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World Wide Games Day - Gates of Neverdeath - Aug 6th

This Saturday I was one of the two DMs at Pendragon Games and Hobbies for the World Wide Games day.  We had 14 people come out.  One had intended to just watch but with a bit of peer pressure from me...

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Lost Crown of Neverwinter - D&D Encounter #1

I got my materials about a week ago and have been really looking forward to season.  The story looks like it will be an interesting one to tell with the PCs.  It also looks like it will be a...

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B is for Blank - Friday Flash

Due to a first draft deadline that is looming on August 15th I don't have time to write a fresh piece of Friday Flash.  So here is a repost of a story I wrote back in 2009.B is for BlankIt arrived just...

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Weekend Word Count

So a big part of restarting my blog was to once again make myself more accountable for my writing. So one of the things I'm going to start doing is just posting a night Word Count. This first one...

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Skill Challenge - Keeping a Plaguechanged White Dragon Occupied

If you are not a DM running the Lost Crown of Neverwinter you might want to skip the post.  If you are a PC playing in the same campaign you will most certainly want to skip the post. I will try to...

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Monday's Word Count

It was a great day for writing 2576 words.  The goal had in fact been 3k and a finished first draft by today.  Sadly neither happened but I am still slaving away towards the finished first draft.I will...

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A Writer's Space - Picking your Space

If you haven't already read the first article you can find it hereSo once again we explore this physical space that we occupy as we write. The author talks about past clients and her own experiences in...

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Tueaday's Word Count

This morning got in 1175 words. A total that I was very pleased with. The disappointment came this evening when I didn't add anything to the mornings count. Tomorrow I expect to be equally hard. I am...

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Wednesday Word Count

Today I hang my head in shame. There was a single word typed in today. :( Now here are the excuses: I worked a full shift, and then had D&D Encounters. Now here are the reasons those excuses are a...

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Thursday Word Count

Well I said it yesterday and I did it today 2146 words. More importantly I've started on of the final scenes in the book at this point I can almost taste the finished first draft. For now however it is...

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Lost Crown of Neverwinter - D&D Encounter #2

The evening started off when I heard a couple of the other dm's discussing short rests.  I told them about the skill challenge I had written and both were interested in trying it out.  Then after...

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Weekend Word Count

What an amazing weekend it was. Friday night was spent out in the park watching Ice Age 2 followed by Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. It didn't end so well, but that sorted itself out....

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Lair Assault - Building a Character

Alright so next month is start of the new Lair Assault program.  If you haven't been living under a rock & you have any interest what so ever in Dungeons and Dragons then you will have heard about...

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Weekend Word Count

So I sort of feel out of the habit of writing a nightly word count.  I'll be honest it was mostly out of shame from not writing.  As is often the case life tries to get in the way of the things you...

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Monday's Word Count

Nil, Nada, Zip, Zero, Zilch. That about sums it up. I made a choice to go and take a run at Lair Assault instead of writing. Guess that shows me where my priorities are. Sigh! Enough of this time to go...

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Lost Crown of Neverwinter – Session 3

Ten days have passed since the PC’s fought alongside the Heir and defeated the White Plaguechanged Dragon. The characters have all been keeping themselves very busy. We started off with a quick trip...

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Lost Crown of Neverwinter - Session 4

We had a couple of minor table changes for this evening session. Our lovely Bladesinger was at home sick and the Halfling thief Locke was nowhere to be found. Doing their best to pick up the slack were...

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5 Stages of Star Wars Grief

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Lost Crown of Neverwinter - Session 5

In case you missed it here is a link to my Session 4 Report One quick note before I begin. I forgot to mention that the last session was run with the assistance of my new ASUS Transformer Tablet using...

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Weekend Word Count

It was a good weekend of gaming, writing and cleaning. Final word count for the whole weekend is 2745. Which 255 short of my daily goal.On the plus side the first draft is nearly finished of the...

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