CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

You can find the introduction to the Babes in London adventure sequence HERE , the background to Act One HERE , the Overview for Act One HERE ., Act One Scenes 1-2 HERE and Act One Scene 3 HERE . Act Two Preparation and Scene 1 can be found HERE , Act Two Scene 2 can be found HERE , Act Two Scene 3A can be found HERE , Act Two Scene 3B can be found HERE and Act Two Scene 3C can be found HERE . To play or run this game you will need the following: PLAYERS: Fireborn Player's Handbook ; GAME MASTERS: Fireborn Gamemaster's Handbook ; This is a piece of fan fiction. It is NOT endorsed or acknowledged by Fantasy Flight Game s; it is IN NO WAY official; it DOES NOT indicate any form of relationship between myself and Fantasy Flight Games; and I DO NOT CLAIM any of the setting specific material or setting specific concepts as my own. GMs, please note that these scenes have not been playtested, so you may need to adjust them on the fly. If you do, I would be grat

I saw this guy down by the lake - and, yes, it could just as easily be a girl, but I don't know how to tell, so live with it. What struck me was the colour of its eyes. It really does have blue eyes, a startling, surprising blue. Check it out.  And throat feathers that remind me of a beard, when he checks out the sky. Although the effect disappears when it turns its head. After taking a good, long look at me and deciding I was no threat, this not-so-little guy continued hunting for whatever it was that had taken his fancy earlier. But I wonder if it's the same bird. All the descriptions I've seen of Corvus coronoides have it with white eyes. Why does this one have eyes so clearly blue?

This week, we had to randomly roll a conflict and centre our story around it. I rolled 'dark secret revealed' and this is what came out. Once again, I had no idea what to write when I sat down to write this, but once the first sentence had arrived, the story followed. No Secret Safe The first secret was revealed at dawn. Sigrun sweated, hearing her littlest sister deliver it to her father’s fiercest friend and most deadly foe, felt her stomach grow cold. Now Valgerd had what he needed. Sigrun stood a jug of mead on the tray. She did not know when her father and Valgerd’s friendship had soured; she only knew it had. She could mark the day Heldar started keeping secrets from his friend. They had hoped, but not known Ieitha would find her gift so soon, or that she would be alone when she revealed the vital thread. Sigrun shivered as Ieitha’s piping tones filled the hall. “The one you seek. She hides in shadow, but revels in the light. She will put a torch to t

So, after a hectic week, Yard Boss has now been uploaded to the Kobo, Smashwords, Amazon-Kindle, CreateSpace, DriveThruFiction and OmniLit platforms, where, if not already live, it will soon be available. Also, in a few weeks, it will be available from such platforms as iTunes and Nook, amongst others, thanks to the Smashwords distribution system. Originally designed to be a stand-alone title, Yardboss will be the first book in the Schoolyard Adventures series, which is set in the school grounds of multiple people, places and times. In Yard Boss , a new kid arrives at a boarding school and is targeted by bullies. Robert just wants to get on with getting on. He's at a new school and he's trying to find his feet. Allan knows he needs to put the new kid down hard, but which one? How about the big one that returns his gaze? His sidekick, Tom, doesn't think that's such a good idea, but since when did Allan listen to Tom, anyway?

Yet another busy week, but more achieved than last week. I’ve been stretching the old writing muscles this week, and learning how to regulate my time a bit better. Looking forward to next week. Overview New words produced: 15,383 Old words revised: 2,613 Works completed: 5 (2 for blog, 3 for a larger project) Works revised: 1 Covers created: 1 (1-3 variations) Works published: 1 (6 release platforms) Works submitted: 1 Competitions Entered: 0 Tier 2 Tasks RomanceNovel14A— Country Rush : Added 8,500 words, Tier 3 Tasks   Chapbook11A— Yard Boss : Added 800 words, revised and edited, formatted and added cover. Extra Tasks ShortStory45— The Reptile’s Blade : Added 3,000 words; ShortStory69— A Dragon in the Last Day’s Light , a piece of flash fiction for a larger project; ShortStory73— The Sun and the Stars , a piece of flash fiction for a larger project; ShortStory74— A Choice of Colour , completed in response to Chuck Wendig’s terribl