Before We Begin, A Disclaimer… Before I delve into this topic, I’d like to start with a caveat or two. First, these are my own opinions, based on personal experience and observation. Do not treat these opinions as the gospel truth, because YMMV. Second, I am not bitching about being a successful indie author. Honestly,…

Time for another (long overdue) urban fantasy author update. Drum roll, please! What I’m Reading Eh, not much. I’ve been doing so much writing and editing, the last thing I want to do at the end of the day is look at a page. Well, I take that back. I have been slowly working my…

Shade Cursed is the first entry in The Shadow Changeling Series, a Colin McCool Junkyard Druid spin-off series set in M.D. Massey’s Druidverse urban fantasy setting. If you enjoy dark urban fantasy books featuring haunted antiheroes in the tradition of Snape, Walker Boh, and Constantine, you’ll love this story about a human changeling prince fighting…

Hey folks, it’s time for another urban fantasy author update! Here’s what I’ve been up to… What I’m Doing As I write this I’m watching the snow fall outside my window, after a week of freezing temps in an area of the country where temperatures rarely get below the forties. For me, this is enjoyable…

I checked my calendar, and it’s time for another urban fantasy author update. Here’s what I’ve been up to lately… What I’m Reading: Fantasy RPG Rules Recently, my friend Scott—the guy who does the animation for my book trailers—asked me if I would run a D&D campaign for his son and mine. Apparently, his kid…

“‘The king died and then the queen died’ is a story. ‘The king died, and then the queen died of grief’ is a plot.” —E.M. Forster Fiction authors have been romanticized in popular culture for so long, the average person likely thinks we sit around all day waiting for inspiration, only to zip over to…