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Kickstart the Comic – Standstill #1
Post-apocalyptic stories come in all shapes and sizes, but what they truly are about is the survivors. Like any good … Read more
3 RPG & 1 Comic Kickstarter You Need To Back – Torg Eternity, The Lost Citadel, Triten, and Angelica Reigns
Need a genre-crossing tabletop RPG system and setting? Want to read supernatural fantasy? Interested in a wanna-lancer opportunity or concrete steps to … Read more
Water Under our Bridge
The year is 1992. It’s raining now, just like I hoped. In the heart of July, an afternoon that would … Read more
4 Kickstarter Photo Finishes – Section Zero, Clonsters, 5 Seconds, and Grond 2
For some independent comic book creators, Kickstarter is the way to fund their comics. Typically, Kickstarters have thirty days to … Read more
A Thought for Every Thursday – 3 Absurd Scenarios
Let’s have a little fun this week. In contrast to the deadly serious questions we’ve asked recently, this week’s trio … Read more
The Free Comic Experiment – Gilded Age #1
I’m currently running a promotion where the first issue of my Steampunk Comic: The Gilded Age #1 is free to … Read more
3 Comic Kickstarters You Need To Back – Niobe, Untold, and Grond
Demons, orcs, half-orcs, and a half-elf. Kickstarter offers some of the best fantasy and horror comic book options. This week, … Read more
Shadow of Forever – my last sci-fi book for a while
First, let’s get business out of the way. I’ve just released Shadow of Forever. It’s the sequel to this, and … Read more
Kickstart the Comic – Angelica Reigns #1
Sometimes it is about the story, sometimes it is about the art, sometimes it is about the promotion, and sometimes … Read more
A Thought for Every Thursday – Choose your God Carefully
Here we go. More serious stuff. This week’s questions center on religion and the pursuit thereof. Here at Tessera Guild, … Read more
A Deadly New Romance Novel – Fire and Mist
Fire and Mist, Book 3 of the Well of Souls series Now available! Derek Mackay, 16th century laird and … Read more
Scorching June 14th Book Sale
Hi there. With any luck, the date you’ve wandered here is June 14th, 2017. If so, welcome to the Summer Book Slam. For … Read more
4 RPG & 1 Comic Kickstarter You Need To Back – Monarchies of Mau, Buccaneer: Through Hell & High Water, Route 3, A Delve in the Cave, and The S’rulyan Vault II
Want to immortalize your cat (in art)? Design a pirate or a townie NPC? Ever want to read a comic … Read more
Trees and Towers 2017 Calendar
It’s never to late in the year to slap a calendar on your wall. Especially when it’s full of art. … Read more
The Tipsy Art Tutorial – Part 1
It had to happen. Soooooooooo many people asked about the technique used by artist T. Morrison to create these awesome … Read more
Vanity Press: What Kickstarter RPG Rewards Are Available? – Dark Obelisk & A Delve in the Cave
Sometimes (all of the time), wanna-lancing is about gaining the experience needed to become a tabletop RPG freelancer. Other times, … Read more
A Thought for Every Thursday – We’re Probably ALL wrong
This week’s pair of questions center on truth, the discovery of knowledge, and whether or not people should be wary … Read more
Just Remember Me When
Sometimes these things take time. And by the time I mean way too long to actually have passed before a … Read more
200 Word RPG – Memories
In my experiment to jump from tabletop RPG wanna-lancer to freelancer, there are games and games and games that need … Read more
How to react when hit with bad reviews
It’s no longer debatable. Self-published authors are a force to be reckoned with in the publishing world. As of June, 2017, more than … Read more
Vanity Press: What Kickstarter RPG Rewards Are Available? – Maximum Mayhem Dungeons: Monsters of Mayhem #1 & Opilan: Destiny Rising
Want to expand your tabletop RPG writing and resume? In the process of broadening your horizons, do you want to create … Read more
A Thought for Every Thursday – Choose Your Own Adventure
This week’s A Thought for Every Thursday question continues along on our recent path of asking serious questions. Don’t sweat it. … Read more
The Good Place – A Review
A little show premiered last Fall, and I have to admit the only reason it initially showed up on my … Read more
Three Comic Book Kickstarters You Need To Back – Section Zero, Route 3, and Grond #3
There is no Section Zero… or UFOs, or monsters, or time travelers. None. Um, rest assured… Sean Anderson is a … Read more
Sculpting with Darkness – Turning Paper into Shadow
Every artist finds inspiration in different ways. Some dream it. Others pry beauty from otherwise ordinary things. Still others wander … Read more
A Thought for Every Thursday – We Didn’t Ask to be Here
This week’s A Thought for Every Thursday question continues along our recent path of asking serious questions. We’ll come back to the easy … Read more
Kickstart the Comic – Route 3: Vol 1
Full disclosure – I might have some interest in Route 3’s Kickstarter succeeding. Robert Jeffrey is not only a collaborator … Read more
Kickstart the Game – Heroes of the Great War: Limanowa 1914
Since the start of writing words on the Tessera Guild, I’ve focused my column on tabletop RPG Kickstarters with a … Read more
The Weirdest Google Searches Leading to our Website
A while back, we made a list of all the pornographic search terms people typed into Google that somehow led … Read more
New Painting – Storm City
Typically… I prefer to work alone. The quieter, the better. If I can hear a mouse squeak, a human sigh, … Read more
A Thought for Every Thursday – Which ‘ism’ are you?
Welcome to A Thought for Every Thursday. Every Thursday we’ll pose a question (or several) regarding a specific current event, a … Read more
20 Things I’ve Learned at Concerts
Thinking I’m 25 again last week, my wife and I went to see concerts on back to back nights. A … Read more