Book signing tomorrow!
Howdy all,
Just a reminder that I’ll be signing copies of my two Omnibi – Legion Rising & Shattered Crown – At Page After Page Books at the Maryland Renaissance Festival tomorrow, August 31st, 2025. Tickets to the Renfest are on sale now and you cannot buy them at the gate, so now is the time to grab them so you can come see me and support my endeavors! Buy your set of the my novels (or my D&D Adventure) at the fair and get them signed for free!
See you there tomorrow!
That’s right, I’m back with a vengeance! I’ll be signing copies of my two Omnibi – Legion Rising & Shattered Crown – At Page After Page Books at the Maryland Renaissance Festival this Sunday, August 31st, 2025. Tickets to the Renfest are on sale now, so now is the time to grab them so you can come see me and support my endeavors! Buy your set of the my novels (or my D&D Adventure) at the fair and get them signed for free! I’ll be there 11am to 5pm. Looking forward to seeing you all there!
New Omnibi forthcoming! Available for preorder now!
Have you been holding off on purchasing the entire Steam Empire Chronicles? Want an exclusive new cover that looks absolutely snazzy? Get the ultimate Steam Empire Chronicles Collection in two fantastic Omnibi – Legion Rising and Shattered Crown – Available now for preorder and released on March 23rd, 2025!
Join Author Daniel Ottalini for a talk on Alternate History at the Worldbuilding EXPO tomorrow at 5:15 PM PST (8:15 EST)
Have you ever wondered how to build up your worldbuilding? Want to know how it connects to Alternate History and the worlds of potential futures & pasts? Sign up for my free talk tomorrow night at the Worldbuilding EXPO (8:15 PM, EST, or 5:15 PM PST).
I’ll be in the No Stress Writing Academy booth run by my awesome friend (and editor / publisher at Heart Ally Books, the awesome people behind Antioch Burns). Here’s the schedule tomorrow. All times are PST.
March 12:
You’ll have to register (it’s free!) and registering once gets you into a variety of free talks, seminars, and booths. Listen to engaging speakers, check out some wares, perhaps learn a thing or two about writing, worldbuilding, and beyond!
Besides that, I’ll have a huge announcement that I’ve been waiting to share with all of you! Once again, click here to register (change the day to March 12th), click into it and you’re in!
Meet the Searing Torchbearer Cultists
“Those cultists are another thing, I tell you. More likely to burn each other with those weird symbols of those. Some people like the smell of bacon in the morning. I think they prefer the smell of another meat instead….” – Maud the Mauler, after an encounter with the Searing Torchbearers in Pier’s Landing.
Continue reading “What’s that Burning Smell? A look at the Cult of the Searing Torchbearers”As you round a turn in the road, the signs of civilization fading behind you, you spy a dark stone mansion rising in the distance. Getting closer, the remnants of several wooden outbuildings appear, flanked by the foreboding dark woods of the surrounding forest. The burbling of a creek comes from your left. A window shutter bangs closed in the wind from an abandoned building. The manor looms before you, two large wings to either side of a balcony – covered entryway. This is the infamous Drav’eka Manor.
Continue reading “New D&D Coming Soon! The Mystery of Drav’eka Manor”
Goodbye 2021, may ye stay in the past where you belong. Welcome 2022! Today I want to briefly review some of the awesome successes I’ve had this year, and share some plans for the year ahead. I have a Writing New Years Resolution to accomplish this year!
This year saw me transition somewhat from writing full length novels and novellas to adventure modules for role playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons. Part of this was to allow me to complete more writing projects faster, and part of it reflected a shift in my interests and a connection between work I was already doing, and an effort to capitalize off it. It also lets me expand my writing styles, explore new characters and concepts, and improve my story design skills.
But let’s get down to business. What exactly did I write this year?
Reflections of Brass, my paperback anthology of my three ebook novellas, was released in November through Amazon Print On Demand Services. I’m excited as every part of the Steam Empire Chronicles now has a paperback version available for people to read!
