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Subterranean Casino

The sequel to my novel Madame Antic's Hotel Grotesque is getting the serialized treatment this month, and you can read the first three episodes of Monsieur Moule's Subterranean Casino right here for free.Anthony and Sephora escaped from Madame Antic's sky city, and now they must navigate a new life in the dangerous ruins of London. Nothing is as it was in their technologically advanced reality.

Novel #18

Mission accomplished: I finished writing the first season of AGROTHARN the Interstellar Semi-Barbarian on January 30. One hundred episodes (80K words) of sword & sorcery meets space opera meets gonzo insanity. It's a novel I never expected to write, each chapter inspired by four random story cubes. That could be a real challenge at times, and I had no idea how it would all turn out, but I'm very

New Release: Unlikely Heroes Unite!

For fans of The Princess Bride, Shrek, and Fractured Fairy Tales...When the eccentric Baron Rauxtund is kidnapped from Havenwaye Manor by a cabal of traitorous knights, it will be up to a handful of peasants to save the day. But what can a young serf, an old village priest, and a few loyal yet quarrelsome subjects do against such overwhelming odds? And who is this masked Strange One who rises to

Noveling Update

This month, my goals are to wrap up AGROTHARN the Interstellar Semi-Barbarian, make it to the halfway point of Lives on the Line (Inspector Broekstein #2), and get Uncommoner: A GrimFarce out there for the world to read in eBook and paperback. So, how am I doing? Glad you asked.From the start of AGROTHARN I wanted to write 100 episodes. Arbitrary, I know; sometimes I just like to push myself. But

Start 2023 With a Free Book

Harold Muldoon, hardboiled detective, must travel back through time to save two colliding realities.Muldoon has a big problem: he's dead. Twenty years ago, a monk cut off his head. Now his wife Irena is desperately trying to find him. So is Gavin Lennox, power-hungry owner of The Pearl, the hottest night spot in all of NewCity. Cyrus Horton, an eccentric inventor, has also joined in the search.

Year in Review: 2022

I spent the first six months on edits, and since June, I've been writing almost every day. Feeling pretty good about this year's output and looking forward to working on the next installment of Dome City Investigations next year. And another Inspector Broekstein mystery. And a Vic Boyo, Doofus Dectective sequel. Planning to wrap up AGROTHARN, probably by early February; then there's the

Novel Length

For a while, I've considered 50,000 words or more to be novel length. Probably because I read that on the SFWA site back when membership was my hard-fought goal. But is this word count set in stone or something more arbitrary, depending on publishing trends?Each of the books in my Spirits of the Earth trilogy is 120K. My Captain Quasar novels are 80K each. BackTracker is my longest at 150K, and

Novel #17

I wrapped up my seventeenth novel this week, and it's another shorty at only 53K. The original novella I drafted thirty years ago was 20K, so I fleshed it out a bit, adding more action, intrigue, humor, and dialogue for a much better story all around. And I enjoyed the main character so much that I'm already five chapters into the sequel, Lives on the Line. More on that next month.For now, all 42

Writing Humor

Not all funny bones are created equal. Some prefer situational comedy or farce; others like puns or wordplay; for others, high comedy with its witty satire is the way to go.For the past six months, I've been writing humorous fiction for the most part, and it's been a fun change of pace. Getting back to my roots, in a way. The first novel I ever wrote was Double Murders Are Twice as Bad, with

Cyber Monday Book Sale

Details Here  Bypass the cultural gatekeeping, support non-woke authors, and get yourself some great books from both established and emerging talent for only $0.99 – many titles free!  Sale runs through Tuesday November 29 and includes my Captain Quasar trilogy, After the Sky (Book 1 in my Spirits of the Earth trilogy), and BackTracker.