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Into Ilessan Tower & Off to Deleyn’s Mill – Elder Scrolls Online – S1-C...

And, in Elder Scrolls Online, we head into Ilessan Tower and begin investigations into the happenings at Deleyn's Mill.

Chasing the Dreams Mission in Pets Flipper DLC – House Flipper – Series ...

Today's episode is brought to you courtesy of the Chasing the Dreams mission in House Flipper's Pets Flipper  DLC.

Books Published in 2022 - Writing Completions in Review

In 2022, I published a total of 14 titles. The break-down of those is as follows: 4 new and updated versions of existing titles,3 novels published for the first time,5 collections set on a theme that drew from existing collections or out-of-print short stories previously published as stand-alones, but which also consisted of a significant amount of fresh materials written for the theme,1 novel

Friday's Flash - An Unexpected Intervention

I write flash fiction and poetry to help me hone my craft...and as part of my story discovery process, and I'll be returning to a regular flash fiction posting as part of my accountability process.Don't let the name fool you. The flash fiction will be shared on Friday, but it won't necessarily be written then. Today's piece, for instance, was part of Wednesday's writing session, and was another

WiP Cover Reveal: Two Future Collections

In December 2022, I took delivery of three covers - yes, my cover artist outdid himself, and turned in a couple of covers early, and one very early. The first one, I'd like to keep under wraps a little longer, but the other two are for my next poetry and flash fiction collection, and as I'll be sharing snippets from them, I thought I'd introduce them properly.The first is for Another 366 Days of

Wednesday Verse - The Hunted

As I slowly bring my writing back on line, I'm reintroducing a regular weekly segment to the blog: Wednesday's Verse. These posts will consist of the first poem written on a Wednesday of any given week. They will be first drafts of verses written for one of the collections in progress..Today's piece came out of nowhere, and is the second piece of the morning - the first piece, being the first

The Great Publishing Challenge: 6 Down, 6 to Go

This month, I nearly didn't make it. I'd gotten sick, gotten distracted by changes in other things I was doing, gotten a little depressed because things weren't actually working, and was in a bit of an overall funk as I worked out how to change direction and get moving again.At the beginning of November I guesstimated I had around 20,000 words to go on it in the 100 or so pieces of flash I needed

Something to Read While I'm Formatting - Alien Invasion from Another 365 Days of Flash Fiction

 It's been a long road to getting this one complete and ready to publish, but I'm in the last stages, now.365 pieces of flash, one author forward and some author notes, later, and it's over 120,000 words long, and traveling the spectrum of science fiction to fantasy to a few variations in between.The piece I started the day formatting is this one:--------------------------------------------------

Progress Report, and Today's First Flash

I'm on the last stretch of writing Another 365 Days of Flash Fiction - and aiming to finish it either late today, or mid-tomorrow. I don't know which of those it'll be, but I have 46 pieces of flash to go, which is anywhere between 2,000 and 20,000 words, depending on how short and flashy I keep it. Today's first piece is a little on the long side, coming in at 331 words. Enjoy...but, now, I'm

An Extract from A Collection of Death & the Undead - Returned from Star Battle

Not everything goes bump inthe night. Some glide sorrowfully through castle halls and others stalk thedark, looking for prey. From monsters who died long ago and still walk ourworld, to creatures who herald death, to those mourning the loss of a king, orgrieving a loved one, the short pieces in this collection are themed arounddeath, loss and the undead.NOTE: This collectiondraws together