Review of THE QUEEN OF CROWS by Jess Hartley

Hi folks, the fifth review was emailed to me early this morning. This review comes from author and game designer Jess Hartley and I am pleased to present this review to you in its entirety. To read the other reviews, be sure to check out the links on THE QUEEN OF CROWS page here at [...]

An Alchemist’s Observation: Flavor Fiction Friday and More!

This edition of Flavor Fiction Friday for VioletWar.com is dedicated to the Alchemists. You can read about an alchemist’s observation, clues about how it applies to the main character of my work-in-progress, and my notes about what the Alchemists are. If you’re interested, check out Flavor Fiction Friday: an Alchemist’s Observation. In other news, I [...]

Flavor Fiction Friday: An Alchemist’s Observation

An Alchemist’s Observation For the purposes of assessing the success of this ritual, let us review certain assumptions. Alchemy may be defined as: Alchemy therefore is a science teaching how to make and compound a certain medicine, which is called Elixir, the which when it is cast upon metals or imperfect bodies, does fully perfect [...]

Why Yes, I Will Disagree With You

So, here’s the thing: there are things that I don’t like. If I don’t like something, it’s not because I’m jealous of someone’s success or because I don’t like the fans or whatever. I simply don’t like it. For every book, movie, comic, product out there, there will be people that don’t like the same [...]

Wrangling the Details through Novel Writing Tools

One of the things that has been difficult to manage through the rewrite process, is the sheer volume of characters and places within the setting. As a result, the story was confusing for me to write, because this is the world that never ends. To help me wrangle this beast, I started looking at tools [...]

The Shortsightedness of Limited Formats

Well, I’m sure by now you’ve all heard of this magical thing called an “iPad.” This is not a post about how miraculous (or how crappy) this device is, but rather why I’m frustrated as hell with the companies who have decided to enter the digital media landscape by limiting what formats they provide. I’m [...]

Flavor Fiction Friday! Take “The Great Oath”

Folks, I’ve kicked off Flavor Fiction Friday over at VioletWar.com. You can read “The Great Oath” and learn how this applies to the Realm of magic. Read Flavor Fiction Friday: The Great Oath Thanks for your support!

Flavor Fiction Friday! The Great Oath

The Great Oath We of the bloode spark magic borne Pledge to our fathers Gods in the skyes Promise to our mothers Goddesses of heavyn and earth That We, the World’s Keepers Will bring no harm to Adam’s Childe No ill to Creatures pure No harm to those who Seek the Pure Fire Through our [...]

Politics, Assassinations and Science Fiction – Oh My!

I am pleased to announce that I just signed an awesome contract for an exciting new fiction project. While I don’t want to say what it is just yet, I can tell you that it will be science fiction and it will be within the gaming industry. This is a really awesome opportunity for me [...]

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