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Kismet: Local Customs is out!
March 13, 2025
In this newsletter: writing news, TTRPG news, Ninefox VN status, FAQ (Foxily Asked Questions). My writing news is that MOONSTORM is a Nebula finalist for the...
the importance of bubble tea
February 20, 2025
In this newsletter: Some notes on why CROWNWORLD has been so slow in the writing, Ninefox VN Nonsense prologue prototype, the usual FAQ (Foxily Asked...
Visual Novel Nonsense and Other Nonsense
February 5, 2025
Howdy! I decided, partly for fun and partly for accountability, to start a development blog diary for Ninefox Gambit Visual Novel Nonsense. I’m (ab)using...
"This videogame is a bad perfume"
January 21, 2025
Howdy! In this newsletter: a screed (“This videogame is a bad perfume”), a shout-out to Shing Yin Khor’s terrific solo journaling keepsake game The Bird...
Hope Is Not a Business Strategy
January 14, 2025
In this newsletter: thoughts on business strategy, shout-out for a book I’m looking forward to, updates on CROWNWORLD and CODE AND CODEX, FAQ (Foxily Asked...
Lemons, Lemonade, and a Personal Project
December 27, 2024
Howdy, folks—I’m hard at work on One Last Contracted Book, but due to life complications, I will next be swerving into the Personal Project of My Heart for...
status status report report
November 13, 2024
Howdy! A few smol updates. As a USAn, regarding recent political results, I don’t have anything to add that much smarter people haven’t already said....
"Variations on an Apple": one terrific vision
October 2, 2024
I have to share this - a while back a concept artist and illustrator, Eva Elizabeth, asked for permission to use my Iliad space opera story "Variations on an...
There are many arts and they have a plan
September 18, 2024
My news is mostly writing-adjacent rather than writing at the moment. Also, please forgive typos; I had a medical emergency in August and a root canal two...
Dance the Exotic Dance for Me
August 8, 2024
I’ll keep this brief - I’m under orders (heh) to get some rest due to ongoing health/other issues, but my essay Dance the Exotic Dance for Me! is now up at...
the to-do list of doom
July 7, 2024
Howdy! Enclosed: ebook sale at Rebellion Solaris, how to write a one- to three-paragraph synopsis, and FAQ (Foxily Asked Questions). First, Rebellion Solaris...
My new book MOONSTORM out today!
June 4, 2024
My new book MOONSTORM is out today! This is YA mecha space opera and kicks off a trilogy. even gravity comes at a price Hwa Young was just ten years old when...
dark lords are best :)
May 21, 2024
First off, Django Wexler's How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying releases today! I had the pleasure of reading this in e-ARC, and now you can join...
MOONSTORM giveaway
May 15, 2024
My author copies of MOONSTORM arrived! (Moonstorm trilogy #1, YA mecha space opera.) The book comes out on June 4 from Delacorte (USA) or June 6 from...
Ninefox comic and other hobbies
April 7, 2024
Sorry it's been a minute! Life has been busy and my health has not been the best. First, I have a forthcoming comic story in this year's Marvel's Voices:...
cover reveal: Ursula Whitcher's NORTH CONTINENT RIBBON
February 28, 2024
I'm pleased to be hosting the cover reveal for Ursula Whitcher's science fiction collection NORTH CONTINENT RIBBON, forthcoming from Neon Hemlock Press!...
status thingy
February 3, 2024
Howdy! Ironically, I have some irons in the fire that I can't talk about at this time. XD So this is light on actualfax updates. One thing I did treat myself...
new story: "Cuneiform"
January 14, 2024
My story "Cuneiform" went live on Sunday Morning Transport today and is free to read! The life and times of an ~actress fronting for an AI ~novelist that...
Slush reader adventures!
January 3, 2024
Howdy! This newsletter includes: a discussion of the life of a slush reader (me), hexarchate art, a FAQ (foxily asked questions), and a catten pic. If...
MOONSTORM ARC!
December 16, 2023
Flowers - IN SPACE!!! I'm giving away one ARC to a lucky person - please email deuceofgearsart@gmail.com with the header MOONSTORM ARC and I will pick...
Sold a book!
