Bad Times in Dragon City, the sequel to my fantasy noir novel Hard Times in Dragon City, is on sale now. This is the second in the Shotguns & Sorcery series, and the fifth of the books I wrote during my 12 for ’12 challenge. My backers received their copies a few weeks back, and I’m now releasing the book to the public. …
Hard Times Hardcopies on Sale Now
With the help of my friends at DriveThruFiction.com, I just flipped the switch, and you print junkies out there can now order print-on-demand hardcopies of Hard Times in Dragon City from them. Hardcovers are $15, and softcovers are $10 each. They come complete with a free copy of the ebook editions in DRM-free ePub, Kindle, and PDF formats. Of course, if …
Grab the Bundle of Holding Now
The Bundle of Holding went live this morning. As I mentioned earlier this week, this is a bundle of fiction ebooks written by games writers, for which you can pay what you like. You get the books in all three major formats (ePub, Kindle, and PDF), and they’re all DRM-free (no built-in copy restrictions). There are eight books in the …
Don’t Buy Hard Times – Yet
Setting a firm release date for an ebook is a big challenge with today’s tools. I can submit files and details to the various ebook retailers, but it can take anywhere from hours to days or longer for the files to be posted and actually ready for sale. I’m in the process of releasing Hard Times in Dragon City – the first …
Reaper Minis Backers Could Get Hard Times
Yesterday, I wrote for Wired’s Geek Dad blog about how insane Reaper’s Bones Kickstarter has become. They started out asking for $30,000 for new molds for their line of plastic figures. As I write this, they’ve shattered that goal and hit $2,878,000. Part of the reason for this is that they keep tossing in fantastic benefits for their backers when they hit …
The First Shotguns & Sorcery Story
Back in 2010, my pal Robin Laws asked if I’d be interested in contributing a short story to an anthology he’d concocted called The New Hero. The theme of the book was based around Robin’s literary theory of the iconic hero. In many stories, the hero is supposed to go through some kind of change, a character arc, as it’s often …
Stone Skin Stories News
My pal Robin Laws is heading up a new fiction venture called Stone Skin Press, a division of the well-respected game publisher Pelgrane Press, run by another friend, Simon Rogers. Robin asked me to contribute to a couple of his upcoming anthologies, and I jumped at the chance to work with him again. The covers for the two books I’m …
Back from the Bed
I really hoped I wouldn’t have to write this kind of note this year, but here we go. I’m not going to get 12 for ’12 Book 4 (Shotguns & Sorcery Book 1) done by the end of the month, which is today. I had two kids down with a terrible cold this month. They’re good boys – even when …
The Shotguns & Sorcery Kickstarter Is Done!
I’m sure I’ll have more to say about this soon, but thanks to everyone who lent a hand! I’m absolutely stunned at what a great day this has been. The Shotguns & Sorcery Kickstarter began the day with $7,644 and 205 backers. When it was all over, we totaled up $12,800 and 332 backers, a gain of $5,216 and 127 backers. That’s …
Entire Shotguns & Sorcery Trilogy Unlocked!
Wow! What a day! The Shotguns & Sorcery Kickstarter began the day at $7,644, and I wasn’t sure we were going to make it by the end of the night. I’m thrilled to report that we smashed through the $10,000 barrier at 4:36 PM, despite losing an hour to the Daylight Savings Time switch! That unlocks all three of the books in the Shotguns & …