CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

You can find the introduction to the Babes in London adventure sequence HERE . To play or run this game you will need the following: PLAYERS: Fireborn Player's Handbook; GAME MASTERS: Fireborn Gamemaster's Handbook. Both are available from www.drivethrurpg.com. This is a piece of fan fiction. It is not endorsed or acknowledged by Fantasy Flight Games; 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 BACKGROUND : In the mythic age, the rise of taint led to madness amongst those of the race of dragons, and a rift formed between these and other creatures of the age. With entire broods losing their souls and minds to the insinuating evil, other broods began to research how the threat might be defeated. One of these was the Lawgiver’s Brood. Led by...

These two spur-wing plovers were stalking something in a nearby field. And, I guessed they were catching it, too! They worked apart, competing with the swallows. (See if you can see the swallow in the picture below!) And together. They were a formidable couple But I needed to get much closer <sigh>

A new financial year has begun, and I have assessed what I planned to achieve by the end of the year. After doing the ‘first-of-quarter’ set-up, this is what I achieved for the very first week in July 2013. Overview New words produced: 414 Old words revised: 0 Works completed: 0 Works revised: 0 Covers created: 1 (1-3 variations) Works published: 32 (2 formats each on OmniLit) Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Publishing Tasks Created 3 blog posts for this blog ; Created 4 blog posts for the C.M. SimpsonPublishing blog ; Created the print-on-demand and ebook covers for Carlie Simonsen’s Wings ; Uploaded all Carlie Simonsen and 90% of C.M. Simpson’s short story and anthology , and novel titles to OmniLit. New Arrivals The following ideas arrived this week: ShortStory60: about girls and knives; ShortStory61: about a very special kukri; ShortStory62: a Tzamesch story featuring a different kind of barbarian, Honz.

Many, many moons ago, as some of you are aware, I fell in love with Fantasy Flight Games Fireborn setting . I started writing an adventure for it, when they put out a call, but I could find no one to play it with - the RPGA's 'Living' campaigns were in full swing and gamers in my area had pretty full dance cards at the time - and then the setting went away, and I turned to other things. Years have passed, but the setting haunts me still. It is a writing challenge I want to complete, a setting that cries out for exploration, and something that is ignoring my attempts to ignore it, and work on more saleable projects. So, I will write this adventure arc, and I will post it here for free to get it out of my system - a piece of fan fiction, if you will. It is in no way endorsed or supported by the company that created the Fireborn roleplaying game or setting; it is not official; and it does not indicate any kind of relationship between myself and that company, and I do not...

These guys were enjoying the morning sun on the highest point they could find. They came. They sat. They preened. They munched on the power-line. They stared at me staring at them. And put on a good display. Then they went. But even this large cockatoo is scared of magpies!

I have just finished the new cover for Carlie Simonsen's pending release: Wings . I rather like this cover, and now I'm going to have to think real hard on how to make the next cover just as striking. E-book Cover Print-on-Demand Cover Wings is the first book in the Wings series, which follows a family of people who have wings and bird-like feet. They have lived as normal a life as possible, concealing their not-so-human aspects as best they can. So far they have been successful, but that’s all about to be turned upside down. Jack has wings, but he keeps them well-hidden. When a new girl comes to school and does not hide her own wings, what changes will she bring to Jack’s life? Wings is due for release in July 2013, and will be available from Amazon-Kindle, Smashwords, Kobo, Nook, and iTunes .

The day job decided to raise some complexities this week, so I have gotten very little done. I think I am back on track, once more, but this week will be the proof of that. Wish me luck. In the meantime, here is a summary of what was achieved in the last week of June 2013. Overview New words produced: 0 (not including blogs) Old words revised: 8 Works completed: Works revised: 0 Covers created: 1 (1-2 variations) Works published: 1 (2 release platforms) Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Publishing Tasks Created 2 blog entries for this blog; Created 1 blog entry for C.M. Simpson Publishing blog; Created covers for C.M. Simpson: Short Stories and Poems from 2012 ; Formatted C.M. Simpson: Short Stories and Poems from 2012 for upload to Smashwords and Amazon-Kindle (decided against an Amazon release); Formatted C.M. Simpson: Short Stories and Poems from 2012 for upload to DriveThruFiction ; Updated FaceBook with with C.M. Simpson: Short St...