December 12, 2023
I've sold a book! Let me quote from Publishers Marketplace because lazy: ...CODE AND CODEX, about plans to reach backwards and forwards in time by revising...
Ninefox Gambit RPG & a nefarious hexarchate project
November 1, 2023
Ninefox Gambit RPG is out! Or anyway, my friends have received their copies even if I haven't seen the hardcopy yet! You can get it from Android Press at...
FOX SNARE is out!
October 18, 2023
Howdy! This newsletter includes: a slightly belated book release announcement (FOX SNARE), Ninefox art, a FAQ (foxily asked questions), and a catten pic....
Starting on the Wrong Side
August 16, 2023
Howdy! This newsletter includes: an essay on antihero/villain protagonists, hexarchate art, a FAQ (foxily asked questions), and a catten pic. If there's a...
A Bridge Too Far
July 17, 2023
Howdy! This newsletter includes: an essay on my current philosophy of "plausibility" in worldbuilding and fiction generally, a FAQ (foxily asked questions),...
Jedao song!
June 6, 2023
I committed a Jedao song! Vocals by Tim Patterson.It's $1 on Bandcamp. Alternately, you can stream it on Spotify and it's available on iTunes/Apple...
Ninefox Gambit RPG preorders now open!
June 5, 2023
Ninefox Gambit RPG cover reveal (Locus Magazine, embiggened version at link) - art by Stephanie Folse. NINEFOX GAMBIT RPG is a tabletop roleplaying game of...
Ninefox Gambit RPG cover reveal + preorders open June 5
June 1, 2023
Howdy! The Ninefox Gambit RPG cover reveal is coming June 5 at Locus Magazine. Preorders will open June 5 as well at Android Press. NINEFOX GAMBIT RPG is a...
New Story
April 26, 2023
I have a new story up at Tor.com, "Counting Casualties" - free to read! Commander Niaja vrau Erezeng is up against an enemy that doesn’t just destroy all the...
April Fool's Edition, 2023
April 1, 2023
Howdy! This newsletter will have: a link to an April Fool's hexarchate mini-comic and hexarchate-themed terribad language practice, a FAQ (foxily asked...
Teleporting into Your Living Room
March 18, 2023
Howdy! This newsletter will have: an essay on my philosophy of game rules/design, a tiny 2-player epistolary TTRPG release announcement, a random piece of...
Brain Games for Blocked Writers
February 28, 2023
Howdy! Earlier in the pandemic, one of my weekend projects was a book of tips for breaking through writer's block. It's finally here! Brain Games for Blocked...
On tubas, flutes, and femmes fatales
February 21, 2023
Howdy! This newsletter will have: an essay on experimenting with scoring to picture (so if you were hoping for writing craft neepery, maybe next time?), a...
Lies They Tell You in Math
February 5, 2023
Howdy! Sorry it's been a while. This newsletter will have: where you can read a new story by me for free, a random art piece, musings on writing & tools, a...
Fox Snare cover reveal!
January 4, 2023
I'll keep this quick—Read Riordan has just released a cover reveal for the third Thousand Worlds book, Fox Snare! (Books 1 and 2 are Dragon Pearl and Tiger...
"Chess reality"
December 30, 2022
Howdy, folks, and Happy New Year very soon now! Depending on your local calendar, anyway. :) Today we have: "Chess reality" (on chess, Go, and establishing...
"mean, cynical, hopeless"
December 8, 2022
Howdy! So, let's start with a content note: in today's essay on personal themes and style, I will be discussing personal experiences (without, uh, gory...
Same Face Syndrome
November 19, 2022
Howdy! This is a little early, but I expect the rest of my November to be busy. This newsletter will have: a quick note on Locus Magazine and a random art...
What's the Metaphor?
November 8, 2022
Howdy! If you're USAn and able and haven't done so already, please vote! My family will be doing so later today. This newsletter will have: a bit of...
Character Spirals
October 14, 2022
First: sorry this is late! I had hoped to send out a second newsletter earlier but I was in South Korea for work at the end of September, and let’s just say...
Big! Space! Battles!
September 17, 2022
Howdy, y'all! Let's see how this newsletter thing goes - I am EXCITE! :D I will try to make the topic du jour clear up front so you can quickly decide...