CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Things get a little bit hairy in the Pass of Olphara and the team has to run for their lives!  

The Portia Land Race is on, but South Block isn't going to build itself...

 Today's the last day you can pick up Trading into Shadow , for less than a US dollar, this August.   What's it About? After surviving a shadow monster ambush, Marsh must get back to civilization, keep two kids alive, and make a delivery. But, with shadow monsters and raiders closing the trade routes, she’s out of a job, and lost in beneath the ruins of one of the greatest cities of the world. She doesn’t need a deserted farm to complicate things… or a parentless pup… or to be hunted by a hoshkat. What she needs is to find a way home… through the dark… but the predators are out in force, and home is a very long way away. Can she discover what happened at Leon’s Deep, in time to stop it from happening again? Or did she escape the ambush, only to see the rest of her world fall to the ones behind it? Join her as she fights to survive and solve the mystery of Leon’s Deep. Pick up T rading into Shadow , today. Where Can You Buy It? You can purchase your copy of Trading into...

Fishing and farming - I'm sure I find this a lot more relaxing than my character does XD

It's a day of discovery, from mysterious shadows to secret notes and hidden dwarves, Corvida continues getting to know the valley.

The FREE offer of Trading Close to Light is ending today (August 27, 2021, US ET). You can pick it up HERE: https://books2read.com/u/bzgyzj . What's It About? In Marsh’s world the monsters are real and shadows can be used as weapons. Anyone can call the magic, but the magic they can wield is never guaranteed. Some call shadows, and some shape the stone and earth around them, while others heal or walk through minds. Marsh can bring the lightning, draw poison from wounds and become one with the dark, but the idea of seeing her uncle and cousins, again, leaves her cold. They’re the only family she has, and they don’t even know she survived. The trade route between Ruins Hall and Kerrenin’s Ledge is crawling with raiders and shadow monsters, but dealing with them seems a cakewalk in comparison, and seeing her family, again, isn’t the only challenge that lies ahead. Together with Roeglin and the kat, Marsh must help Kerrenin’s Ledge develop a force to protect itself and th...

With the work-for-hire complete - and wasn't that a whopper of a story! - it's time to re-focus on my own books. I work a few projects at a time, but there's only a short span of time between contracts, so I'll be trying to focus on the rewrite of Shadow's Rise, which will be re-released as Dark God Emergent. Starting Words: 31,332 Ending Word Total: 33,786 Day's Words: 2,454 Writing Time: 2 hours 24 minutes.  Chapter 10 - In which, the Duke of Hartender pays his prisoners a visit: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raomar woke to someone whistling Pithonan’s Death March . The tune danced down the corridor outside his cell, echoing off the walls to create a dissonant chorus. Beside him, Broderick woke with a gasp. The lordling sat bolt upright as the footsteps accompanying the tune halted outside their cell door. Raomar laid a hand on the young man’s shoulder. “Open...