CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

After a week with a broken computer,I forgot to let people know I was guest blogging over at Dark Side Down Under . A group of Australian writers of romance and other paranormal genres, they kindly hosted me on their regular A Bite Of… blog spot on Wednesday, July 17. I talked about the inspiration behind the stories and poems in An Anthology of Battle (which may also be found in my collection of Short Stories and Poems of 2012 collection), and gave an excerpt from one of my favorite stories, Jalaya . Feel free to go over and check it out.

Computer broke L . Not much got done… Overview New words produced: 2,189 Old words revised: 0 Works completed: 0 Works revised: 0 Covers created: 1 (1-3 variations) Works published: 0 (2-3 release platforms) Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Publishing Tasks Created 0 blog posts for this blog; Created 3 blog posts for the C.M. Simpson Publishing blog; Released C.M. Simpson: Short Stories andPoems from 2012 as a print-on-demand title from CreateSpace; Uploaded titles for Ellie Moonwater, Eleanor Maine, and Madeleine Torr to AllRomanceEbooks. New Arrivals The following ideas arrived this week: Novella21A

You can find the introduction to the Babes in London adventure sequence HERE and the background to Act One HERE . To play or run this game you will need the following: PLAYERS: Fireborn Player's Handbook ; GAME MASTERS: Fireborn Player's Handbook ; Fireborn Gamemaster's Handbook ; DISCLAIMER: 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. PLAYERS SHOULD NOT READ BEYOND THIS POINT             OVERVIEW : Act One begins with the characters searching for the Seer of Cathach in South London. It is assumed they are aware of their draconic natures at this stage, although some notes are provided to adapt the module for those who aren’t. In the first scene, the characters notic...

This beautiful pair have come every year. I haven't seen the cygnets yet, but I guess they're working on that. They swam below the polluted pool. Climbed the bank. Ate. Returned to the water. And swam some more. The sun glare was a menace today. It's something I'll have to remember to take into consideration in future.