Writing/Editing Update, July Edition

Even with all the craziness in the world, I'm trying to make this year a return to publishing for myself, working on three pieces for anthologies and on three more things for self-publishing. Part of the original inspiration for the PODs was to have new print books for convention appearances . . . of course, …

From the Vault: My Battle Against Plagiarizer Frank X. Harris

Jim Kjelgaard (author of the famous Big Red and Irish Red) published the novel Fire-Hunter, the stone-age story of Hawk after he is expelled from his tribe, in 1951. It went through several paperback reprintings throughout the 1960s before going out of print. In 1991 it was republished, with the blessing of the Kjelgaard estate, in an expanded edition …

Boldly Going Into Star Trek Adventures

I've been working on the Star Trek Adventures role-playing game with the fine folks at Modiphius for some four years now, after being "drafted" by Jim Johnson. My role has primarily been as the canon editor, meaning I review the narrative text to ensure the details are consistent with the filmed canon across the multiple …

Writing/Editing Update, June Edition

When I posted last month the Twin Cities were on fire. Things have calmed down on the burning front, but BLM protests are ongoing, as they should be, and people seem to be wearing their masks. Corona cases are steady here in Minnesota, not declining, which would be great, but not rising as in states …