in 2011 I was told that I wasn’t a very good collaborator, by someone who turned out to not be a very good collaborator. True, I hadn’t had much experience being creative with other people, but that seemed like telling someone who hadn’t ridden a bicycle before that they were no good at bicycles. Practice! So, after excepting the traditional ‘you can’t tell me what I’m like’ challenge, I actively encouraged myself to seek out and start collaborative projects. I wrote a book I

Hello! You can't buy any of my stuff at the moment. Well, maybe my eBooks. The reason I've had to set all the physical items in my store to 'temporarily out of stock' is because my storage unit is in Southern California, and I'm living in Eugene Oregon! My wife and I finished* building our Tiny House, or at least got it finished enough to move into, and we decided the time to relocate again was NOW. I'm hoping to dip down south in the Summer, and grab a box or two. Nothing be

Well, past weekend has not been super productive. I had limited time, and more important stuff to do than this challenge. Feeling discouraged, but haven't given up. Here's what I've come up with so far, it's disjointed, and I'm clearly just working out ideas as I narrow in on what the story is actually going to be about. That's the point of a first draft, just defeating blank paper syndrome. The edit is when things get good. CHAPTER TWO The ocean, at night, is one of the wors

Chapter One Miriam’s Freelance Nightclub, Fightclub, and Bring Your Own Buffet was the sort of underground gambling den that used to be a building, but then had sort of fallen into the river, and so now was boat. It’s clientele didn’t mind, all the leaks added to the ambiance, and the occasional fish flopping around on the gaming tables was surely good luck. They were the sort of people whose body odors and fashion choices were considered far too bizarre to be allowed entry i

So, I’ve been footling around with being a novelist lately. It’s like being a cartoonist, but you don’t have to draw any pictures, and instead, you write a whole bunch more words. This fits in well with my ‘I want to do all the interesting things please, all at the same time thank you’ approach to life. So far, I’ve co-authored a novella*, and unreleased novel**, and some short prose children’s books***, all of them short form, or in cahoots with other writers. I have also wr

Hello everybody! Just a quick update, I finally got around to updating all the verb tenses on my website so it doesn't seem like Thunder Lizard Ranch is actively kickstarting, since it has been complete for two months! I've been drawing as much and as fast as I can to get the books done! Phew! It's a lot of new artwork! I've nearly gotten all three books roughly penciled, which means I can finally sit back and read and evaluate them all together, which is so important since i

Hey all! I thought I'd show off the tshirt designs I've been sketching up. There are three choices, please leave a comment and let me know which one you prefer! A: Happy Science, B: Love and Dinosaurs or C: Farm Fresh Raptor Eggs. I'll finalize the winning design on Friday and show off what all the cool people will be decorating their torso's with in the very near future. If you do vote, I will pick one random voter to win a FREE SHIRT so there's no reason not to vote, and ev

This is Fernberry. Full name Fernberry Montana Excaliber Ginko Gumption, the smart and curious kid who stars in my new book series, Thunder-Lizard Ranch. They live on a dinosaur farm with their five scientist grandmas, and they like to help with all the dino-chores. You'll meet the grandmas soon enough, I'm going to do a profile on all of them as the Kickstarter continues. You'll notice I said 'they' for Fernberry, rather than 'he' or 'she' - this is a calculated choice, as F

These are the official bestest photos of me ever taken. Please admire them until I tell you to stop.

I sure have started a bunch of blogs over the years. My first one was HTML, and uploaded all by hand via fax machine. I didn't even know how to archive them so you could go back and reread them, I just copied over the old post with the new post. Then I got a MySpace. And a Livejournal. And a DeviantArt, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and a Wordpress which is still the most official thing I forget to update. All those old posts are scattered across the internet, for anybody who is