Tales from FAR Manor

Image source: openclipart.org A Nazgûl’s piercing shriek rang through the conference room. Orcs, trolls, balrogs, all cringed and covere...

One of the good things about serializing this is that I can include definitions for Termag-specific jargon at the end of each post. Episod...

Amazing, the ideas you come up with on a morning commute. “Yooooooohoooo. Adam… Earth to Adam.” “Oh… geez. Sorry, Steve.” Adam patte...

A couple weeks ago, I hit one of those “I suck, why do I think I can write” phases that is something all writers go through from time to t...

I have a good start on the next episode. So far, so good! Episode 1 Credit: Roy Lathwell “I wonder if this is a calculated slight,...

Not the kind that runs on your phone. I’m not sure there is  any debugging of the hot mess that is Microsoft products. The father-in-law h...

A high fantasy of sorts, this week… If you’re in the mood to catch a serial at the beginning, I’ve launched The Lost Years this week as w...

Welcome, Indie Lifers, to the free-range insane asylum! Don’t forget to hit the linky at the end, and see what other indies have to say ab...

The four centuries between the fall of Camac That Was and the Age of Heroes is commonly called “The Lost Years.” These are the stories of th...

When this isn’t happening, there’s a problem. Even without the chicken houses, there are a zillion ways around here to have a significa...

It’s been a busy week… Awake and ready to go! The few minor issues with my new-to-me Miata are electrical. The driver-side power windo...

Meanwhile, in Skyscraper City… Image source:  images.all-free-download.com “What would really help,” Bijay said, “is if we could jus...

Image source: openclipart.org It’s often difficult to keep some kind of balance in life, and that goes double for a writer. You have a j...

Hiding in plain sight might be a cliché, but it was often a valid strategy. The supervillain Warmonger owned a bar in a rough part of town...

I realized a long time ago, when I need a car, it will come to me at the right time. My Civic has over 450,000 miles on it (the actual milea...

Well, not really writing  wibbles this week, because there hasn’t been much writing so far. But with Water and Chaos  now launched, maybe ...

Jean Auguste Dominque Ingres, The Apotheosis of Homer Source: Wikimedia Commons Earth, Air, Fire, Water. I needed them all for this magic...

Welcome, Indie Lifers, to the free-range insane asylum! Don’t forget to hit the linky at the end, and see what other indies have to say abou...

+Helen Howell  gave me a challenge when I said I was trying to think of a #FridayFlash this week: “Write me a 100 word story using cylinder ...

I tuned the Launch Cannon to fire at B&N and Amazon pretty much simultaneously. That actually worked out pretty well. As I’ve been r...