Of House Slaves, Fame and Fortune

I love living in the future. Just the other day I was marveling at the fact that I could listen to my favorite football team’s game on a...

Of House Slaves, Fame and Fortune

Writing for WARS: A Universe Rich in Possibilities

Tuesday, April 19th saw the release of my first published title, “Firefight at Overwatch Command,” Volume one of three...

Writing for WARS: A Universe Rich in Possibilities

WARS Mavericks Novella Celebrates First Fan Art!

When my friend Brian first linked me to the picture he made of Jack Wilgress, I thought it was pretty cool.  I shared it with the...

WARS Mavericks Novella Celebrates First Fan Art!

It Doesn’t Have to be Good

I am Team Jacob. I just wanted to get that out of the way, since that seems to be the most important social label right now.  Yeah, werewolves...

It Doesn't Have to be Good

Enlisted and Ready for WARS

No, I am not suddenly embarking in a career in the United States Armed Forces. On Monday I signed a contract with Grail Quest Books to write a Novella...

Enlisted and Ready for WARS

News

Codename: Starkeeper – Three Questions

I need your help. In a way, you have determined the choice of the planet that will be destro… hang on… sorry. In a way, you can determine how the Starkeeper corner of the Star Wars universe continues forward. I’m starting to realize the direction of the story for the sequel to Codename: Starkeeper as [...]

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Projects

Thesis: A Fantasy

A writer begins work on a treatise explaining his utter dislike for the genre of Fantasy. In the spirit of Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, he finds himself transported to a fantasy realm full of strange and outlandish cookie-cutter fairy-tale characters. The drawback? This writer has a penchant for quoting lines [...]

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Writing

Of House Slaves, Fame and Fortune

I love living in the future. Just the other day I was marveling at the fact that I could listen to my favorite football team’s game on a radio station 2,500 miles away, carry it in my pocket while doing laundry, all in crystal-clear stereophonic sound. This very device is also capable of video chatting. [...]

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Politics

Misrepresenting the Tea Party Concept

The Tea Party movement, as I see it, is being misrepresented both by the left and the right, and there are two seminal moments which cement this misrepresentaion in my mind. I want to put it into perspective a little bit, though.  The biggest proponent of the Tea Parties has been conservative talk show host Glenn Beck. [...]

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Social Media

Service, not Advertising

There’s a paradigm shift coming in the social media space.  I can sort of see it out there on the horizon, but it’s kind of blurry.  I’m not sure what form it will take, exactly, and I’m not really a prognosticator of all things internet.  But I am a thinker.  I sense a lot of disillusionment [...]

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Of House Slaves, Fame and Fortune

I love living in the future. Just the other day I was marveling at the fact that I could listen to my favorite football team’s game on a radio station 2,500 miles away, carry it in my pocket while doing laundry, all in crystal-clear stereophonic sound. This very device is also capable of video chatting. [...]

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Writing for WARS: A Universe Rich in Possibilities

Tuesday, April 19th saw the release of my first published title, “Firefight at Overwatch Command,” Volume one of three novellas set in the universe of WARS, the hit trading card game from Decipher, Inc. The WARS universe is a rich one for storytelling. In a far-flung future, space travel within the Solar System is a [...]

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The Most Important Question Right Now

In the writer’s journey we often come across some sort of tip or lesson that we immediately apply and it helps us grow as a writer. It seems to open up new ideas almost instantly for us. The most important question right now in my writer’s journey is not a new bit of advice, nor [...]

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Codename: Starkeeper – Three Questions

I need your help. In a way, you have determined the choice of the planet that will be destro… hang on… sorry. In a way, you can determine how the Starkeeper corner of the Star Wars universe continues forward. I’m starting to realize the direction of the story for the sequel to Codename: Starkeeper as [...]

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The Very Latest on Everything

I feel like Douglas Adams there…. Anyway, without too much ceremony, I feel like I owe some people an update, just in case anyone stops by. WARS The first WARS novella, Healers and Hunters by Nathan Butler, has received final approval from Decipher and is on its way to publication. Healers is the first novella [...]

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Sigler-izing the Creative Queue

I once asked Scott Sigler, podcasting superstar and Crown Publishing author of Sci-Fi/Horror novels, what elements led to reaching his first contract with a large publishing house.  He listed three things for me:  Quality content, consistency and promotion.  Quality and promotion are obvious.  You can’t build an audience by giving them crap, and you can’t [...]

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Service, not Advertising

There’s a paradigm shift coming in the social media space.  I can sort of see it out there on the horizon, but it’s kind of blurry.  I’m not sure what form it will take, exactly, and I’m not really a prognosticator of all things internet.  But I am a thinker.  I sense a lot of disillusionment [...]

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Misrepresenting the Tea Party Concept

The Tea Party movement, as I see it, is being misrepresented both by the left and the right, and there are two seminal moments which cement this misrepresentaion in my mind. I want to put it into perspective a little bit, though.  The biggest proponent of the Tea Parties has been conservative talk show host Glenn Beck. [...]

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WARS Mavericks Novella Celebrates First Fan Art!

When my friend Brian first linked me to the picture he made of Jack Wilgress, I thought it was pretty cool.  I shared it with the rest of my friends on Facebook, but I thought it deserved a blog post. One of the coolest things about this picture is the wording behind the character, “3:10 [...]

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How Amazon Failed Us All… and How To Fight Back

I don’t really like ebooks.  I like to open a real book with real pages.  I especially like to read from the standard page because it gives my eyes a much-needed respite from the glare of a monitor.  There’s something about an object that shoots light directly into your eyes that bugs you after a [...]

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