Audiophiles Rejoice!
February 01, 2024
Dragonfired released in ebook format last summer, heralding much rejoicing and many enthusiastic ...
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Read MoreWhat Now?
December 29, 2023
As 2023 draws to a close, it’s a good time to sit back, reflect on the year we just had, feel gra...
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Read MoreDragonfired is Coming, and a KU Update
June 25, 2023
I think we can all agree that in today’s lightning-fast, interconnected world, one site stands ap...
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Read MoreOrconomics & Orconomics: More is More
March 04, 2021
For a little while now people have been pinging me to say “Did you see the Orconomics board game?...
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Read MoreHappy Mordo Ogg’s Day!
December 01, 2019
I have good news and bad news, readers. The bad news first: that blur that just buzzed past your ...
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Read MoreOrctober 2019 Contest: An Artful Raffle
October 11, 2019
This month is the most Orcish on the calendar- Orctober! And what’s more, this particular Orctobe...
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Read MoreA special Orctober “thank you” to my patrons
September 28, 2019
A while back I set up a Patreon page to connect with people willing to help support my writing ca...
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Read MoreGranitecon 2019
September 12, 2019
Interested in meeting me in person? I’ll be at the 2019 Granite State Comic Convention in Manches...
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Read MoreOrconomics Shirts Now Available
July 17, 2019
Have you ever thought to yourself, "gosh, is there a way to express to passersby how much I love ...
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Read MoreOrconomics Wins SPFBO 4
June 01, 2019
The die is cast. The battle is over. The 4th Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off has ended. And even ...
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Read MoreSPFBO Update: Orconomics is a Finalist
December 05, 2018
Orconomics is a finalist in the 2018 Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off. You can read the full annou...
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Read MoreNew Book: A Song of Three Spirits
December 01, 2018
Happy Mordo Ogg’s Day! The biggest holiday of the year is upon us! I am, of course, referring to...
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Read MoreBlog Tours and Book Giveaways
August 11, 2018
I'm going on a virtual book tour! If you're wondering what that is, think of it as a book tour wi...
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Read MoreNews Roundup: June 2018
June 25, 2018
A lot’s been going on lately, and I wanted to take a little time to round up what I’ve been worki...
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Read MoreSon of a Liche is Live
June 22, 2018
Son of a Liche is now live in all formats! You can grab it in ebook, print, and audio formats all...
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Read MorePre-order Son of a Liche and Get Free Loot
May 01, 2018
The wait is almost over! Son of a Liche is now available for pre-order, and will be launching on...
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Read MoreSon of a Liche Cover Revealed
April 22, 2018
I revealed the cover for Son of a Liche on Facebook Live yesterday. If you dig the video, please...
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Read MoreRollin’ Toward the Finish Line
March 27, 2018
So way back in November, I wrote an email saying that I’d pushed my date for launching Son of a L...
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Read MoreSon of a Liche: A Progress Update
September 24, 2017
Douglas Adams once said, “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” ...
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Read MoreA Note on Book Progress
May 07, 2017
Let’s talk about progress. The one question I get asked more than any other is “when will Son of ...
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Read MoreOrconomics is Now An Audiobook
December 28, 2016
Have you ever thought to yourself "I wish I could listen to fine financial fantasy when driving t...
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Read MoreThe Leading Ladies Fantasy Bundle
November 23, 2016
Please note: The Leading Ladies Fantasy Bundle is no longer available. But hey! You can still che...
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Read MoreStill Writin'...
October 30, 2016
It's been about four months since my last post, which legally qualifies as Blog Abuse. Before I'm...
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Read MoreOrconomics Wins at 10th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards
May 07, 2016
The National Indie Excellence Awards recently announced the winners of the 10th Annual Awards, an...
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Read MoreBlog Tour Update #2: What Time Is It?
April 23, 2016
I am shocked to report that April is winding down already, and taking my blog tour with it. This ...
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Read MoreBlog Tour Update 1: First Stretch Down
April 09, 2016
The first stretch of my blog tour is behind us, and it's been a lot of fun so far. If you've miss...
