The March to 2024’s New Books
Photo by Glen Carrie on UnsplashHey everyone!
See what I did with the subject line? Because… you know… it’s March? Apparently, children are not a necessary pre-requisite for dad jokes!
I’ve been working away on Speaker of Tongues (two alpha readers already have the first few hundred pages!), but I realized it’s been quite a while since I had any non-promotional updates for you all. So, here we are!
First, while Speaker of Tongues is taking a bit longer than expected1, I’m still on track to f...
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Mar 08, 2024 07:06AM
Hm, gonna be an interesting clash of tastes with your LitRPG book. On one hand, I've loved everything you've released... so far. On the other, well, let's just say I'm glad I got my copy of "Dungeon Crawler Carl" on KU. Less guilt for metaphorically throwing it away...
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Ziggy wrote: "Hm, gonna be an interesting clash of tastes with your LitRPG book. On one hand, I've loved everything you've released... so far. On the other, well, let's just say I'm glad I got my copy of "Dungeo..."We'll have to agree to disagree on DCC! I'm a big fan, especially as the humor tones down in later books, counterbalanced by existential dread and rage. :D
SoT will be a lot closer to traditional fantasy though!
See that's what I didn't get about DCC. Without all the points and prizes, it would have made a perfectly reasonable fantasy tale. It was distracting! But I'm willing to give yours a chance. We'll see. (makes "watching you" sign)
Well, DCC is an apocalyptic international gameshow, so you're right: it's very different from an existing fantasy world where the game rules/mechanics are baked into that world and its lore! :)In SoT, there'll be no maniacal AI system, no interfering spectators that have to be appeased, or anything like that... just a fantasy world where power progression, rather than being abstract and primarily social, is instead concrete, highly individualized, and hardwired into a person's physiology.
It'll all make sense, I promise. (Hopefully!)
