This week, I bring you this song from a Touareg blues group.
I’m bringing you some other things too! The newsletter will be going out today at noon. On Wednesday, the latest episode of The Well Below the Valley will be up here for free reading. I’ll be working on the next episode and some preliminary drawings of the comic, as well as a new title for said comic, throughout the week.
That’s basically it for today. As always, thanks for stopping by, and I hope you come again soon.
I didn’t have any comic updates last week–so sorry! Friday got away from me. I’ll have something for you this Friday. The script is coming along, but it’s already way longer than I had planned. I was hoping everything I wanted to get to in the first issue would fit in the standard 22-24 pages, but I’ve hit that number in my script already, and I have several more scenes to get through.
I just have to remember that I’m doing this by myself, for the first time, armed only with a drawing tablet, Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics (plus a lot of online resources and some of my favorite comics), and a dream, so it’s a learning process.
On Wednesday, I’ll have the latest episode of The Well Below the Valley up here for free reading. I’m an episode ahead of you right now, and I think we’ll have one or two more to finish this first arc (corresponding to Part One of the Call of Cthulhu module).
This month, I’m going on a Tiny Book Tour! I’ll be stopping at Story Keepers Books in West Allis, WI on Thursday, March 13 (5:30-7), and at Studio Moonfall in Kenosha, WI on Friday, March 28 (4-7). I hope you can come to either or both! At Story Keepers, I’ll be doing a reading and a Q&A session, while the Studio Moonfall event is more casual. In either case, I will be signing books (and you can pick up some copies if you need them) and hanging out to talk about whatever readers want to talk about.
I think that’s all for today. I’ll have more petitions next week. Thanks for reading, and stop by again!
This week, I’m working on Episode 4 of The Well Below the Valley, as well as the script for the first issue of Chrysanthemum Dawn. Episode 3 of The Well will be up on Patreon on Wednesday! It’ll be here for free reading next week.
I am still a ways off from posting any of the comic. After scripting comes storyboards/thumbnails, and then the actual drawing, plus lettering and other formatting worries. I am both blessed and cursed to live in a time where I can do most, if not all, of this myself, rather than relying on a small army of artists. In any case, I’m very excited to be making this idea a real thing, and I hope to have more things to show you soon.
Here are some petitions I’ve gathered for you this week:
First things first: Journey to the Water comes out in eleven days! You can check out the cover, back-of-the-book blurb, and first chapter under the “Buy my books” tab above (under the Menu if you’re on mobile). After I’m done writing this, I’ll make sure the sidebar is updated as well.
I’ll mostly be counting down to release day until it happens (December 20), but afterward, I’ll be talking about new projects and things going on with me. This will also include why this book took so very long. In the meantime, please get hyped with me for the release!
Here are some petitions I’ve gathered since last time:
On Saturday, I’ll be at the Scorpio Market in Madison! The market runs from 12-4 and will take place at the Masonic Center downtown. Here’s some more information. It is a fully masked event!
In the meantime, I’ll be working on Journey to the Water. I’m trying to get through the election tomorrow (I’m working a full shift at a polling place), but after that I should be able to finish the rewrites and have a release date for you all.
On that note, DON’T FORGET TO VOTE. Don’t give up what little agency you have over your government. If you’re in Wisconsin, myvote.wi.gov has all the information you need in regards to checking your registration and finding your polling place. Wisconsin, among some other states, lets you register the same day at your polling place. If you’re elsewhere in the States (and its territories), here’s information on how, when, and where to vote and checking your registration.
If you’re not in the US, wish us luck, tomorrow and beyond.
What the Hex: Vampire was a resounding success! I only have two copies of The Book of the New Moon Door left. I’ll have to order more before my next market, which should be sometime in March. I’ll let you know as soon as I do!
This week, I’ll have a new chapter of Journey to the Water on Patreon tomorrow, and last week’s chapter up here on Wednesday.
First things first: I’ll be at What the Hex: Vampire this Sunday at Dresden Castle on Underwood (Cudahy, WI). Admission is free, and doors open at 11 AM! There will be workshops, a drag performance, and a whole collection of magical artists, makers, and craftspeople. Here’s a link to the Facebook event and one to the event’s Instagram page for more information.
I’ll have a new chapter of Journey to the Water up on Patreon tomorrow, and last week’s chapter will be up here on Wednesday. This month and next month, I’ll be working hard to finish this draft! Also on Instagram, I’m participating in a daily posting challenge that features this book, if you’re interested in that sort of thing.
Good afternoon! I had an appointment this morning, so here’s all of this, starting with a song.
Journey to the Water continues this week: new chapter on Patreon tomorrow, and last week’s chapter will be up here on the blog on Wednesday. I’m also working on a new version of The Well Below the Valley, but I don’t have any news in that regard at the moment.
I hope you’re enjoying The Book of the New Moon Door! If you have a minute, be sure to leave a review on whatever platform you like best.
I think that’s all for today. I appreciate you, and assure you that all my content is created without the use of AI. Whether it uses any regular intelligence is a different matter entirely.
I’m continuing to work on The Book of the New Moon Door. I’ll be back at the end of this week with an update on an estimated release date. The short version: this is a big book (not Wheel of Time doorstopper big, but about twice as long as Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea), and an October release date is probably out of reach, but I plan to prepare some extremely fancy signed preorders for my two events in October.
In the meantime, I’ll have a new chapter on Patreon tomorrow and last week’s chapter here for free reading on Wednesday. I hope you’re enjoying the serial version, and I hope you’ll enjoy the published version more.
The Black Keys, “Have Love, Will Travel” (Richard Berry cover)
Good morning!
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August is going to be the month of rewriting The Book of the New Moon Door, so I’ll be getting ready for that today and starting this week. In the meantime, there will be a new chapter on Patreon for your reading enjoyment tomorrow, and the latest chapter of Journey to the Water will be up here on Wednesday. New Moon Door may take all of my waking hours this month, but I’m planning to stay on top of the alternating posting schedule. I’ll let you know if that changes.
Also, please wish Brooke safe travels today, as she’s heading back from Witch City Tarot in Salem!
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