With the holy trinity of holidays coming up… Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas… schedules are slowly becoming more cluttered with adult and parental responsibilities. Time for personal frivolity is becoming a precious commodity, and with that in mind my friends scrambled to fit one last Nerd Summit in for 2024 before we all became too busy … Continue reading “The Final Nerd Summit of 2024”
I have one thing in common with the late, great author Terry Pratchett. In my copy of his first Discworld novel, The Color of Magic, there’s a foreword where he describes his approach to his signature fantasy setting. He says something like, “this is not a coherent fantasy world, the chronology is funny, and there … Continue reading “A World Without A Map or A Name”
I had a bad night last night. Really bad. My son and I got into an argument that quickly devolved into him running shrieking into his room and tearing it apart. The source of this nuclear-level argument? I told him he needed to practice his flute more. I lost my patience with him, removed myself … Continue reading “Thank Goodness for My Boys”
Every year I take part in an October daily art posting. It used to be called Inktober before some unethical asshole copyrighted it, and now it’s everything from Drawtober to Drawlloween to countless other variations of -tober. The idea is simple enough: post a piece of art every day for the month of October! Some … Continue reading “Moebtober”
It’s October, so that means it’s spooky season. That phrase has become more and more popular over the years and I’m here for it. It’s a nice summary of my favorite month. But as the years have gone by I’ve found myself a changed man for the season of spookiness. When I was a younger … Continue reading “Sweets and Smiles for Spooky Season”
This is not the first time I’ve drawn the courtroom scene playing out in these current pages of The Legacy. Folks who have supported my Patreon got to see this scene about a year ago in a series of updates called “Dominic and the Dwarves.” This version has been reworked slightly to fit the current … Continue reading “They Saw This Last Year”
This year I’ve decided to try National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, for the first time. I’ve had the itch to try my hand at prose again for the past few months, and I figured what better opportunity to see if I’ve grown since my first attempt at a novel than a month dedicated to … Continue reading “A Second Attempt at Prose”
This year my son gets to pick a musical instrument to play in school. Normally we leave these choices up to him, but I told him all throughout last year that we were going to make him play music once it was offered in the fourth grade. Music was one of my favorite subjects through … Continue reading “Third Generation”
I have an unlucky streak when it comes to the things I own. They just break. Out of nowhere. Without any sign of wear and tear beforehand. From computers suddenly crashing to cars ceasing to work, I am a strange conduit for the sudden breakage of things. It happened again last week. I’d purchased a … Continue reading “Everything Breaks”
DragonCon was amazing. I had a great time alongside Garth. We sold lots of books. We hung out with good friends. I was surprised by an old college buddy whom I hadn’t seen in over twenty years. Very nice people came by to say hi to us. Our table neighbors were friendly. And I made … Continue reading “No Stories To Tell”