Tag: video games

Song of the Week

Ryan Amon/ The SIE Sound Team, “The Night Unfurls” (from Bloodborne)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A75Bhbhm0Os

Good morning! Here’s a horror soundtrack to get you in the mood for more of The Book of the New Moon Door.

A new chapter will be on Patreon tomorrow, and last week’s chapter will make its appearance here on Wednesday. It’s also the end of the month, so the newsletter is going out (noonish my time on the 31st). If you haven’t signed up yet, and you’re interested in bonus cat pictures, garden updates, and event announcements, you can put your email address in the box at this link.

I am hoping to bring you good news about publication soon, but it’s slow going. I will bring you an update as soon as I can.

Thanks for being here, and have an excellent week.

Song of the Week

Sinéad O’Connor, “Jackie”

Happy Monday.

I am hard at work on rewrites for The Book of the New Moon Door. I was originally trying to keep up with Journey to the Water as well, but I think at this point I need to concede and put Journey on hiatus until New Moon Door is done. Since I have plenty of chapters of New Moon Door, I can post one a week (first on Patreon and then here) for the next month or so.

This is for a number of reasons:

First, rewrites are going to take a lot of my time. The original draft of The Book of the New Moon Door is over 170,000 words long. In order to achieve an October release date, I’ll need to finish the new draft ideally by the end of August.

Second, I’m not going to lie to you: Baldur’s Gate III came out. I’m a fairly disciplined writer, but I’m not that disciplined.

Third is below the cut for medical stuff and complaining about the US healthcare system:

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Back on Twitch!

A screenshot from the game Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, showing low-poly wooly mammoths stomping on some noodly people colored red and blue.

Tonight I’ll be streaming Totally Accurate Battle Simulator and talking about writing and reading fight scenes! They’re a particular challenge for me, so it should be an interesting conversation.

You can find me on the Tea and Sidequests channel tonight at 6pm (US Central time). I’ll be playing until around 8.

Song of the Week

Rafferty, “Mausoleum”

Maybe I should do a bunch of spooky songs for the remainder of October?

Hello, happy Monday, I’m glad you’re here.

There will be a new chapter of Journey to the Water this week! It will be here Wednesday if I can manage it, or Thursday if I can’t.

I’ll also be streaming on Twitch this evening, playing Moon Hunters.

See you soon! Have an excellent week.

Song of the Week

Fiachra, “Óró Mo Bháidín” (traditional)

Happy Monday! Please enjoy this song, which is an Irish lullaby about a boat.

In case you missed it, the new book is called Journey to the Water, and the prologue and first chapter are available under the Stories tab above. You can also follow this link to go directly to the table of contents.

I’ll be on Twitch tonight playing Valheim, starting at 6pm US Central Time. I’d love to hang out with you in chat, so if you’re on Twitch, feel free to stop by.

Also, this is your semi-regular reminder that comments on all my posts are open. You can tell me what you think of my chapters, or just talk about whatever. I’ll be sure to respond!

Thank you and have an excellent week.

Song of the Week

Malukah, “The Dragonborn Comes” (from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)

Happy Monday. I hope the time change has been kinder to you than it has been to me.

If you haven’t read the latest chapter of The Book of the New Moon Door, you can just scroll down and find it right under this post! There won’t be a new chapter this week, so it’s the perfect time to catch up. There are also more things to read under the Stories and Modules tabs above.

I’ll be on Twitch tonight and Saturday night, so I hope to see you there!

Have an excellent week.

Song of the Week

Nina Simone, “Sinnerman”

Happy Monday. I hope you are staying warm and safe.

In case you missed it, Chapter Sixteen of The Book of the New Moon Door is now live! You can just scroll down from here, or visit the Stories tab above.

I’ll be on Twitch tonight and Saturday night, playing Darkest Dungeon and Calico, respectively. These are two games with a similar premise–the player inherits property from a relative and must perform tasks to improve it–but very different themes and presentation. I hope you’ll join me!

Have an excellent week.

In case you missed it…

The Tea and Sidequests Twitch channel has an accompanying YouTube channel, where you can watch past streams, such as this one:

We’ll be back on Twitch tomorrow evening!

Song of the Week

Bright Eyes, “Middleman”

Happy Monday! It is fully winter now, and pervasively, oppressively gray everywhere I look, but I’m trying to stay positive. Please enjoy this song.

I’ll be on Twitch tonight playing Darkest Dungeon! I will also be back here later this week with another chapter of The Book of the New Moon Door. Check back soon!

Have an excellent week, whatever the weather is where you are.

Song of the Week

Al Green, “Take Me to the River”

I was considering posting either Annie Lennox or the Talking Heads’ version, but decided to go with the original.

It’s Monday again.

Here are two things I’m going to be doing this week, and I would like to gently encourage you to do the same:

First, I’m going to be contacting my Senators and Representatives, and encouraging them to take action to investigate the attempted fascist coup on the Capitol and remove the president from office. The links there will help you find your congresspeople and get in touch with them.

Second, I’m going to be practicing self-care and getting plenty of rest. The work of restoring democracy and creating the equal and just future we imagine continues and will go on, and we won’t be able to do that work if we all get ill. We are still in a pandemic.

With that being said, I’m unsure if I will be able to get another chapter of The Book of the New Moon Door up this week. If not, I’ll be sure to post one next week and try to resume a regular schedule.

Tea and Sidequests will be streaming tonight and Saturday night, 6-8 pm. Tonight’s game will be Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord, and Saturday should be a return to Darkest Dungeon. If you have the time and inclination, we’d love it if you’d stop by.

I hope you are healthy and safe. Have an excellent week.