Was hoping to put this rough draft to bed this week before my son is out of school for the summer. Cue cold, right on schedule. Going to try and power through, but we'll see.

Taking my son to his first concert tonight and my first in 15 years. Do I wear my Evil Empire concert shirt from 30+ years ago? Yea or lame? The band: youtu.be/09_-B07cwww?...

Y'all have no idea how long it took me to find this song I needed for a scene. Google useless despite me knowing all the lyrics by heart and that it was a Bob Mould iteration. Anyway, this was the fourth CD I ever bought. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlYm...

I know it’s supposed to be shade but I formally accept Homer as a fellow indie self-pub author. One of us! One of us!

Just saw a cyber truck with something actually in the bed and that should be a bingo square.

Instead of finishing my week with a leg workout, I started the week with it.

One of these days I'm going to get tired of telling my wife she's going to have to speak up because I'm wearing a towel. Today was not that day.

Y'all need to do yourselves a favor and watch Dust Bunny: Basically a fantastical The Professional where he's hired to kill the monster under her bed, all shot in a style so French it might as well be a croissant-wrapped cigarette. Run, don't walk.

In case anyone wonders why I take the same route on my run there’s this. SoCal is always lovely but sometimes it’s gorgeous. Unless you park under it that is.

I stumbled upon some old worldbuilding infographics I used to do. Here's one adapted from Sanderson's laws of magic.

Alright, this has to be my favorite giveaway I've seen. Don't know why I'm sharing it since I'm only mucking up my own chances to win. And you better believe I'm in it to win it.

What a wonderful review to wake up to: "The “showdowns” are top-notch, the pacing is perfect, and the magic users only motel/safehouse reminded me of the assassin’s hotel in John Wick, which I loved. In fact, I can’t think of anything that I didn’t love... Highly recommended."

The Barefoot Bandit was an inspiration for my protag Corbin, but I ended up dropping a lot of it because it didn't fit the character. Still fascinating though: Kid living in the woods, stole barefoot, self taught pilot, speedboat escape. Fun stuff. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colton_...

Last day to pick up this mystical urban fantasy mystery for FREE. What happens when a dowser on the run from the FBI has to find a genius enchanter who's gone missing inside his locked home? Find out in Rites of Passage. mybook.to/RitesofPassage

Writing urban fantasy has its own weird anachronisms traps, and I find myself frequently having to look up phrases like lean-in or sketchy to see if they're time period appropriate. Because that's the level of professionalism you can expect here.

I have no idea the direction the FB algo is taking me now but I’m 100% down.

Nothing better than watching a sparrow take a dust bath in the shadow of the birdbath I spent all that money on.

My eight year old just asked if Percy Jackson is urban fantasy or more portal fantasy, and I know I'm raising him right.

It might be time to shut it down. I may have taken the medium to its natural conclusion. I present to you Kokedama Pineapple!

Go grab some new uncommon #urbanfantasy for less than the cost of a coffee. Or energy drink. Or whatever the youngs are drinking these days. Matcha? Me, I'm drinking coffee. Black. mybook.to/RitesofPassage

When you gargle salt water, it's got to be from a coffee mug, right? Thems the rules?

Back to this rough draft and one day I swear I won’t need a map for a story. But not this day. And yes, it says “cocks” in the middle.

Four days until this little urban fantasy mystical mystery goes live. If you like: Bomb disposal with enchantments Whip swords! Multiple magic systems Running A.L.F. jokes Rockin' 90s soundtracks ...you should check out Electric City Switches mybook.to/ElectricCity...

Watching my son play with my old GI Joes is surprisingly satisfying.

Urban Fantasy is easy once you know the rules. My UF name will henceforth be Flint Bishop. What's yours?

Just saved a crow that was hopping down the street with its wings and tail caught in a glue trap. I’m 67% sure it was a spirit in disguise and the bond we formed will lead to years of misadventures.

This is the look of complete lack of remorse after rolling in the corpse of a possum then chasing it down with ditch water.

I take pride that the nouns and verbs I (correctly) use confuses the hell out of autocorrect.

First review for Electric City Switches just dropped from the illustrious @johnbierce.bsky.social Get all that Urban Fantasy action: mybook.to/ElectricCity...

If anybody needs art for anything I have some unexpected expenses that popped up and am looking to take on some extra gigs or commissions. You can see more work and contact me through my website if you're keen teeketch.art

Alas my eight year old has discovered April Fools pranks. He also put dirt in the shower hose, which was far less amusing.

Two years ago I released this little mystical murder mystery out into the wild on April Fools. Check out some uncommon Urban Fantasy with: --Fair play mystery --No vamps, shifter, or fae --No kissy stuff --Multiple magic systems --Enchanted iPod? mybook.to/RitesofPassage

Today in random writer research, I had to delve into the depths of Urban Dictionary to find when the term unicorn first started being used for available bisexual women. Also, the number of kids a goat usually has. Fun stuff.

Calling #sff #authors: I have another hairbrained blog series idea. I want to focus on characters with "small" roles who still make a difference. Maybe they send a villain searching in the wrong direction, maybe they encourage the main character when they're about to give up, things like that. 1/

Finished a 23k word outline and decided to start a club. Meetings will be T/TH But also W/F And some weekends too. Plus Mondays. Who's in?

Finishing up book four's outline, and I like that all of my outlines include a chapter called "All Hell", followed by "All Hell II".

If you only read traditionally published authors, you're missing out on a plethora of amazing, memorable, one-of-a-kind books. I challenge you to read off the beaten path. Read books from all avenues of publishing. Trust me, you'll discover some new favorites. #booksky #indiebooks ##indieauthors

When you have a hammer erery problem looks like a nail. When you learn Kokedama every plant becomes a sphere. I’m particularly proud of the last one, which is my second in the series of staghorns mounted on stag horns.

If you're interested in my Eric Carter necromancer books, the audiobook versions for all 9 books from DEAD THINGS to CULT CLASSIC are 50% off until 3/31. Angry, sweary necromancers who make poor life choices, obscure LA history, Aztec death gods and John Wick levels of violence.

Today’s exercise: 15 pull-ups and a brisk run after knocking down a wasp nest. Really gets the heart rate up.

My chapter titles are songs that (frequently) appear in the book, so I'm compiling them all here daily in a thread. And all the songs are 90s themed. So come get what MTV don't give you no more! And if you like the mix, the book can be found here: mybook.to/ElectricCity...

A little under 11 minutes each for those five miles in 80 degree weather. Not bad for my late 40 year old ass. See if you can guess where the stoplights were.

New Inner Circle novel! Armed with only a pen, Corbin must disarm deadly enchantments left by his mentor's ex while uncovering what she stole and why in this stand alone mystical mystery. Includes ghosts, gods, and a... whip sword? Review copies available. Preorder: mybook.to/ElectricCity...

Me: cuts short run because it’s 91 degrees outside. Also me: immediately climbs into a 140 degree sauna.

I’m a little dismayed by the amount of my brain space taken up by U2 lyrics.

There are millions of bricks at Legoland, and thousands of figures. Guess which one I found.

Just this morning got back to my pre-Thanksgiving weight. So basically two months of work to make up for five weeks of dedicated gluttony. Was totally worth it.

Day two of working out my outline and somehow that little future-Matt problem has already come due. Who could have foreseen such a thing?

Today in autocorrect nonsense, I wrote "viking sendoff" which it changed to "bikini send off". I swear it's getting worse.

Happy Lunar New Year! I'm celebrating because a movie I developed came out today/ yesterday in China. AND it will show in US theaters in March, then later on Netflix. Check out the trailer: youtu.be/t_G9vD7uGjc?...