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Hey everyone! I’d like to invite you all to check out my...

Hey everyone! I’d like to invite you all to check out my most recently released project, titled Adventure Princess. This is a short children’s chapter book based on bedtime stories I’ve been telling my daughter since late last year, and it not only features words by myself, but illustrations by my daughter, Grace. My brother Casey very graciously did the gorgeous cover (which you can see above). There’s an original cast of characters with a humorous journey designed for eight-year-olds and up. However, if you’re a fan of silliness, it won’t matter what age you are — there’s something in Adventure Princess for everyone.

Adventure Princess is a self-rescuing princess who goes on adventures with her puppy, Butterscotch, and in this book she’s on the journey to find out why Adventureland is freezing over. Right now the book is currently digital-only over on Amazon.com, but if there’s a demand for it, I’m certainly considering turning it into a print form. It’s only $2.99, and if you’re willing to help spread the word about it, I’d be most grateful.

There’s plenty more stories to mine for Adventure Princess, so if you like what you’ve read, stay tuned and be ready for more! And thank you so much for reading!

"You’re not perfect, but you’re not your mistakes."

“You’re not perfect, but you’re not your mistakes.”

- Kanye West (via exames)

thecaliforniakings:Ahoy, mates! Captain Chris is back on the...

thecaliforniakings:

Ahoy, mates! Captain Chris is back on the Zee, and he’s got a destination in mind — just, er, no way to get there. How does one find an island on the wide black zee? Simple: go everywhere until you find it. Today we find ourselves on Station III, the Mangrove College, and other places as the crew remaps the Zee, and makes new discoveries along the way!

thecaliforniakings:Four men got drunk up, four men went into...

thecaliforniakings:

Four men got drunk up, four men went into Cry of Fear, and four men lost their shit at the sights and sounds they saw and heard. This is quite possibly one of the most entertaining video series we’ve done so far, so we hope you enjoy as we go nuts

thecaliforniakings:Great Scott! The year 2015 is here upon us...

thecaliforniakings:

Great Scott! The year 2015 is here upon us at last! Thirty years ago, a forward-thinking sci-fi film came out, revolutionizing filmmaking and entertainment. Now, it being the future that the futurist film conceived, it feels a little less exciting than previously imagined. However! There is a fantastic piece of technological entertainment right here for your enjoyment: Back to the Future The Game, developed by TellTale Games! Picking up right where Back to the Future Part III left off, Mart McFly is searching the timestream for Doctor Emmett L. Brown. Come join King Chris as he gleefully dives headfirst into this fantastic piece of nostalgia!

excellent-detective-work:It’s 2015 - The actual year that...

excellent-detective-work:

It’s 2015 - The actual year that Marty McFly traveled to in Back to the Future from 1985, mind you - And my brother Chris is kicking it off with a play-through of the Back to the Future game from Telltale Games.

When this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re going to see some serious shit.

This is all true. I am playing this game. It is 2015. Both are awesome. Shon bought it for me. He is awesome.

theastrarium: “Study yourself the way a hunter studied prey....

theastrarium:

 “Study yourself the way a hunter studied prey. Exploit your own weaknesses to create desired changes within yourself.”

—  Grant Morrison
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"If she starts cleaning up imaginary lint from the sofa, one sort of person is suggested. If she..."

“If she starts cleaning up imaginary lint from the sofa, one sort of person is suggested. If she spills her scotch and lets it sink into her skirt without seeming to care, that suggests another. Something prosaic like sitting down and reading the newspaper does not tell the readers much. But if she turns at once to the medical column, that might tell us something. The actions you give your characters should be densely informative.”

- Jerome Stern, Making Shapely Fiction (via the-right-writing)

"I have failed. I have fallen down in front of thousands of readers. I have been dragged through..."

“I have failed. I have fallen down in front of thousands of readers. I have been dragged through the Internet for weeks and months on end because I killed off beloved characters. My pathological fear of printing errors has come horribly true. Anything you are afraid of happening to you as a writer has happened to me and I am here to tell you- it all passes. You know what happens when your worst writing-based fear is realized? You lay on the floor for an hour, get back up, and try again. If you’re a real writer there is nothing ANYONE can say or do that will stop you. Especially no one on the interwebs.


There is literally nothing to be afraid of. Nothing. It’s an illusion. Go write.”

- Words for Pictures, Brian Michael Bendis, p. 201 (via myprivatelibrary)

69 in 2014!!!

69 in 2014!!!:

iamtheejenna:

Inspired by my bestie, @ckburch I have compiled a list of movies that were released this calendar year that I have seen. Now, for the record, I had intended to reblog his fabulous post of films he has seen and simply add my addition, but tumblr doesn’t like that idea, so you will get your very…