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Cover Reveal

So Chris and I are highly amused by this cover because his name is first (even though it should have been mine). Unfortunately for me, it works better aesthetically if his name is first. So I got to give Chris a lot of grief late last night when I showed it to him (many thanks to author Kacey Ezell for helping me out with the prank).

Anyway, without much further ado, here is the rough cover forKraken Mare (rough meaning this should be the final version but it might change a little):

So, any...

Sponsor the Charity, Buy the Shirt

So I’m on a shirt!

Okay, some back story here…

I help out quite a bit with the charityOperation Supply Drop,which helps get video games and other entertainment devices into the hands of deployed troops overseas who have no other way to relax in their downtime, as well as help returning veterans readjust back into social gatherings by taking them to gaming conventions and whatnot. One of our favorite thing to do to raise money is a 36 hour livestreaming event calledTanking for the Troops. This...

Scary Tales in Publishing

(Warning: this contains spoilers forCtrl-Alt-Revolt! Continue at your own risk)

As a writer, one of the things I dread more than anything else is the editor’s response to the finished product. Oh sure, gutting it on your own to clean it up and make it acceptable for publishing is hard enough. But having a professional who does it for a living? It’s terrifying.

However, as you become a solid producer of words, you are given a little bit of leeway within your story’s construct. Well, usually at...

The Theory of Everything is Revealing

I was going to finishCân Rowan this week and instead I got caught up inDarkling, the sequel toWraithkin. Which is bad, becauseCân Rowanhas a check ready for me as soon as I turn it in (money!!!) whileDarklingis still waiting on the publisher to decide what to do with the first book in the series (no money yet :( ).

…and then I added a new point of view character…

…and it’s easier to write than another point of view character I was planning on writing…

…which leaves me in the unenviable positi...

Kraken Mare

…is DONE!!!!

It’s now in my publisher’s hands. I’m about to finishthe rest of Cân Rowanfor another editor, then I’ll have… free time.

Man, I’d forgotten what that was like. Huh.

Hugo Season

So apparently it’s Hugo season again (didn’t we just do this?), though this year I’m thinking “Yeah, I lost a lot of time and energy last year dealing with that public smear campaign. I’m not even going to pay attention this year.”

Seriously. In 2014 I managed to get a ton of writing done. 2015? Jack squat. Oh, I wrapped up a few short stories, and got most ofKraken Maredone, but when it’s compared to 2014? Nada. Zilch. Zero. Zip.

I liked it better when I was beneath the radar of the most vir...

The End Is Nigh!

…forKraken Mare, at least.

Chris and I locked up the “end” of the main story (one more subplot to tie up) last night and now I’m filling gaps while he’s cleaning up the final fight scene. Which is fortuitous timing: publisher shot me an email today asking for a status update.

Whew!

My brain has been leaning towardsSellsword’s Valor, which would be my… second? third? foray into the realms of fantasy. Last time I *ahem* cheated and pretty much made it an urban fantasy set in 1918 (Hill 142, for...

A Rambling Note on Taxation and Stuff Because I Was Being Lazy and Avoiding Writing

You may all lament with me: I did not win the $1.5 billion Powerball last night.

Of course, I didn’tplayit…

I’ve been watching the growing insanity associated with the lotto for the past few years and couldn’t help but shake my head at it. After reading about how Illinois isn’t paying out lottery winnings to cover the shortfalls in the budget (and considering just how high taxes are in Illinois, I’m wondering just where the hell all that money is going), it makes me distrustful of the entire...

As Read By Ryan Reynolds As The Fictional Character Deadpool

I’ve been feeling under the weather the past few days, but that doesn’t really explain my sudden burst of productivity. Over the past four days (counting this morning) I’ve crushed out about 11,000 words onKraken Mare. That’s pretty good, but this almost always happens whenever I hit a certain word count on a work in progress. I wrote 65,000 words onCorruptorover the course of 13 days, and the final 55,000 words ofWraithkinin 3 days (I don’t ever want to do that again… I slept for two days st...

Topical Agent for Boredom Seekers

“Hey Jason, you’re going to haveKraken Maredone before the New Year’s, right?”

“Of course!”

*snort* I should have known better than to tempt fate…

I had anticipated on my real-life job lessening the workload come the holiday season (traditionally, that’s what happens, according to everyone else). This year seemed to have been that rare exception, and it left me with little energy or desire to do anything other than sleep after I got off work. Couple that with sporadic days off (I’m in the mid...