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December 12, 2015
Book Sale! Watchmage for 99 Cents!
It’s the holidays and I’m a giving kinda guy, so I put The Watchmage of Old New York up for only 99 cents on Amazon (on other sites it’s still $2.99). This’ll only be until New Years, so pick your copy up today.
Obviously this is only for the e-book. Amazon won’t let you sell the paper version for that cheap. If you want a signed paperback, with your own special dedication, contact me and I’ll make it happen.
Seriously, buy my book…do I have to bust out Jon Lovitz again?
Ok, so you don’t AC...
December 3, 2015
Something Bigger Than Life
That’s right, the long-awaited reboot of my award-winning serial, The Watchmage of Old New York, ishere! Clickhere for the Amazon buy site, or buy on Barnes & Noble, iBooks, orKobo. Don’t miss out on this, old fans and new will love what I’ve done with the story.
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You’ve probably figured this out, but I read a lot. Books, comics, the backs of shampoo bottles, if it has words, I will consume its soul, therefore gaining its powers.
This is a metaphor, but apt.
A few months ago, I wrote abo...
November 17, 2015
The True Story of Alice’s Restaurant
Source: The True Story of Alice’s Restaurant
Before I started writing novels, I was a music journalist. One of my gigs was writing a series on the stories behind famous songs. Since Thanksgiving is coming up, I thought you might enjoy the story behind “The Thanksgiving dinner that couldn’t be beat.”
November 16, 2015
Happy Birthday Valerie
Tomorrow would’ve been Val’s 38th birthday. It’s still her birthday, even though she’s not around to celebrate it anymore.
It’s been a while since I talked about her. It’s still hard.
Valerie was my girlfriend, serious enough that we both knew marriage was our future. She died suddenly on Jan 24th 2013, due to complications from medicine. I was the one that found her. I was planning to propose that night.
It’s closing in on three years without her. I’ve learned to carry on. I have a wonderfu...
November 15, 2015
The Making of “Watchmage”
Source: The Making of “Watchmage”
Some time ago, I wrote this article about how The Watchmage of Old New York came together. It was a long, strange trip from short story to serial to series of novels. Check it out, you might enjoy it.
November 13, 2015
Why Santa Claus Is a New Yorker
Source: Why Santa Claus Is a New Yorker
A new article from my New York History series. It discusses the origins of our modern version of Santa Claus, and how it popularized the rarely celebrated Christ (yes, there was a time when no one celebrated it). I think you’ll be surprised by what you learn.
November 5, 2015
You Are Not a Box
I hate the Myers-Briggs test. I especially hate when people try to describe themselves by their M-B profile. “I’m an ENTJ” or “I’m an INFP, and that means this that and blah blah blah.”
You are not an archetype. You are not an alignment (alignments are a tool, not a straitjacket. It said so right the D&D 2nd Edition Handbook). You are an amorphous blob of loves, hates, repulsions, delusions, and experiences.You are not a box. You arean oil spill reflecting swirled rainbows, and you cannot be...
October 30, 2015
Candy Corn Is Halloween Incarnate
Like many of my fellow weirdos, Halloween is my favorite holiday. Whether it’s watching horror/comedies (the best horror movie genre), going to a partywith a homemade costume (my “Missing Link” costume–Link from Legend of Zelda with a ‘have you seen me? sign on my chest– kicked ass this year), or reliving my teenage years at a showing of Rocky Horror, I love it all. But there’s something else I love, something that is so connected to Halloween, but somehow reviled by many halloweeners (hallo...
October 27, 2015
The Watchmage is Here!!!
The Watchmage of Old New York is now live!!! It will remain 99 cents until tomorrow morning, so now’s the perfect time to buy it.
I’m super excited
Below are the buy links. Make it happen, people.
October 22, 2015
Scifi/Fantasy and the Bigots that Love It
Click the link above for The Watchmage of Old New York. Just 99 cents until October 27th, and then rising to $2.99.
My brilliant friend Michael wrote something on Facebook this morning. It was so insightful that I asked if I could share it here. This is not mine, but I wish that I said it. Here you go:
I will never understand how bigots of… well, any kind really, can be sci-fi-/fantasy fans.
Of course, we’ve got out Orson Scott Cards and Ayn Rands and all that, and of course their messages a...
