We wrapped up our final pass on Things They Buried this weekend and sent it off to our editor for a final read-through and line edit. It feels like the end is finally in sight.

Amanda and I try to self-source whenever possible. When we started discussing an audiobook of Things They Buried, we were quick to decide that we would at least…

I finally got around to watching Disney’s John Carter, a reasonable adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars novels. It was fun, a little too…

Thanks to Emily Stansell Photography (Facebook, Instagram) for the fabulous job on our new author photos. She did a great job of capturing both…

This year Michael and I didn’t have as many opportunities to play games at GenCon as we have in the past; we were too focused on the Writers’ Symposium. Still, attending…

Saturdays are traditionally heavy on the costumes which makes them a particularly entertaining day to just people-watch. The costume above (a stilt spirit, I think) was…

We went to several Writers’ Symposium panels today, mostly quite helpful.  I love how conversations with other audience members can often be…

Things They Buried continues to inch closer to publication. We have a tentative launch date (so tentative, I’m not yet willing to post it), and we’re starting to delve into…

Squidget eyes the manuscript for Things They Buried, freshly printed and ready for beta readers.

I recently finished a book (one I won’t name because that’s just rude) in which the author strategically dodged action sequences while rolling through the plot. It was an adventure story. I expected action. Instead…

Working through the editor’s notes on the final draft of our first manuscript (working title The Things They Buried) has brought to mind my years spent learning to both consume and react to criticism of my work.

Yes, those are our typewriters. No, we don’t write manuscripts on them. Sorry.