I also published seven (!) different Dungeons and Dragons / Role Playing Adventures through DMs Guild. I had been working on several of these projects in 2020, and finally took the plunge to publish them, and I’m really glad I did! Here’s a summary of the work! (Over 100,000 words worth of work, and 250+ pages of awesome things!)
I’ve had a lot of fun making these, and I’m excited to share more with you in the future! Which brings us to my writing goals for 2022.
That’s it! That’s my goal. I’d love to try and push myself to do a full dozen, but I also want to be able to focus on completing commissions for my terrain side hustle, as well as eventually work on a new installment for the Steam Empire Chronicles. I’m also planning to eventually combine all the Temerrit Tales into one massive print creation that I can bring together and get bound and printed.
Thoughts? Ideas? Recommendations? Let me know!
The announcement post for Tales From Temerrit – the Fall of Palrom the Usurper – Now available!
Happy Holidays, and Merry Christmas! I hope everyone’s holidays have been warm and bright. My latest adventure module was recently released on DM’s guild, and I realized I never actually published this post! It’s a follow up to my popular “Introduction to Temerrit” Adventure setting. You can check out a preview view posting about this module here (around the two hour mark!)
This module is designed to provide the skilled GM with everything they need to run a political intrigue style campaign based in the wild and fantastical province of Temerrit during the time of the rise, and fall, of Vincent Palrom, an oathbreaker paladin determined to achieve apotheosis. Whether the party seeks to unite the fractious members of the Northern Alliance, find common ground with the justifiably wary and war-weary indigenous Wildling tribes, or throw in their lot with the Usurper himself, choices are key to this immersive story.
This module includes three new character backgrounds, four mercenary companies with rosters of enemies, strategies and tactics, 17 maps (including some battle maps gridded & non-gridded), adventure hooks for every city and town, plus an introductory campaign designed to introduce players to the wonderful world of Temerrit.
Within this adventure setting you’ll also find a brief historical description of the time of Palrom, with an in-depth look at his plans, mercenary allies & NPC lieutenants. Many of these mercenary units use monsters from Volo’s Guide to Monsters (VGtM), but you can substitute with appropriate rosters from the Monster Manual as needed. While players can use any background & class type within Temerrit, there are three unique character backgrounds from within this setting that add extra flavor and story hooks.
Finally, the starting adventure, Smyall Worries, creates opportunities for character progression from levels one to four, while introducing players to the current political situation and a few key NPCs within the province itself. Assuming a party of four or five players, the introductory arc has PCs defending a refugee camp, fighting off Palromian saboteurs, investigating enemy spies and following them back to their hilltop base. Several potential storylines can branch from this initial story at the GM’s discretion and player’s interest, although there are many potential story hooks within each city.
Players who enjoy political intrigue, strategic planning, or simply a large amount of combat will enjoy this campaign. Players will need to consider how best to reduce the Usurper’s power and position. Ideally, this campaign is flexible enough to take characters from levels 1 to 20, but for a shorter campaign, look to go from levels one to ten, using the Oathbreaker Paladin stats later in this module along with lair actions and allies as your final encounter. Crafting a story where the PCs feel like they are actually righting wrongs and making a difference in their world is the hallmark of many great Dungeons and Dragons stories, no more so than in the Fall of Palrom the Usurper.
For more ideas about adventures, challenges, and interactions within Temerrit, check out A Field Guide to Temerrit, an adventure setting module that looks at Temerrit after the Fall of Palrom, with additional cities, NPCs, and the ever reverberating aftershocks of Palrom’s disappearance. After all, until you see the body, you never really can prove that someone is dead. And even then, check twice.
While you can purchase this module on it’s own, I’m also offering a Temerrit bundle for my lucky fans! For about 15% off, you can get both The Introduction to Temerrit and the Fall of Palrom the Usurper. That’s more than a hundred pages of background, maps, NPCs, monsters and campaign goodness for just $15 (!)
Get your copy today, and be sure to leave a review and let me know what you think!
“Twas a year like no other…”
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