OZMA Awards
Amaskan’s Blood was short-listed FINALIST for the Chanticleer OZMA Fantasy Awards, with the winner being announced this weekend on Saturday, April 1st. While Amaskan’s Blood was a FINALIST in the 2016 EPIC Awards, this is my first short-listed award with an actual awards’ Read More…
Semi-Colons
This week is the anniversary of when author Logan L. Masterson killed himself. He was a writer at the beginning of his career and a friend. As someone who also struggles with depression and anxiety, I’d been wanting to do Read More…
Monday Night Gaming: Codenames Pictures
This week’s Monday Night Gaming / MNG: Codenames Pictures Publisher: Czech Games Edition # of Players: 4-8 players Best with: 6-8 players Playing Time: 15-30 minutes We had the opportunity to play this game recently. We’ve never played the base Codenames game, so this Read More…
What I’m…Updates
Long overdue, I’ve updated the What I’m… pages. Check out: What I’m Reading–lots of new fiction! What I’m Writing–now that I’m unstuck, see what I’m working on! What I’m Watching–so much Marvel. OMG. What I’m Playing–I swear Zelda’s going to take Read More…
How to Pronounce Amaskan
I’ve had a lot of readers, reviewers, and other folks asking me in the past year how to pronounce the word “AMASKAN,” so I made a video. Yes, I know the video is mirrored and thus, the text is backwards. Read More…
ECCC Wrap-Up
ECCC or Emerald City Comicon 2017 was amazing though a bit crowded! They apparently set records with 90,000+ in attendance on Saturday, which is crazy crowded to me. Due to my schedule, I only attended on Saturday (when my panel was), Read More…
MNG: Magic the Gathering EDH
This week’s Monday Night Gaming / MNG: Magic the Gathering EDH I’ve been busy enough that tabletop hasn’t been happening much at all (though Magic has), so I’m going to do a bit of a change in review this week by looking Read More…
What It Means to be Fandom
The year was 1994, and I was 16. I was “old enough to drive,” which humorously enough was the slogan for ArmadilloCon 16 that year. I’ve written about my experiences at my first convention before, but it wasn’t until yesterday Read More…
Norwescon 2017 Schedule
If you’re attending Norwescon 40, April 13-16, 2017, I’ll be there as a panelist. Below is my schedule (and is subject to change): THURSDAY, APRIL 13: Writing Workshop on Kurt Cagle 3:00pm – 4:00pm @ Baker Navigating the New Publishing Landscape Read More…
ECCC 2017 Schedule
If you’re heading out to Emerald City Comicon 2017 (ECCC) this weekend, I’m one of the Literary Guests for the Writers’ Block. I’ll be there on Saturday, March 4th, along with a whole slew of other awesome writers like Robin Hobb, Randy Henderson, Read More…
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