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New releases, works in progress, and the stories behind the stories.
Cooperative Story Writing It was mid-November, late on a Friday night. The weather just turned cold and I was warming my toes by the fire, sipping scotch. I was in a creative mood and thinking about different story ideas when it occurred to me that I should see what people would like to hear about. […]
Read the storyInterview with Jamie Jamie recently was interviewed by the blog, Urban Fantasy Investigations after the release of Wicked Folk. Q. What can you tell readers about yourself that they might not know from looking on your bio or reading in another interview? A. I have a guilty pleasure. I enjoy reading paranormal romance novels. I’m […]
Read the storyA Modern Day Wizard If you catch me on a bad day, you’ll find I secretly wish I were allowed to see the world as the mundanes in the world around me do. To wake up and drive to Starbucks on the way to my mundane job, where I’ll meet my co-workers and sit at […]
Read the storyPantser I’ve been quiet this last week mainly because I’ve been away at my day job’s annual customer conference in San Antonio. In previous years, I’ve had trouble writing while travelling, but the energy in San Antonio was excellent as we were right on the river walk. I guess I simply got inspired, which caused […]
Read the storyWicked Folk Released Finally, the wait is over! Wicked Folk, Witchy World #2 has been released to Amazon and is generally available. 2016 has been a year of stretching for me. First off, I released Wizard in a Witchy World which I wrote on a whim. One of my favorite genres to read is urban fantasy […]
Read the storyThe ‘Tween Times There are a quiet, few moments when a new book is making its way to publication and my creative efforts on the work have come to an end. I’ve always enjoyed this period of time when other people are working on the manuscript, whether that be editing, title work, promotions or beta […]
Read the storyAs many of you know, I didn’t start my adult working life as a writer, rather I started as mainframe programmer for a very large software company. Writing computer code has always been enjoyable to me and the career has nicely paid for a home for my family, college for my kids and everything a […]
Read the storyPrivateer Tales Characters A few people have kindly pointed out that sometimes, between books, some of us might forget the names of our heroes and their general physical characteristics. This isn’t a full list, but it’s certainly the starting crew of Intrepid. By no means should you take this as a guarantee of their safety, […]
Read the storyMuch to the chagrin of my eldest son, my first grandson, Alistair is in love with Disney’s Fairy movies which prominently feature TinkerBell (not to mention a whole host of other fairies). For his first birthday, my daughter-in-law wanted to celebrate Alistair’s favorite by making a pirate ship scene from one of these movies with cake. So the night before, […]
Read the storyRecruiting Privateers There’s never been a better time in history to be an avid science fiction reader. The choices are wide and the writing has never been better. In celebration of the release of Give No Quarter his tenth Privateer Tales novel, Jamie McFarlane has lowered the prices on the first three books in the […]
Read the storyBelow, you’ll find Chapter Eleven of the Life of a Miner short story. There are no more chapters. Artwork: Roberto Gabriel Garcia Chapter 11 – Epilogue “How much trouble are you guys in?” Priloe asked in the virtual channel he shared with the Licht boys. Ulran’s avatar made a face. “Dad liked Pete’s idea of making us […]
Read the storyBelow, you’ll find Chapter Ten of the Life of a Miner short story. If you’re interested in reading the chapters as they’re released, please subscribed to my newsletter. Artwork: Roberto Gabriel Garcia Chapter 10 – Trust is Earned “How was your weekend, Priloe. Did you have a good time with the Licht boys?” Silver asked at breakfast. […]
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