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2025 Projects (So Far...)
Art by Hadrien Riel-Salvatore; photo by Chris Gonnerman. With three books of my own w…
A Book That Grows With Me: Why I Embrace Silent, Slow Updates
When I first set out to write You Tried , I didn’t want to create a static artifact—a final, unchanging object sealed in amber. Instead, I wanted the book to b…
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19 Years in the Making, "You Tried" is Now Released
What? A real book? One that the average person might actually buy? Yes. I’m still shocked too. Introducing, You Tried: A Deadbeat’s Guide to Self-Actualizatio…
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Nightmare Voyager Cover Reveal
Here's an early preview of the cover of my forthcoming 3rd TTRPG book Nightmare Voyager . The artist is M. W. Byouk , who I long admired before reaching …
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7 Tips for Writing for the Post-Truth World
During recent elections, platforms like YouTube were swarmed by coordinated bot campaigns targeting centre-left candidates—part of a tactic known as astroturfi…
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What's not to love?
My second book received a rather scathing review by a well known but infamously irascible critic. I generally avoid reading his work because it skews so negati…
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Beneath the Silver Spire is the #1 New Release
When Chrysogon's Coterie became a #1 new D&D release on Amazon, I was shocked. Now with my second book, I'm pleasantly surprised. I hoped for a goo…
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Beneath The Silver Spire Print Release
Cover illustration by S. Ender Thiel Beneath The Silver Spire, my second book and first adventure module for the Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game (BFRPG), i…
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Chrysogon's Coterie In The Wild, Take 2
When my book of NPCs was published last year, many happy buyers posted pictures of themselves with their copies. I made a collage of the ones I saw and have c…
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2025 Projects (So Far...)
Art by Hadrien Riel-Salvatore; photo by Chris Gonnerman. With three books of my own written (one in print; two in the process), I'm now making a concerted…
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Nightmare Voyager is Available as a Digital Download
Character illustration by M.W. Byouk Nightmare Voyager, my third book and second adventure module for the Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game (BFRPG), is now avai…
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From Gzowski to Cotnam: My Lifelong Affair with CBC Radio
When I heard Stu Mills announce the new, permanent host of Ottawa Morning , it was a gut punch. I turned off the radio and took a full week off of CBC. Intenti…
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