October Frights
Ah, it's cooler outside now, just enough that my breath steams. The house is decorated for the season, lit up in the dark like a permanent sunset with jack o'lanterns, a graveyard scene in silhouette,...
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Trick R Treat
Originally set for a release on October 5th 2007, the wait for this delayed little gem was downright evil, but worth it in the end. In the tradition of CREEPSHOW, BODY BAGS, and TALES FROM THE...
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Circle of Skulls Cover
Thanks to Dragonreader at Worldsofdnd.com for finding this!Best,--James
View ArticleHappy Halloween!
Ah, tis time, tis time...the house is covered in webbing and a creepy orange glow and I have fresh pumpkin guts in a plastic bag. I shall display their hollowed out bodies with appropriate candle...
View ArticleSo Long 2009...
Been a bit of a while and I've been meaning to post more for some time, so I figure New Year's Eve is as good a time as any to jump on and say goodbye to 2009. 'Twas a strange year with more downs than...
View ArticleOn the Subject of: Zombies
Zombies, cute, cuddly pet of the decade or dead, flesh-eating cannibal? I say, why can't they be both?Over at Wizards of the Coast Community (courtesy of the curious questioneer Susan Morris) Forgotten...
View ArticleUnexpected Talents
New question with answers from Forgotten Realms authors at theAuthor Roundtable 2.Personally, pooling all of our talents together I see a traveling road-show of some sort. We have a decent bar, a...
View ArticleCaptain Obvious...
...or Captain Oblivious? You decide.The latest round of Forgotten Realms author questions attempts to delve the obvious in search of the elusive secret that hides in plain sight. I of course try to...
View ArticleMonsters!
To expand upon my answer in the latest Author Roundtable (found here: http://community.wizards.com/wotc_vetanda/blog/2010/02/12/fr_authors_speak:_monstrous_affection ), I have given in to the pleas for...
View ArticleCreeped Out
Being creeped out is not my usual state, in fact, should there be anything fitting the description of creepy in my vicinity one will find me moving steadily in its direction to get a better look....
View ArticleOf Writing and Ink...
So. over at the Author Roundtable discussion here (question: What can't you live without?), I mentioned my unnatural love of the needle-point, black Pilot pen with which I write everything. Everything....
View ArticleGet Your Mind Outta' the Bloodgutter...
Or don't, no big. While I can only guess what the bloodgutter might be when spoken of in that context, I'm sure it's somewhere just outside the realm of what may be called 'normal' and is likely a...
View ArticleBack to Work
Well, my vacation is now almost exactly one day from being over. I've been both busy and exceedingly lazy all at once. Writing projects took a breather, hit the reset button in my brain...well, mostly,...
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Stuck on Survive
Been almost a month since my last post, an eventful month and not always good events. Car trouble, major computer trouble, minor sickness, household appliances refusing to obey my commands...you know,...
View ArticleWaterdeep, City of Splendors...
…and of wizards, mysterious pasts, justice, the dead, dragons, and skulls and angels and devils and, well, you get the picture. There’s a lot, it’s a city and there’s a lot of stories. I’ve always...
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Frightmarish May
So, jumping into a story, dissecting notes, rearranging outlines, developing characters with more personal problems and quirks than a...uh...than a metaphor delivered in a deep southern accent could...
View ArticleE-Books, Samples, and Iron Maiden
Okay, another long, busy, occasionally torturous month…another blog-post. A few cool new things, first up: E-books!There are now versions of Circle of Skulls and Restless Shore available in both kindle...
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Perspective
It's not the first horrible thing I've read, likely will not be the last, but seeing her face on the news-stand at work all day...Just stop and take stock once in a while. Some people need...a little...
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