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Read MoreOrctoberfest 2015
October 04, 2015
October is my favorite month for a number of reasons: I was born during it, it's the time of year...
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Read MorePaperbacks and Contests
December 03, 2014
Good news, everyone! Orconomics: A Satire is now available in paperback. You can pick it up on Am...
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Read MoreOrctoberfest!
October 04, 2014
I'm happy to announce that my first full-length novel Orconomics: A Satire is now available. You...
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Read More10 Ways to Support Authors You Love
January 25, 2021
I was on r/fantasy this morning when I came across a question I get asked a lot: “what’s the best...
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Read MoreAn Auspicious Orctober
June 30, 2019
Five years ago today, I hit the “Publish” button on my first novel, shook my head, swore at mysel...
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Read MoreSPFBO 2018 Highlights: A Selection of Worthy Competitors
April 10, 2019
This week, the finalists of 2018’s Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off are taking a moment to highlig...
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Read MoreSPFBO 2018: An Open Letter from the Finalists
April 07, 2019
An open letter to fantasy fans everywhere We are the finalists of the 2018 Self Published Fantasy...
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Read MoreThe Fall of Optimism
October 14, 2018
Every summer, I make the same mistake. I start to get really optimistic. I don’t mean in general;...
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Read MoreSPFBO4
July 11, 2018
Let’s talk about the Self-Publishing Fantasy Blog Off. For the fourth time in as many years, Fant...
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Read MoreHow I’m Outlining Dragonfired
June 20, 2018
I put a lot of work into maintaining my little website. I spruce things up here and there. I twe...
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Read MorePost Re-Mortum: A Look Back at the Son of a Liche Launch
June 02, 2018
Last month I launched the second book of The Dark Profit Saga, and I’m really excited about the ...
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Read MoreSend Better Emails with MailChimp Interest Groups
June 12, 2017
If you’re an independent author, you fall into one of two categories: You have a mailing list yo...
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Read MoreMy Experience with ACX, Part 2
March 31, 2017
In our last exciting episode, I detailed my first, not-so-successful foray into ACX, the audioboo...
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Read MoreMy Experience with ACX, Part 1
February 25, 2017
In case you missed me screaming it into the black void of internet despair that is Twitter, Orcon...
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Read More5 Tips for Part-Time Authors
January 31, 2017
Let's be frank: at this point, I haven't been had enough success to tell anyone else how to be a ...
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Read MoreMy 2017 Author Wish List for Goodreads
January 06, 2017
I think Goodreads is, by any measure, a boon to independent authors. The reading network makes it...
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Read MoreLeading Ladies and Personal Growth
December 07, 2016
Please note: The Leading Ladies Fantasy Bundle is no longer available. But hey! You can still che...
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Read MoreAre blog tours worth it?
June 25, 2016
If you looked at this space in April, you likely noticed that I ran a blog tour. That's like a bo...
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Read MoreMy Daily Writing Routine
February 09, 2016
Otto von Bismark famously said, "laws are like sausages, it's better not to see them being made."...
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Read MoreMy First Month with Habitica
January 30, 2016
I'm a gamer at heart. I inevitably gravitate towards RPGs, board games, MMOs, and their ilk. Unfo...
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Read More5 Tips for Creating a Fantasy Language
December 30, 2015
If you're writing fantasy or science-fiction, it's quite possible that one or more unique languag...
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Read MoreHow To Outline Your Novel In Scrivener
November 11, 2015
A while back (okay, a long while back), I wrote about the value of outlining your novel. It's a g...
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Read MoreIn Defense of Orcs, Goblins, and More
October 14, 2015
Patrick Rothfuss famously said: The problem with a lot of people who read only literary fiction ...
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Read MoreBusiness Behaving Badly: Volkswagen
September 27, 2015
In Business Behaving Badly I call out real world examples of businesses acting like fantasy villa...
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Read MoreBusiness Behaving Badly: Coke
August 10, 2015
One of the key themes in Orconomics: a Satire is that when business fails to adhere to ethical st...
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Read MoreOne Reason Why Amazon's Reviews are Higher than Goodreads'
April 11, 2015
It's widely accepted in the indie publishing world (and beyond) that reviewers on the social read...
