

Podcasting!

In case you’re unaware of my latest podcast endeavors, then let me take a minute to let you know what else I’m up to besides writing, editing, and formatting.

I currently run two podcasts. The first is The Exploding Typewriter: Pulp Writers on Writing Pulp, and as you can probably imagine from the title, that is a podcast about pulp writers discussing their craft. Every episode, I have a different guest come on and talk about some aspect of writing pulp. To date, I’ve had Tommy Hancock, Ron Fo...

Happy Holidays from PulpWork Press!

Hope you all have been enjoying your Christmas, Kwanza, Hanukkah, Festivus, Winter Solstice, or whatever else you might celebrate at this time of year. My Christmas day was spent doing a lot of work, but don’t worry, dear reader, I haven’t forgotten your present.

Or I should say those of us at PulpWork Press haven’t forgotten your present.

At the moment, the PulpWork Christmas Special 2013, featuring stories by Joel Jenkins, Josh Reynolds, Russ Anderson, and myself, is now available for FREE on...

GaijinPot

Today, I wanted to take some time to talk a little about GaijinPot. Now, I’m going to be straight with you—GaijinPot does advertise on my site. But I wouldn’t accept advertising dollars for anything I don’t personally find useful. I’ve written several pieces about living in Japan for GaijinPot, but recently they’ve made some changes to their site.

First off, if you’re looking for work in Japan, particularly if you’re looking for work in some of the more populated areas, GaijinPot is a great si...

SoulQuest is now available for sale!

It’s been a long time coming, several years in the making, in fact! ButSoulQuest, which was birthed as an idea for a comic book many years ago and then later morphed into a novel is now available for sale!

Featuring a stunning cover courtesy of Brad Horton,SoulQuestfocuses on the character of Zarim, an expert swordsman and captain of the Excalibur, an airship from which he and his crew commit acts of piracy. Joined by his lover, Ekala, and the gruff faerie Swul, they are given a new task—to se...

Japan Writers Conference

Now that I’ve had some time, I wanted to talk a bit more about the Japan Writers Conference. I’m not sure how I stumbled upon their website back in the spring, but I was extremely excited once I did. Even more excited when I saw they were accepting proposals for presentations.

Immediately, I put together two presentations I had ideas for. One was on self-publishing and the other was on New Pulp, two subjects that I have a lot to talk about. I sent both proposals in and finally heard back from...

The PulpWork Christmas Special 2013 is now available!

The PulpWork Christmas Special 2013 is now available for sale! This book contains four short stories, penned by myself, Joel Jenkins, Russ Anderson, and Josh Reynolds. My contribution to this is “The Wild Hunt,” a story that features Asami, the kitsune changeling fromThe Myth Hunter andDragon Kings of the Orient. In this tale, Asami is back in Japan and while tracking a yuki-onna (snow woman), she discovers something far more dangerous.

For those who are waiting for the third Myth Hunter book,...

SoulQuest Cover — One Step Closer

Brad Hortonhas finished the inks for theSoulQuest cover, which you can see right on the left! There may still be some changes to the final version, mostly the positioning of the airship, but for the most part, this is how it will look. Brad emailed me this image today and said he’s moving on to the colors and will hopefully have them finished by this week.

Once the colors are done, it’s just a matter of adding the logo and tweaking it as necessary, and then fast-tracking the book to production...

The Exploding Typewriter: Pulp Writers on Writing Pulp

Since I started my new job back in September, I’ve had a regular commute for the first time in five years. At my old job, my commute was usually a five minute walk or as much as half an hour when driving to my furthest school. Now my shortest commute is forty minutes and the longest is about ninety. So I’ve started to listen to a lot of podcasts.

And while listening to them, I kind of wanted to do it myself. I had a very brief show a while back on Japanese films, but the show didn’t end up wor...

NaNoWriMo Begins

A few things to touch on this time around. November means the beginning of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and, just as I do every year, I’m participating once more. In the eight years I’ve been doing NaNoWriMo, I’ve only ever finished one novel I began for it. The others ended up abandoned on my hard drive. All novels aside fromFallen were written outside of NaNoWriMo or finished outside of it. Last year was an interesting one—I began working on a book calledThe Legacy of Frankenste...