Preview: Winter Spirits
Here’s a preview from “Winter Spirits,” the first book in the “War Shaman” series. It’s a post-apocalyptic fantasy, as well as a coming-of-age story. Check it out!
Brew, Book & Candle
At RavenCon in April, I was fortunate enough to meet Krista Cragg, a fellow author and the proprietor of a rather unique business called Brew, Box & Candle…a subscription service for indie books. The upshot is that I’ll be featured in two of their upcoming subscription boxes. Find out more!
Balticon 2025 Schedule
Over the Memorial Day weekend, I’ll be at Balticon 59 in the Inner Harbor tourist area of Baltimore, MD. Check out my full schedule, including my Sunday writing workshop. Hope to see you there!
A Notable Account
A vignette from my Long War alt-history fantasy, featuring an airship battle and the first know encounter between Captain Jauques Guinyard and noted privateer, Isabel Moreno, the Scourge of the Caribbean.
RavenCon 2025 Schedule
I will be at RavenCon in Richmond, VA once again. I’m conducting one of my workshops on Friday night, plus I’ll be on Programming. Additionally, I’ll be selling (and signing) books in the Dealer’s Room at the Tannhauser Press table. Come by and see me…and enjoy the convention, too. Their event campus is awesome!
Local Workshop Day
I had a great time as the Chief Organizer of the Hourlings 3rd Annual Writing Workshop Day at the the Rust Library in Leesburg, VA on March 22, 2025. More importantly, we had an awesome and enthusiastic audience of local writers who had a great time as well.
Hourlings 3rd Annual Writing Workshop Day
Join the Hourlings Writing Group for a day of workshops, ideation exercises, and panel discussions. From creating memorable characters to assembling the quintessential action scene, learn how to take your writing to the next level and ignite your creativity.
Fantasy Airship Types
It’s the 1840’s in a steampunk fantasy world where magic exists alongside science. Europe has been ruled by a triumphant Empire of France…at least until the Elvish Dominion decides to “do something” about humanity. The Dominion goes to war with the major nations of the world, helped by their Fey allies and the magically bred soldiers, the Orakai, they’ve created and enslaved to fight for them. Magically powered airship fleets clash in the sky as battle rages across the world.
Donna Royston RIP
My friend, fellow author, and editing collaborator passed away on December 24th after a more than four year struggle with cancer. We met through the Hourlings, the writing group that we’d both been part of for the last twelve or more years. Over the years, she’s copyedited, and sometimes edited, just about every story I’ve published, and that’s after critiquing them in our writing group.
Author Chow: Thanksgiving Dinner
My Author Chow entries are dedicated to the premise that authors, like armies, require sustenance or they don’t do what they’re supposed to be doing (hint: writing). This time, I’m featuring the non-traditional Thanksgiving dinner that my wife and I jointly prepared this year.