Juvenile Chuckwalla (I think) that got blown into our swimming pool; fished it out before it could drown and eventually it scampered off. 🫡

And we're done. 🎉 We ended at an unfathomable 584% of our initial fundraising goal, or (in normal human terms) $10,863. You guys rock. I can't wait to get everyone their special editions, their merch, their artwork, and their brand new digital short stories (once I write them). Thank you! 🙏

This is it! We have less than 10 hours left in Red Right Hand's 5th Anniversary Collector's Edition Kickstarter campaign, and y'all have exceeded every goal I had. If you've been on the fence waiting to pledge? The time is now. Because at midnight EST, this campaign is over. 😁

And here is the #MayWrapUp Still not back to the regular amount of reading, but better than April 😉 Lots of light reading to get me back into the game! 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #FinishedReading

Jose Alvarado’s former Pelicans teammate Naji Marshall came to support (and be the family photographer) 🥲📸 Alvarado and the Knicks take a 1-0 series lead in the NBA Finals!

Former Pels were a combined +26 in tonight's game for the Knicks. Cool. Cool cool cool.

Not sure which team I'm rooting for, but I do love getting to see Jose do his thing on the biggest stage in the world.

Three episodes into Spider-Noir and yeah, it's delightful.

Voted. Had to leave one district court judge election blank because all of the candidates were awful. Yay politics.

Bowing out of #FantasyIndiesJune; I have to wrap up Kickstarter-related stuff and then want to get a headstart on the next WIP before I start answering questions about it. 😆 See you all in July!

This is a cat check point. relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone. (Cat tax sent to me by my angel-wife from her recent trip. 😁😁)

You all did it! The See These Bones dust jacket art is now unlocked as a print & added to every pledge that includes art print rewards! At $10k, our next stretch goal is a Red Right Hand sticker, perfect for laptops and water bottles! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...

Got a 1,000-word email the other day about why Damian deserves to be happy... and readers are just awesome.

I...wrote? Like, actual words in a WIP?? And not just changing punctuation marks, but genuinely wrote NEW words that progressed the plot??? What's happening to me???? 😲🤯 #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #IndieAuthor #AuthorProblems #writing #books

Swapped over to carrd.co from linktree for my links. christullbane.carrd.co

🚨 We have less than FIVE (5!) days before the Red Right Hand collector's edition Kickstarter is over! 🚨 If you've been waiting for the right moment to pledge...? Well, you're running out of moments. 😅 www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...

#FantasyIndiesMaytober 31: It's been an odd month. Not much writing done, but Godswar's launch has been well received, the Red Right Hand collector's edition Kickstarter is exceeding expectations, and we're full steam ahead with See These Bones' translated editions. So... progress? I'll take it. 😁

Finally finished formatting the German translation of See These Bones for paperback. Ended up having to essentially go chapter by chapter (and for the last 20 chapters, paragraph by paragraph) because what we got back was just all over the place. Still, at least it only took three days to fix! 🥳😁

Spurs and Knicks. What a league.

Olive Tree Academy is an #UrbanFantasy college series with #witches, psychics, #magick, and #monsters! 🌈📚 And get started with a FREE prequel short story by subscribing to my newsletter! www.sarablakeauthor....#UrbanFantasy#witches,

#FantasyIndiesMaytober 29: Favorite villains? -The original Ten Who Were Taken, from the Black Company -Gerald Tarrant from the Coldfire Trilogy -Saruman from the Lord of the Rings -Sally Cemetery, from my own books

Over on ye ole author site, I've posted my wrap-up for May. Godswar release retro, audiobook info, translation (??) news, and... yes, even more Kickstarter updates... because I'm morally/contractually obligated to include them until either the campaign ends or I do. 😆

E-book formatting for the German language translation of See These Bones is finally done. Time to turn my attention to the print side, which is somehow a much bigger mess. 😅

Today's new Godswar reviews. 🥳😍 I'm so happy people are enjoying John's latest misadventure! One book left to go in the series!

The movie would also cost $100M before filming even started and would end up being a tax writeoff for the production company that decided to never release it. 😂

#FantasyIndiesMaytober 28: Using the main series for this, and I'd have Chalamet or Finn Wolfhard play Damian, Oscar Isaac play Bard, Blanchett play Alexa, Joaquin Phoenix play Tyrant, and a cast of mostly unknowns play the Class of 76, since they all have to pass for late teens.

