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NEW RELEASE: Ducky

Ducky has just been uploaded for immediate release. It is one of my earliest pieces, and one of my very few experimental pieces. It plays with the idea of interconnectedness, from both the perspective of a story's connections with the real world and from the perspective of connections between characters and the broader elements of their world...and it is told from three perspectivesWhat's it

IASFA Promotion - Fantasy Short Stories

This month's IASFA promotion focuses on fantasy short stories!Whether it's wizards, elves, fae, or dragons, you can join the IASFA mailing list and find some discounted or free short stories to explore. You can find the short stories, here: https://iasfa.org/may25/. Some are free, and others range between 0.99 to 2.99, but they are all fantasy, and all short. My two offerings for this month

May I Write a Novel Challenge Progress Check – May 08-14, 2025

May I Write a Novel Challenge Progress Check – May 01-07, 2025

 It’s May16, for those of us on the east coast of the O.Z. and this is my mid-day breakand I’m looking back and celebrating the May milestones I’ve already hit forthis challenge. To be fair, my private goal was 4k/day, so, knowing Life hasbeen kicking my backside lately, I halved it to 2k/day. This is how the firstseven days of the challenge went. May 1Startedthe challenge

May I Write a Novel Challenge…and a Confession

Stand-Alone Short Story Just Released: Fate in the Sun

In this dark science-fiction shortstory: the colonists of Canon V live underground—those thatcan, anyway. Those that are born unable, I help guide to the surface, and thenI try to warn them of the creatures that come from beyond the rifts. Somelisten. Most run screaming. With the creatures coming more often, the lastthing any of us expected was corporate intervention. Is it a deal worth

Accountability - April 27-May 3, 2025

Accountability for last week is as follows:

Today's Videos - May 5, 2025

Today's first three videos come from the game play and reading channels. From travels in Eorzea, to a short poem, and an expedition into a citadel imprisoning great evil, we have:  

Short Story Acceptance - The Warrior's Path

My short story, 'The Warrior's Path,' has been accepted into the science-fiction anthology, The Expanding Universe Volume 11 to be published later this year.In the meantime, the anthology is available for pre-order at:

Accountability - April in Review

An overview of what was completed in April 2025Work Routine: shifting task order established to allow for day-to-day priority shifts, pivot from video production focus to book production focus almost complete,Exercise Routine: Check (established 1 x 20 -minute intensive, working on establishing a second 20-minute session)Total at-desk hours: 992 hours 53 minutes (tasks were worked concurrently