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Read MoreInterrogated by The Library Police
April 05, 2015
The Library Police is a fantastic podcast, and if you're a reader I highly encourage you to start...
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Read MoreA February to remember. Or better yet, to forget.
February 27, 2015
Let me be upfront: I am biased. I hate February. February is the month when snow loses its charm,...
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Read More10 Reasons You Should Outline Your Novel
November 25, 2014
I've met a lot of authors with incredible passion for writing, but I've talked to relatively few ...
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Read MoreThe Best Golden Cards to Craft in Hearthstone
September 30, 2014
So if you're a Hearthstone fan with some extra dust lying around, you may be wondering what to cr...
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Read MoreLosing It! at NHFF
September 25, 2014
I'm happy to Announce that Losing It! is an official selection of the New Hampshire Film Festival...
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Read MoreA Diet of Ice and Fire
August 31, 2014
When the cyclical rhythm of my weight swings from "overweight" back up to "planetoid," I usually...
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Read MoreAn Appreciation for Mike Shel’s Iconoclasts Trilogy
February 21, 2022
I have had the privilege of spending time in Mike Shel’s company. We spent a couple of days gamin...
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Read MoreReview: Mid-Lich Crisis
May 30, 2021
Anybody who writes books with liches in them—and I feel I am qualified to make this statement— kn...
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Read MoreReview: Bloody Rose
May 18, 2021
Did you love Kings of the Wyld? You need to read Bloody Rose. Was Kings of the Wyld not necessari...
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Read MoreReview: Kings of the Wyld
July 10, 2019
What's the difference between a band of heroes and a band of musical superstars? Not much in King...
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Read MoreReview: Here Be Dragons
March 15, 2019
I picked up Here Be Dragons for a few reasons: it’s a fellow SPFBO04 contestant; author David P. ...
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Read MoreConquering Mount TBR
December 29, 2018
If you like books, chances are you are familiar with the daunting slopes of Mount TBR (pronounced...
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Read MoreReview: The Fisherman
October 17, 2018
Every fall, I get an urge to read a good horror story. Preferably nothing gory, but rife with hor...
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Read MoreReview: The Lost Temple of Ssis’sythyss
April 17, 2018
Ever wonder why characters in fantasy games would only take a half dozen adventurers on critical ...
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Read MoreReview: That Which Should Not Be
July 06, 2017
It’s no secret that I’m a Mythos Fan. Which, it may surprise you to learn, is a very different t...
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Read MoreReview: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
June 25, 2017
I’m not the best video game reviewer out there. For one, I’m pretty bad at video games compared ...
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Read MoreMy (Typically) Late Review of Wonder Woman
June 14, 2017
I’m beginning to develop a trend of reviewing things so late that everyone already has a firm opi...
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Read MoreI Live Tweeted the World of Warcraft Movie
June 12, 2016
I went to the World of Warcraft movie with my old guildmates today, and the fact that I planned t...
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Read MoreLightning Reviews: Farmers and Foul-mouthed Killers
March 24, 2016
There is a paradox in being an adult geek. On the one hand, the modern nerd is perpetually compla...
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Read MoreUnderworld Ascendant
February 27, 2015
I have a few bad habits, and one of them is buying things that don’t exist or work yet. That take...
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Read MoreReview: The Elements of Sorcery
December 28, 2014
Chirstopher Kellen’s fantasy novels are set in a dark world with a lot of corrupted magic and pre...
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Read MoreReview: Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
October 20, 2014
I backed the Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter a couple of years ago, and I confess that I was a disa...
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Read MoreAching God: Collector's Edition Going Fast
August 19, 2024
Mike Shel’s Aching God is getting a special edition on Kickstarter. You may already know that Ach...
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Read MoreMidlife Plot Twist
August 12, 2024
I think I can now officially welcome you to my midlife crisis. I'm cruising through the middle of...
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Read MoreArth Lore: The Bannermen
July 21, 2018
Maintaining the peace is harder on Arth than in many other worlds. Most of the work involving pro...
