Operation Backlog Completion 2026

My Heracles Story is Out Now in Pulp Mythology Volume Two!

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Apr 282021
 

Following my first venture into pulp fiction with “The Domino Lady Takes the Case,” my second pulp story is available now in a new collection from Airship 27!

Pulp Mythology Volume Two contains three pulp stories all based around myths and legends. Mine is “The Lost Quest of Heracles,” a Greek mythology story that follows Heracles on a new journey as he seeks a way to reunite with his family in the underworld.

(Yeah, I started work on this story sometime after my marathon through the God of War series, which left me wanting more Greek mythology.)

The other two stories in this collection are a Baba Yaga story written by Michael Panush and a novella about Pecos Bill written by Mel Odom.

Currently, the print copy of Pulp Mythology Volume Two is available from Amazon, as well as the ebook!

It should also be available directly from Airship 27 soon, as well.

And if you’re a pulp fiction fan, don’t forget to check out Domino Lady Volume 3, which includes my short story “The Domino Lady Takes the Case.”

I’ve enjoyed getting into the world of new pulp fiction, and there will be more to come!

Celebrating All Things Romantic Returns!

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Feb 012021
 

Much like we celebrate spooky games in October, last February saw our first “Celebrating All Things Romantic” theme in honor of Valentine’s Day… so let’s bring it back for 2021!

My own romance works include the short story “A Special Present” in the holiday romance anthology Love Under the Mistletoe and the isekai rom-com visual novel Ascendant Hearts, available for PC and Switch.

I also wrote the script for the supernatural otome The Last Act, which is coming soon. You can check out its Steam page now!

And if mobile games are more your speed, I’ve written a number of romance visual novels for Genius, such as the recent Shisa – The Lost Souls (okay, so that one is horror/romance).

February will be filled with romance game reviews as I dive into my backlog, and of course you’ll have a chance to win prizes by leaving comments throughout the month!

2021’s Celebrating All Things Romantic Contest

This year’s prizes are:

  • Ascendant Hearts (gift sent through Steam)
  • Muv-Luv (gift sent through Steam)
  • A Kiss for the Petals – Remembering How We Met (gift sent through Steam)
  • LoveKami -Divinity Stage- (code)
  • LoveKami -Useless Goddess- (code)
  • If My Heart Had Wings (code)
  • $15 sent through PayPal
  • You pick a game for me to review!

If you pick the review prize, your chosen game must be something I either own or is easily obtainable, which you can discuss with me beforehand. It must be a single game, not a collection (although it can be part of a collection). I will start playing it in March.

Rules

  • No purchase is necessary.
  • Only comments made between February 1, 2021 at 1:00 PM EST and February 28, 2021 at 11:59 PM EST will be counted.
  • 1 non-spam, non-anonymous comment on any blog post here = 1 point.
  • 1 non-spam, non-anonymous comment on any Celebrating All Things Romantic blog post = 2 points.
  • You must use an email address or website URL (or include another way of contacting you) in your comment so I can contact you if you win.
  • You must have at least 10 points at the end of the month to win.
  • The person with the most points will get their first pick of the prizes. The person with the second most points will pick second, and so on, until all prizes have been given out.
  • The winner will be contacted by March 2, 2021.

Sound good? Then let’s start playing some romance games!

2021 Writing Goals

 Writing  3 Responses »
Jan 062021
 

Once again, I’m ready to make a new list of writing goals for the upcoming year!

By 2022, I will:

  • Send out regular batches of queries for my novels in the querying stage.
  • Finish editing A Prince’s Price based on feedback.
  • Revise Mage’s Test.
  • Revise The Sunken Sapphire.
  • Write at least 1 new pulp fiction story and 3 additional short stories.
  • Increase traffic to my side websites 500+ visits per month.

That’s right, no book signing goals for this year – things are too uncertain for that to really be in my hands right now.

I hope to make good progress toward those editing goals, though. I started out by ranking my WIPs based on how marketable they seem and how extensive the required revisions will be and then prioritized them accordingly, which is how those three ended up at the top of the list. Ending the year with all three fully revised would be fantastic.

And of course, I’ll write a new novel draft in November for NaNoWriMo, as I do every year!

Do you have any writing goals for 2021? Let me know in the comments!

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