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Do Not Panic…

If the first audiobook (which combines Books 1 and 2) from the Unconventional Heroes series disappears from your library, do not panic. There may be a good explanation for that.

That book was part of the Audible Plus program. However, it is no longer part of that program. As a result, if you got the book through your Audible Plus subscription, it will no longer be in your library. At least, that is my understanding. If, however, you purchased it normally (e.g., with a credit), then it should sti...

Storm Bringer (Flash Fiction Fridays #62)

What if Spot was a different type of dragon…?

Katie’s eyes narrowed. Despite how sunny it was outside, there was a cloud directly above her. That alone might have been bad luck, but the cloud was following her.

“Master…” Katie nudged him with her elbow. “I think that cloud is following me.”

He gave her a flat look. “The cloud is following you?”

“Yes.” Katie looked about furtively. “We’ve been out all day, and it’s been right on top of us the whole time.”

“Katie, I’m pretty sure that clouds have...

Welp

Haven’t been posting lately due to internet issues. I also had to go to emergency due to what they think was an adverse reaction to a bite or sting of some kind I got while hanging out my laundry in the backyard.

Big bump on my shin that swelled up considerably but has been easing off. Right ankle is still swollen but not quite as badly as before. Blister on the back of the leg had to be drained. Red skin, inflammation, and altered skin texture in the area too.

I’m on antihistamines and antibiot...

Art of the Jab (Flash Fiction Fridays #61)

Timmy bit back a smile as he watched Katie move into a fighting stance. What his apprentice lacked in natural ease and grace, she made up for with hard work. She knew she wasn’t good at hand-to-hand fighting, so she worked extra hard to make up for it.

“You might have noticed that I’ve been putting more emphasis on hand-to-hand fighting during your training. However, I want to make it very clear that I am not encouraging you to run up to people and punch them. If you’re having to hit people with...

How To Survive A Unicorn Audiobook This Week

The audiobook for How To Survive A Unicorn will be releasing on the 6th of February. Since it’s a little bit different from my usual sort of thing, being more like a monster manual than a regular story, I would suggest having a read of the free sample chapter of the ebook version on Amazon. That should give you a good idea of what to expect.

https://www.audible.com/pd/How-to-Survive-a-Unicorn-Audiobook/B0CQYXP9ZY

What Magic Do You Get?

Let’s say your parents both have magic. What sort of magic will you get? It depends. Although it is entirely possible that your magic completely takes after one parent, you could also get magic from both your parents (e.g., primary magic from one parent and secondary magic from the other), or you could get a new magic that is a combination of the magics your parents have.

What do I mean by a combination?

Let’s say one of your parents has light/holy/astral magic and the other parent has necromanc...

Do I Play Video Games?

Nowadays, I don’t play that many video games. I like to think of it as evolving into my final form: the cranky, old person who sits on their porch ranting about how everything was better back in the old days.

However, I used to play video games much more often when I was younger.

Growing up I had a NES (Nintendo). Since I was a kid, I really only got two games a year. One on my birthday and another on Christmas. If I was well behaved and my parents felt like it, I might be able to rent a video g...

The Girl Trains (Flash Fiction Fridays #60)

Elizabeth – better known as Lizzie to her friends – sat with her eyes closed. The air around her was filled with ultra-fine particles of dust and several dozen pebbles. The dust gave her almost total awareness of her surroundings, and each of the pebbles moved around her in its own unique orbit.

Most earth mages focused on building up their raw power. Why throw a pebble when you could throw a boulder? Why use a pebble to block an attack when you could put up a wall? The answer was two-fold.

Lizz...

Boy Meets Star (Flash Fiction Fridays #59)

The boy had never understood why everybody said that his Aunt Avraniel was a star maiden.

A star maiden?

How could she be a star anything when stars were way up in the sky?

He’d asked his dad because it felt like his dad knew everything, but his dad had just laughed and said it would be obvious once he awakened his magic. But what if it took him ages to awaken his magic? His dad had just laughed again and said that if he was anything like his mom, his magic would awaken any day now.

Once again, ...

Book 5 Update

I’m sure many of you are curious about how Book 5 of Unconventional Heroes is going.

I am now about a third of the way through the fourth draft of Two Necromancers, a Fortress, and a Titan. At this stage, I expect there to be one final draft after this one.

Due to a variety of issues (most of them documented here), I have slipped from a first quarter release window and am looking at a second quarter release.

I will be posting the first chapter of the final draft when I get up to it. Keep in mind...