Thanks to everyone's support in sharing it and the great LitRPG communities out there, Forge of Eternity: Alpha Testing is doing well in the wild. Now that it's released and I've taken care of the first stage of marketing, I can talk about what's next in the series. Next on deck is book two in … Continue reading Sequels and Serialized Fiction
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Launch Date and Cover Reveal – Forge of Eternity: Alpha Testing
After most of a year (and what a year 2020 was) I finally put the finishing touches on my next book, launching April 14th, 2021. The story sprawled past my initial estimates, ending up at about 170,000 words of fantasy LitRPG MMO insanity in order to accommodate all the story I wanted to pack in … Continue reading Launch Date and Cover Reveal – Forge of Eternity: Alpha Testing
The Appeal of LitRPG
For the past couple years I’ve been on a bit of a LitRPG binge, pouring the majority of my Audible credits into the genre and finding myself pleased with almost every purchase. To be fair, I’m only really following some of the more popular series, and there’s plenty of backlog there before I start getting … Continue reading The Appeal of LitRPG
Tracking and Estimating Books in Progress
I'm a big fan of data and using it to my advantage, all the fun quantified self metrics, bullet journaling my work tasks, most relevant to this discussion, writing. I found that knowing how far along I am in a novel and how much is left helps me plan out the next scenes and keep … Continue reading Tracking and Estimating Books in Progress
Amanja Reads Too Much: Kludged Singularity
Before I get throw too many words at this post for the summary to include it, check out Amanja's Spoiler Free and Spoiler Full reviews of Kludged Singularity. https://amanjareads.com/2020/06/17/kludged-singularity-sci-fi-review/ https://amanjareads.com/2020/06/17/kludged-singularity-sci-fi-review-with-spoilers/ I started following book blogs in February when seeking our reviewers for Kludged Singularity, which is a whole other post in the works. I've pruned … Continue reading Amanja Reads Too Much: Kludged Singularity
Great Stories Feel Like Tabletop RPGs
It's been exciting to see Dungeons and Dragons creeping up in popularity over the past decade. Podcasts like The Adventure Zone and Critical Role are drawing in people who would have otherwise only known the stereotypes of D&D. This also means that when I say my favorite books read like a well run tabletop RPG … Continue reading Great Stories Feel Like Tabletop RPGs
Positive Feedback and Mobile Goalposts
Positive Feedback Quite a few changes and updates to my active works, but I'd like to start off by thanking a couple book bloggers for their amazing reviews of Kludged Singularity. Clive at Whispering Stories and Ellie at Bookish Beyond were both gracious enough to put considerable time and effort into their reviews. I'd like … Continue reading Positive Feedback and Mobile Goalposts
Rebuilding Momentum
Here's a little bit of positivity to to distract from the current COVID-19 doom and gloom. With my first novel complete and available for purchase, I'm in the process of building up momentum on new projects. I'll be keeping the Current Projects page updated as I make incremental progress. Kludged Singularity: Countdown (Book 2) Kludged … Continue reading Rebuilding Momentum
Now Available: Kludged Singularity
Kludged Singularity is now available for purchase in both eBook and dead tree formats! If you'd like to see the technological singularity stumble into existence, scroll down to learn more or buy the book now on Amazon! Until Amazon links them together on their site, check the links below for your preferred flavorBuy Print BookBuy … Continue reading Now Available: Kludged Singularity
Kludged Singularity Launch Imminent
I completed the first draft of the novel about a week or so back, but I've been too busy with life and revisions to throw out an update post until now. I'm very excited to have the story done and out of my head so I can focus on getting it ready for launch. Right … Continue reading Kludged Singularity Launch Imminent