Parallel #1 is just too good! Hosted by Shelly Brisbin and guest starring Larry Skutchan and Stephen Hackett, tech royalty in their respective fields. I loved every single second of it. And dammit! Stephen continues to make me want to collect old Apple computers. 😱

I was thrilled to be this week’s guest on the Micro Monday Podcast where we talked about Micro.blog, writing, and ice hockey! ✍️🏒🎤

It feels like the years between roughly 1970 and 1990 are just a big blackhole for publishing. Books I want to read or reread from that era just do not seem to exist digitally or in audio the vast majority of the time. Some eventually surface—but so many never do. 😕📚

Song of the day – Mothers Pride (Remastered) by George Michael 🎵

On this episode of Something to Say, I chat with author and podcaster Shelly Brisbin about writing and publishing tech books, her career as a writer, how the publishing industry has changed, and the various things she’s worked on over the years.

• iOS Access for All
• Parallel
• Shelly on Twitter

I am so excited to see Parallel join Relay.FM! It’s a fabulous podcast that brings the mainstream and accessibility segments of the tech industry together, hosted by my friend Shelly Brisbin. Check it out! You won’t be disappointed. 🎧🎤

Nothing quite like being woken at 4 in the morning by a flood warning alert going off on your phone. I’m definitely over all this rain. 🌧😣

Song of the Day — Something To Be by Rob Thomas 🎵

I want to thank everyone for the tremendous support I’ve received this week. There’s still one day left to get Haven Lost and Harmony’s Song for free on Kindle, and if you prefer audio, Haven Lost is also available from Audible. 🐉⚔️🧜‍♀️ 🎧📖

It’s quite a remarkable feeling to come across an old external hard drive, plug it in, and find long lost gems amidst its ancient contents—also, a great many more files that I haven’t the foggiest notion why I bothered to back up.

For new readers, if you visit The Dragon’s Brood Cycle’s official website and check out the media section, you’ll find a recording of the song feature in the short story Harmony’s Song which is currently free on Kindle. I wrote the song, and my wife, Molly, performs it. 🎵📚 🐉⚔️🧜‍♀️

It’s ben a good launch day for Haven Divided. Thanks to all my readers for the support and kind words. I hope you enjoy reading volume 2 as much as I enjoyed writing it. 🐉🧜‍♀️🧙‍♂️🧙‍♀️ 💜📚✍️

You just could not pay me enough to go skydiving. ✈️😱

Today’s the day! Haven Divided, the second volume of The Dragon’s Brood Cycle, has been released for Kindle worldwide.

If you’re just getting started with The Dragon’s Brood Cycle, the first volume, Haven Lost, is free on Kindle for a limited time, as is the short companion story Harmony’s Song. You can also check out this guest blog post I wrote for Proof Positive.

It’s been a long time in coming, and I’m incredibly proud of this book. Thanks to everyone who has stuck with me through this journey. I really can’t wait to see what everyone thinks of Emily’s continuing adventures.

Thanks for reading!

🙌 Haven Lost and Harmony’s Song are both free for a limited time to celebrate the launch of Haven Divided tomorrow. I hope you’ll give them a try! 📚

Haven Divided is out tomorrow! I was invited to write a guest post on the Proof Positive blog to celebrate the launch. Check it out and share! — Story Ideas Are Like Autumn Winds

I wish apps would just all settle on either Cmd-R or Cmd-Shift-R for the Refresh/Reload actions. I invariably press the wrong one for whichever one I happen to be in. 😒

I think I might be falling in love with KeyboardMaestro. 😃

If you say “By the power of Grayskull!” to the Amazon Echo, Alexa will respond with “I have the power!” This fills me with irrepressible joy. 🤓⚔️

Introducing Something to Say, a MicroCast where I’ll be exploring the creative process, how creatives influence one another, the art I love (books, music, film, etc), and more.

• Neil Gaiman’s 2012 Commencement Address
• Haven Lost

Book marketing generates more work and more stress than writing the damn thing in the first place. 😬✍️

And here’s an alternate version of the Haven Divided trailer, narrated for the visually impaired. 📚

Check out and share the official book trailer for Haven Divided! 📚

Someone needs to make an Apple iiGS or iiE replica keyboard—or at least one with the same key layout—that works as a BlueTooth keyboard for modern machines. 🤓 I can’t be the first person to wish for such a thing.

Well, that giveaway sure went a lot faster than I anticipated! 😱 Amazon has awarded all 25 copies of Haven Lost. If you were won of the lucky winners, I hope you enjoy it! I’ll look into doing more of these soon. Thank you all for the support!