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June 10, 2019
Free Powder Mage Novella This Week
Murder at the Kinnen Hotel, my powder mage murder mystery featuring Adamat, is currently free on Kindle Unlimited. It’s a good time to check out the novellas if you haven’t yet! The freeness should be from today (June 10th) through the end of Friday (June 14th). Make sure you pick it up!
May 31, 2019
Discord!
It’s been fun hanging out on my Twitch channel the last couple months, and I feel like I’m starting to build a community there. One of those community members was kind enough to set up a Discord Channel for everyone to hang out in when I’m not streaming. It’s already growing and active - a good place to discuss books, life, games, and anything else. I’ll pop in occasionally for a chat or to answer questions. Come and join us!
May 21, 2019
The Not So Subtle Sale
Orbit has put together a “what to read after Game of Thrones” sale, and it includes Sins of Empire. Regardless of whether you’re a GoT fan or not, Sins is a great place to enter the Powder Mage Universe, and it’s only $2.99 in the US and Canada for the next week. So get your grubby hands on it!
May 19, 2019
Phoenix Fan Fusion 2019
Hey Arizonians! I’m gonna be at Phoenix Fan Fusion this coming week (May 23rd-26th). I won’t have a particular booth to hang out at, but I have a crazy schedule (that you can find here) with seven panels and five signings, so I’m going to be exceedingly easy to find.
Thursday
4:30PM Muskets and Magic in room North 128AB
6:00PM Signing at H200, the Changing Hands Author Signing Area
Friday
12:00PM Creating Compelling Worlds in room North 129A
1:30PM Creating Believable Characters in room North 128AB
3:00PM Signing at H200, the Changing Hands Author Signing Area
Saturday
1:15PM Signing at H200, the Changing Hands Author Signing Area
3:00PM Sufficiently Advanced Technology in room North 129B
4:00PM Signing at Badali Jewelry booth 1696
6:00PM Author Batsu in room North 122ABC
Sunday
12:00PM Heroes in Fiction in room North 128AB
1:30PM All Bards Panel in room North 128AB
3:00PM Signing at H200, the Changing Hands Author Signing Area
May 2, 2019
Twitch!
Guess what fellow young people? I’m on Twitch now! And I swear* I don’t use it like a cranky old man! I haven’t created a set schedule yet, but if you want to drop me a follow or subscribe you can do so here. The last two weeks I’ve been logging on occasionally to play Oxygen Not Included and answer questions about writing, business, travel, powder mage, and just generally chat with anyone who wants to hang out. I’m really enjoying it so far.
Speaking of twitch… did you guys see the thing I’m doing? Every Tuesday night at 7 MST, I’m hanging out with a group of writer friends to play D&D 5e in a world that we all created together. It’s pretty dang cool, and if you want to find out more you can check out our press release or just follow us on Twitch. We’re only two episodes in, and those two should be up on Youtube in the very near future. I hope you’ll come join us!
*I’m lying
May 1, 2019
Sins of Empire Kindle Daily Deal 5/1/19
Hey all! Sins of Empire is a Kindle Daily Deal in the US today, May 1st. It’s the first book in the second powder mage trilogy. If you haven’t picked it up yet, now is a great time to do so. For physical book readers, remember that you can always pick up signed copies from my website store (which aren’t on sale right now, but are occasionally and you can keep track by subscribing to my newsletter on the sidebar).
Ebook links are below!
April 22, 2019
Pyrkon!
This weekend (April 26th, 27th, and 28th), I’ll be at Pyrkon in Poznan, Poland! This will be my second time going to Poland and I’m hugely looking forward to it. I hope everyone who can will come around and say hi, and maybe get a book signed. You can find my schedule here.
April 18, 2019
Salt Lake FanX Spring Show
Tomorrow is the SLC FanX spring show, and I’ll be there Friday and Saturday, April 19th and 20th, at the Salt Palace downtown! Per usual, I’ll be hanging out at Bard’s Tower (Booth 1531) for most of those two days. The rest of my schedule is as follows:
Friday:
5 PM, Worldbuilding 101 on the convention stage exhibit hall 1831.
6:30 PM, official signing at Bard’s Tower, booth 1531
Saturday:
12 PM, Hard Truths and Horror Stories in Novel Writing, room 150G
2:30PM, official signing at Bard’s Tower, booth 1531
NOTE: I will not have copies of Uncanny Collateral with me on Friday, but I should have them on Saturday.
April 2, 2019
Uncanny Collateral is Out!
Alek Fitz is a reaper, a collection agent who works for the supernatural elements of the world, tracking down debtors and solving problems for clients as diverse as the Lords of Hell, vampires, Haitian loa, and goblins. He’s even worked for the Tooth Fairy on occasion. Based out of Cleveland, Ohio, Alek is the best in the game. As a literal slave to his job, he doesn’t have a choice.
When Death comes looking for someone to track down a thief, Alek is flung into a mess of vengeful undead, supernatural bureaucracy, and a fledgling imp war. As the consequences of failure become dire, he has few leads, and the clock is ticking. Only with the help of his friend Maggie—an ancient djinn with a complex past—can he hope to recover the stolen property, save the world, and just maybe wring a favor out of the Great Constant himself.
It’s a hell of a job, but somebody’s got to do it . . .
Available now in ebook, audio, and hardcover!
Signed Hardcover
Ebook
Audiobook read by Luke Daniels
March 19, 2019
Uncanny Collateral Early Access!
It’s just two weeks until the official launch of Uncanny Collateral, but if you want to get your hands on it early then look no further! You can grab it direct from me by clicking here. It’s the same price, and you will get a zipped download containing the epub, mobi, and PDF. If you’re a fan of getting as much money as possible to the author, this is the way to do it as nearly a whole dollar more ends up with me as compared to Amazon and their competitors. That doesn’t sound like much, but it adds up quickly!
For those of you looking for the hardcover, they have arrived at my office and will be shipped by the end of the week. The regular ebooks will launch from your favorite ebook store on April 2nd, and the audiobook read by Luke Daniels should be up and available by then as well.
