It’sss our birthday, Precioussss…
So, I’ve got a trip to Half Price Books, a Mediterranean restaurant, and Avengers II, so, no Arduin update this week. I’m sure both my readers are disappointed.
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Failed My Fortitude Save vs. Disease
Yeah, I’ve been managing weekly updates for a while now, but this weekend, not so much. I got something, probably one of the things we’ll get to on pages 78-79 of the Grimoire. IAE, I spent about two hours staring … Continue reading →
Mana-Manna
Mana-Manna Doo-doo-do-do-do… So, pursuant to a comment on my most recent Arduin article, I decided to check the etymology of ‘mana’. For decades, I thought it had the same roots as ‘manna’, as in, the story of Exodus. Well, that’ll … Continue reading →
Arduin Grimoire, Part I
Walking Through The Arduin Triology (And Maybe The Others) Or, Why Didn’t I Think Of This Before? Because I’m Extremely Dim, That’s Why! So, I’ve raved on and on about the Arduin books, how much they meant to me in … Continue reading →
Nature Abhors A Vacuum
Nature, Like A Cat, Abhors A Vacuum Which Kind Of Sucks (Pun Intended) Given What I’ve Just Realized So, I’m in the library, doing some light reading of the 1E Manual Of The Planes, when a thought occurs to me. … Continue reading →
Yeah, I’m just gonna leave this right here…
Review for “The Book Of eight Restful Retreats”, my first product published through Christina Stiles Presents: http://www.rpgnow.com/product_reviews.php?products_id=131265
Continue reading →A Musical Interlude…
With apologies to REO Speedwagon, and in tribute to E. Gary Gygax, who believed that the entire room should be against you… I can’t fight this piercer any longer And yet, it clearly will not let me go Its grip … Continue reading →
This Is A Sacred Relic
Playing at the World: Gary Gygax’s 1973 D&D Working Draft. All I can say is, “Holy Frak.” I am going to be poring over this site. These are some of the earliest proto-D&D fragments, the Dead Sea Scrolls of gaming … Continue reading →
A Personal Update
Most of the people who might want to know about this are on Facebook, but I realize there’s people who aren’t, and who might still be interested, so I’ve written up a summary. About nine months ago, Beth was strongly … Continue reading →
A Minor Diversion Into Artsy English Major Stuff
I’m doing another editing pass on Rogue Planet, in preparation for the final push to print. One of the interesting things about writing is when you set aside a document for a while, and then return to it, you can … Continue reading →