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Read MoreArth’s Pantheon: The Gods of Love
February 04, 2024
This is part of a series on Arth’s Pantheon. Twice a month we’re taking a look at life on Arth an...
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Read MoreArth Lore: Nove’s Principles of Universal Irony
August 28, 2019
Since the launch of Son of a Liche last year, the one item that keeps coming up in questions and ...
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Read MoreArth's Pantheon: The Minor Gods
June 17, 2019
This is part of a series examining the gods and powers that shape life on Arth. If you're new to ...
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Read MoreArth’s Pantheon: The Gods of Fire
June 03, 2019
This is part of a series on Arth’s Pantheon. Twice a month we’re taking a look at life on Arth an...
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Read MoreArth’s Pantheon: The Gods of Water
May 20, 2019
This is part of a series on Arth’s Pantheon. Twice a month we’re taking a look at life on Arth an...
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Read MoreArth’s Pantheon: The Gods of Light
May 06, 2019
This is part of a series on Arth’s Pantheon. Twice a month we’re taking a look at life on Arth an...
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Read MoreArth’s Pantheon: The Gods of Trade
April 15, 2019
This is part of a series on Arth’s Pantheon. Twice a month we’re taking a look at life on Arth an...
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Read MoreArth’s Pantheon: The Gods of Air
April 01, 2019
This is part of a series on Arth’s Pantheon. Twice a month we’re taking a look at life on Arth an...
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Read MoreArth’s Pantheon: The Gods of Night
March 18, 2019
This is part of a series on Arth’s Pantheon. Twice a month we’re taking a look at life on Arth an...
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Read MoreArth’s Pantheon: The Gods of Earth
March 04, 2019
This is part of a series on Arth’s Pantheon. Twice a month we’re taking a look at life on Arth an...
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Read MoreArth’s Pantheon: The Gods of War
February 18, 2019
This is part of a series examining the gods and powers that shape life on Arth. If you’re new to ...
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Read MoreArth’s Pantheon: The Gods of Beasts
January 21, 2019
This is part of a series on Arth’s Pantheon. Twice a month we’re taking a look at life on Arth an...
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Read MoreArth’s Pantheon: The Gods of Dominion
January 07, 2019
This is part of a series on Arth’s Pantheon. Twice a month we’re taking a look at life on Arth an...
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Read MoreArth’s Pantheon: The Gods of Hearth
December 17, 2018
This is part of a series on Arth’s Pantheon. Twice a month we’re taking a look at life on Arth an...
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Read MoreArth’s Pantheon: Mordo Ogg
December 03, 2018
This is part of a series on Arth’s Pantheon. Twice a month we’re taking a look at life on Arth an...
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Read MoreArth’s Pantheon: The Creation of Arth
November 19, 2018
This is part of a series examining the gods and powers that shape life on Arth. If you’re new to ...
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Read MoreArth’s Pantheon: An Overview
November 05, 2018
One of the most frequent requests for Arth lore that I get is for more detail on the deities th...
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Read MoreGnow Your Gnomes: Dwerrow
June 12, 2018
The Gnomes of Clan Erdin, or Hill Gnomes, are often mistaken for Dwarves. They’re just a head sho...
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Read MoreArth Lore: Dwarves – An Overview of the Underfolk
May 30, 2017
Dwarves are said by the other races of Men to be just as cold and hard as the mountains they hail...
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Read MoreGnow Your Gnomes: Tinderkin
January 11, 2017
It’s hard to define the Gnomes of Arth; they’re said to take as many shapes and sizes as the clou...
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Read MoreUnderstanding Arth's Dates
December 27, 2016
Have you ever been reading The Dark Profit Saga and wondered what all of those funny dates mean? ...
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Read MoreGnow Your Gnomes: Halflings
November 30, 2016
It’s hard to define the Gnomes of Arth; they’re said to take as many shapes and sizes as the clou...
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Read MoreGnow Your Gnomes: Scribkin
January 16, 2016
It’s hard to define the Gnomes of Arth; they're said to take as many shapes and sizes as the clou...
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Read MoreThe Heroes' Guild
November 21, 2015
One of the things readers enjoy most about The Dark Profit Saga is the extensive worldbuilding be...
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