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February 2, 2017
The Promised Land RELOADED #3
Part Three of my Crusader Kings II game. Read More.
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January 25, 2017
The Promised Land RELOADED #2
Part One. The continuing adventures of the Gideon Dynasty. When we last left our heroes, Abyssinia had just taken out most of the Shirazids, and I was looking to take the lands of Gondar, my immediate southern neighbor. Unfortunately I lack a good claim on Gondar, so I set my chancellor to falsifying the appropriate […]
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January 23, 2017
The Promised Land RELOADED
This is my attempt at a text-and-images Let's Play, of sorts, documenting one of my adventures in Crusader Kings II. I may adjust the format as we go along, let me know if you have any suggestions. Clicking images should embiggen. Read More.
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January 3, 2017
Why ROGUE ONE Isn't My Favorite Star Wars
So, it's the new year, and I think it's finally been long enough that I can talk about Rogue One. I like to wait a while, first to give spoilers a chance to clear, but also because my thoughts tend to evolve over time, particularly for movies where I have an emotional attachment to the franchise. The short version goes like this: while Rogue One was by no means a bad movie (one of the strengths of the Disney/Marvel/Lucasfilm monster is that its movies, while not always good, are usually competent rather than confusing disasters in the vein of Attack of the Clones or Suicide Squad) it's also not a great one, and definitely not the movie I hoped it would be. Read More.
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November 6, 2016
Doctor Strange and Origin Stories
A few weeks back on Twitter, I had a small rant about origin stories in superhero movies, specifically how I generally dislike them. The specific target of the rant was the origin stories in movies that have been remade frequently, so that the beats of the origin story become like the Stations of the Cross -- nerdy Peter Parker, radioactive spider, Uncle Ben shot, great power = great responsibility, etc. (Someday I want a version where the Waynes make it out alive. I'm sure there's a comic.) However, today I saw Doctor Strange and thought a little bit more about the origin story thing. Since I have nothing better to so (lies, I am horribly procrastinating) I thought I'd write something down.
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August 10, 2016
The Guns of Empire released!
I still need to update the site (lazy author! no cupcake!) but The Guns of Empire is now available in the US and the UK as an ebook, and in the US as a hardcover. Info on the UK hardcover is still forthcoming. Buy it from your favorite store!
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May 15, 2016
Research and Detail
This weekend I gave a presentation about how research can help writers of all stripes. Putting the text online if anybody wants it! Word Document -- Presentation - Research and Detail
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May 12, 2016
UK Publication for THE GUNS OF EMPIRE
A thing I can finally talk about! The short version is this: The Guns of Empire will be published in the UK by Head of Zeus on August 9th, probably only as an ebook but with other editions possibly to follow. (More on that when I know it.) The slightly longer version: Astute readers may […]
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March 1, 2016
Shadow Campaigns ages
Someone asked how old the characters in Shadow Campaigns are, which I think I can answer without being spoilery! The Thousand Names starts in 1208 YHG, so at that point (plus or minus a few months, I don't have everyone's birthdays) we've got: Marcus d'Ivoire - 35, b. 1173. He fights in the War of […]
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January 5, 2016
On Twitter and Character Limits
So right at this precise moment of internet time, people are saying that Twitter may raise the character limit on tweets, from 140 to 10,000. This may or may not be true, of course, but it prompted some interesting discussion and thoughts which I feel moved to record. As an ex-software guy, I feel like […]
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