Mysterium
Busy, busy, busy! With writing, querying Stormgate around, the new job, and the baby on the way, the website has taken a back seat. But, I decided to take some…
Read moreBook Review: Ready Player One
Ready Player One, written by Ernest Cline and published in 2011 by Broadway Books, is aptly described as “Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.” Cline’s debut novel is a New York…
Read moreBook Review: Shadows for Silence / Perfect State
I finally got around to reading the two-novella, limited edition hardcover I picked up at Minicon 50 back in March. It’s weird, because I’m such a Brandon Sanderson fan, that…
Read moreICON 40
I won the lottery this weekend, and while it wasn’t money, it was an amazing experience. Back in August, Terri LeBlanc (Second Run Reviews), Erin Channell (ICON volunteer, reader, and…
Read moreOctober 2015 Update
Updates! Oh my, where to start? There is a ton of things going on in life right now. I guess I should start with the least important. Dreamscape Because this…
Read moreBook Review: The Slow Regard of Silent Things
The Slow Regard of Silent Things, written by Patrick Rothfuss (of Kingkiller Chronicles fame), illustrated by Nate Taylor, and published by DAW Books in 2014, is a book very unlike…
Read moreBook Review: I Don’t Want to Kill You
I Don’t Want to Kill You, written by Dan Wells and published by Tor in 2011, is the final book of the original John Cleaver trilogy. John has survived two…
Read moreAugust 2015 “To Read” List
Updates! First and foremost, the past two weeks have been incredible. August 14 was my last day as an environmental consultant. I got an opportunity in Cedar Rapids to assist…
Read moreProgress (or Lack of it)
July has been busy. When I say busy, I mean CRAZY busy. I ended up in New York City for two weeks for work, which was incredibly productive for my…
Read moreTrains
Trains was designed by Hisashi Hayashi and published by Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) in 2013. A deck-building game for between 2 and 4 players, Trains plays very similarly to Dominion,…
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