So Cowboy Necromancer is chiseled into the southwest, and I've been a bit worried about really pulling it off because there's just so much research necessary to get things right.
A lot of the times, it seems as if I have made something up, but if you know my style by now or you've been following my patreon, you might have seen that I generally draw on actual historical documents tha...
2021-08-05 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I likely won't go so deep as to use these terms, but I found them interesting! Sorry for the curve of the picture - from Modern Ninja Warfare!
2021-08-04 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's how I write a book. It's a bit wonky at first, and it'll take me a few more practice runs before I do it live (on Twitch), but I wanted to share it here. The YouTube link is below as well, and I've yet to make it public but if you have the link, you can watch it.
https://youtu.be/Ze9eJW_3RNI
This turned...
I take pepper research for Cowboy Necromancer serious :-p
2021-07-30 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThanks for the support. I'm slowly trying to build up the patreon and provide more content and it seems to be working. Up next is livestreaming my writing, which I'll be doing on Twitch and posting other places. I'll give out links, etc, and maybe this place will get a bit busier after I put the hours in.
If you want to see me channel Sterling and Danzen, this will be your chance! Fair ...
Or at least have known about it at the time and put it in Quantum's inventory list!
2021-07-28 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Whew! Here it is, the cover for the fourth Pilgrim book.
Today calls for a celebration because the third book should be out in audio, and if I've done everything right, the fourth is up for pre-order.
If you haven't reviewed the first three yet, here are the links:
Pilgrim 1: https://geni.us/PILGRIM
2021-07-27 18:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Here's an example of some of the research I did in crafting the School of Illusion, which you'll be introduced to in the second part of War Priest and which plays a major role in what happens in the story. The main character, Arik, even gets a shinobi toolkit (sure, we'll call it that) based on a combination of these items!
Yes, you can keep them on a string!
2021-07-25 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the darker things I picked up studying the Warring Period of Japan for the War Priest book. It is mentioned in the text as an ancient practice that has come back....
Here is the primary document about it!
Here's the passage from a Musashi book that gave me the idea for warrior pilgrimages, which are instrumental in the second act of War Priest: Mask of the Fallen.
2021-07-20 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are two pics I took from a natural history museum in Utah for CN 2 research. I've been really trying to up my game when it comes to landscape descriptions for this story. We'll see if these rocks (rooting for Zebra Rock) make the cut!
2021-07-17 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
And wearing a llama shirt.
This is how I look when I write speech to text. Maybe I'll do a video one day. Been meaning to. It's a trip!
If you've read Cowboy Necromancer you'll know that the setting is integral to the story. This is doubly so in the second installment, which I'm crafting now (and should hurry consider it's due to the editor in September). Here are some pics from my April research trip to Utah!
All, I'm working on growing the Patreon and have some ideas. It'll be a bit more lively around here, and thanks for being my patron! I'll start with posting War Priest chapters once I get everything set. Exclusive chapters, of course, will be deleted once the ebook is published because of Amazon terms of service.
I'm still debating how much to post as i don't want to post my first draft...
I've been traveling for cowboy necromancer 2 research this month, sorry if I've been out but boy was I really out (2 weeks in Utah).
You should have the Pilgrim ARC and I'll post some of Moonsault! (from my pen name Gideon - out in June) before I send it off to the editor. It really is becoming the best superhero story I've written, and on the harem spectrum it is a slowburn. I've w...
2021-04-28 18:20:42 +0000 UTC View Postall,
I've been busting my goblin tush to finish the third Pilgrim book for my research trip to the Southwest for Cowboy Necromancer 2. I really think that Pilgrim 3 really pushes the narrative forward, and I deftly want to get another installment out this year. Originally, it was supposed to be three books, but this series just continues to connect with people and there's so much I can do...
2021-04-02 12:48:50 +0000 UTC View PostI'm putting this out there into the aether so anyone can see it. I have some very interesting things in the works, but I'll have further updates on those if and when they progress.
In the document below, I've imagined what Pilgrim would be like as a video game. For anyone that has played games ranging from Nioh to Witcher to the linked pictures of Ghost of Tsushima/Sekiro - there is a le...
This is a new one from me, folks. It will be published in April, I believe, and I'll be looking for ARC readers as usual.
Note: it is not related to Cherry Blossom Girls, but Gideon will be discussing it some in the final Cherry Blossom Girls book.
It's a bit risky (and risque ha!) to launch a pen name, but I wanted a brand solely dedicated to my men's adventure/pulp/harem stu...
2020-02-25 18:12:23 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate to follow.
I've taken down the preview text. The new title works more with what I want to do with it, especially as it progresses.
Hint: Dungeons.
Hint 2: the spiral of the Guggenheim as a tower.
2020-02-22 00:07:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Health Scare
It wasn’t long after my dad died that I really became concerned with my own body, hoping I could detect any signs of a future ailment.
During a yoga class, I noticed that there was a lump on the bottom of my foot.
Being the millennial that I am, I immediately went to Google to see what this lump could be.
And of course, I stum...
2020-02-04 17:26:20 +0000 UTC View PostWatch this space, amigos.
I will announce something big in the next month (hopefully sooner) and share my notes about it. This will be exclusive to you guys for a week or so before I post on the FB group.
All I can say is... get ready :-D
2019-11-13 21:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Any day could have been Lucian North’s last day on Earth.
Doctor’s visits, hospital trips, constantly being poked and prodded, a few sc...
2019-09-17 21:15:37 +0000 UTC View PostBig news regarding Death's Mantle. Firstly, I've rewritten the first 6 chapters, matching them with the tone of the later chapters (remember, the first six were written a year and a half ago). The final should really hit, and I'll have more news about this soon.
I'm writing Way of the Immortals 2 and House of Dolls 4 at the same time. So I will try to alternate chapter posting....
2019-09-07 21:55:37 +0000 UTC View PostA beta reader made this suggestion.
DONE.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huginn_and_Muninn
Just wanted to let my Patrons know how much they rock.
So, you rock.
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Now to updates:
I'll start posting House of Dolls 4 after Death's Mantle finishes up. The release date has been pushed back to Nov 2019, so I can release Way of the Immortals 2 in October.
Why? Because Way is hot right now and papa is trying to ride that wave! It gives me a bit longer to ...
2019-08-29 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostJoin me on REDDIT for an AMA (Ask me anything)
I'll start posting Death's Mantle later this week!
2019-07-31 19:49:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Yes, I already said something about this a week ago... with a different cover.
But I'm going with this one because it's glorious. Out mid-August.
2019-07-18 13:00:49 +0000 UTC View Post
