Dilbert will die

But he’s not gone yet.

Continue reading

The Menu – a movie I recommend, but did not enjoy

It’s an acquired taste

Continue reading

Comics reaches the "Author Services" era

It’s inevitable, and probably overdue

Continue reading

Content Blitz and Kickstarter postmortem

I’m calling what I did in March a “content blitz,” and it’s part of the marketing strategy I call “content marketing,” wherein one markets a product by producing content that people want to watch or read that also plugs the product. This may not be the most tightly targeted approach compared to something like Facebook ads, but it is by far the cheapest, especially when you consider the long-term benefits of the approach. Put simply, you make content that targets the same kind of person who might buy your book (or album, or course, or whatever – you can think…

Continue reading

Final Chance to back King Leper

And get a limited edition hardback (and cheap ebooks)

Continue reading

Top 11 Video Game RPGs

THIS ONE GONES TO ELEVEN

Continue reading

On the Structure of Needle Ash

In 2018, I released Needle Ash, originally a trilogy of fantasy books now available in a single volume, as a kind of sequel to Water of Awakening. Some characters return, and it is firmly in the same time and region as the prior book, but it has its own protagonist and its own plot goals. This is something I continue, by the way, in the upcoming King Leper, which features Helga Ravenfriend and her husband on the next stage of their quest. To that end, I was more inspired by things like Dying Earth, Redwall, or perhaps Discworld than the…

Continue reading

Why I like (love) Hatsune Miku (games)

The 21st century is weird.

Continue reading

The Evil Church of Evil is Secretly Evil

Who could have guessed?

Continue reading

Retro Review: Final Fantasy III

An epic classic in many versions

Continue reading