“after review, we have determined this was a flagrant 2 on nikola jokic, resulting in his automatic ejection” -ai after reviewing an out-of-bounds call in wizards-pelicans

After knocking off another stretch goal in the Kickstarter campaign for a 5th Anniversary Collector's Edition hardcover of my post-apocalyptic superhero novel, Red RIght Hand, I decided to make a Reddit post to summarize where we're at. If you have any questions, drop them in the comments! 😁🥳

#FantasyIndiesMaytober 27: Themes for this very short WIP are: -sometimes, the road to hell is paved with BAD intentions -a truly empty hole can never be filled -death by karma

That's where I'm at. They need major changes on the roster, especially if they want to be defensive minded and physical. And the Zion stuff. The man is 26. What is there to unlock suddenly? And he's a terrible fit with Queen, who isn't going anywhere either.

#FantasyIndiesMaytober 26: Took his sister's powers. Created a secret criminal organization. Turned a member of the current government administration. Colluded with foreign warlords. Added to his increasingly broad repertoire of abilities. Things are going swimmingly, really.

On the to-do list for this week: -Format the German translation of See These Bones (epub and print) -Add the KDP entry for ^^^ to prep for launch -Red Right Hand Kickstarter promos, marketing, and swaps -Get some words down on the log entries for Tyrant's Files. -Clean my office -Gym

#FantasyIndiesMaytober 25: I think pretty much everything Tyrant has said, done, or thought in this WIP would be grounds for therapy... but he'd have to do that therapy from the subterranean prison for Powers known as the Hole because it's also all illegal.

#FantasyIndiesMaytober 22: I'm taking a page from @dmyoungblood.bsky.social and recapping my week for Free Friday. 😁 This week, I wrote 0 new words. I did a lot of Kickstarter updates and promos though, as well as a video interview about The Murder of Crows. I'll count that as a success!

Crossed the century mark for ratings (and then some)! 😁 www.amazon.com/Godswar-Come...

Holy shit. I read the first paragraph and had to share. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

When the Knicks were struggling through that road trip a few months back, I would never have picked them to emerge as the class of the East. Credit to them for figuring things out and peaking at the right time.

Another day, another Kickstarter preview!! 🎉 Next up on our list of reward tiers is "The Cape Box", which includes EVERYTHING new from this year's campaign. #Kickstarter #KickstarterCampaign #BookSky

#FantasyIndiesMaytober 21: Tyrant's parents are presumed dead and his twin sister is definitely dead. That's it for family; he doesn't seem concerned with settling down and starting one of his own until he's finished taking over the world.

In other Kickstarter news, we've unlocked Stretch Goal #3! The brilliant original art for the Red Right Hand dust jacket will now be included as a free art print for ANY reward tiers that already include art prints. 🥳 Next up? A second short story set in the post-Break world, free to ALL backers. 😁

#FantasyIndiesMaytober 20: Tyrant believes knowledge is power. But he also believes power is power. So, he'll take both, thank you very much.

What's better than 1 beautiful book? How about 2? Today's featured Kickstarter reward tier is a simple one. "The Crow Legacy" nets you the CE hardcover of Red Right Hand, last year's CE hardcover of See These Bones, and the associated bookmarks for both books. 🥳 www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...

Hell of a comeback and/or collapse.

I do secretly love these moments when Brunson just puts his head down, seemingly mutters 'well, shit; I'll just do it myself', and goes off for five straight minutes.

A meme that summarizes one of my secondary characters. I would say that this one fits Ash perfectly. #MemeMay

Today's featured Kickstarter reward is the "Red Right Hand: Collector’s Edition" tier. Which includes the book and a fancy new bookmark! The book features original dustjacket art, a vegan leather foiled cover, sprayed edges, endpapers, and all-new formatting. 🥳 www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...

#FantasyIndiesMaytober 19: Not sure if this one qualifies as fun, but Tyrant was a researcher and amateur historian before he decided he deserved something more. He also got straight A's in school, but always lived in his sister's shadow.

I thought it'd be fun to go over the reward tiers for my Kickstarter for the 5th Anniversary Collector's Edition hardcover of Red Right Hand: First up, the "Collector's Art Prints" reward, which gets you both colored -and- black-and-white versions of the 4 new pieces of interior art from Rashed:

#FantasyIndiesMaytober 18: This WIP is not a book but a short, censored, and somewhat incomplete collection of diary entries recovered from the MC's destroyed lair, but it is rife with failures that he blames entirely on the rest of the world. Because when you're always right, you can do no wrong.