The Beautiful Dramatica

I wanted to take a moment to let anyone struggling to get to grasp on how to actually use the Dramatica software know of an awesome book.
Anyone who has tried to used the Dramatica software has probably gotten to the point where they think, Okay, I’ve figured out the basics of the theory. I can […]

New ways to tell the world

For those of you that read the book, Daughter of the Sun, and loved it - I’ve created some new ways that you can help spread the word: Banners!
Post them on your site, your friends site, the help wanted section at the grocery store or even the most wanted section of your local police office. […]

It’s finally here - and early!

I’m excited to announce that the mass-market version of my novel, Daughter of the Sun, is finally out. While the expected release date is not officially until November 1st, I got the check print in the mail on Friday. I’m ecstatic! The new cover looks better than I had dreamed now that it has been […]

On the future…

Some unexpected things have come up that weren’t in the plans a few months ago when I announced the release date of November 1, 2006 for the mass market version of Daughter of the Sun. Mainly, that I’m spending this month packing the house and moving into another.
Now, don’t worry, the release date is still […]

World Building

For some web development projects coming up, I wanted to learn how to better use javascript as an object-oriented language. And, since the topic of world-building has been on everyone’s minds lately, I pulled out an old idea I’ve had for a long time now and started playing with it with javascript and CSS.
It was […]

The Audio Trailer is here!

I’m proud to present the preliminary version of the audio trailer. I’m looking for comments before calling this final, though. This is intended to distribution to various podcasts, and as the trailer for Podiobooks.com.
[audio:DotS_Trailer-2.mp3]
Let me know if you have any suggestions.
Thanks!
Oh. And I have to put a big shout out to David John for letting […]

More previews…

Since I’m in the previewing mode, here’s the first of 3 or 4 parts of a flash animation that will be used on the new site here in a few weeks. It’s intended as a teaser to generate interest in the book for anyone who visits the site. For now, it’s just the opening section […]

Episode 1 - Redux

Alisa requested that I put up the audio for the first chapter of my upcoming podiobook. I realized that she’s right. I definitely should.
I want to give you a sneak peek. More than that, though, I want to see what you think about it. Do the sounds distract? How do the volumes work in your […]

Eureka!

As anyone who’s read this site for a while knows, I have started on the screenplay for my novel, Daughter of the Sun. While it’s been pushed back until after the second book has written, I just had what could very well be a “Eureka!’ moment. I don’t know that this will actually happen, but […]