The Work Holiday Party (forcing me to look presentable; notice my forehead buffed to a shine)

Me, a writer: I've a decent understanding of spelling & grammar. Professional copyeditor: Need you to hold the cap to my red pen while I turn your manuscript into John McLane at the end of a Die Hard movie...

Wafting scents of dreams and fragile hope...

Warlock: *reading spellbook* ARGH! Wizard: what's wrong? Warlock: I'm trying to find this book's terms and conditions. Wizard: it doesn't...have...any? Warlock: what sorcery is this. Sorcerer: Don't you bring me into this.

I'm now open to queries at querytracker.net/query/Michel... !! Do not send queries to my email as they will be deleted. I'm open until 10 pm EST on November 7th, accepting all Middle Grade and Young Adult. Also accepting Adult Mystery, Fantasy, Romantasy, Science Fiction and Horror.

My favorite costume at the work Halloween party... Louvre Jewel Thief Bahahaha

Frightmare In The Falls Soon!! Hope to see you there! October 25th-26th Niagara Falls Convention Centre, located at 6815 Stanley Avenue in Niagara Falls, Canada More Information: https://frightmareinthefalls.com/faq/ #johnhaasauthor #horror #canadianauthor #fiction #localauthor #authors #ottawa

Brainstorming tools

Today's writing nook (more of a writing bench, but still 👍)

I'm going to open to queries from November 3 through November 7th or until I receive 1,000 queries submissions! I'll be open to all MG and YA genres, plus Mystery and SFF, including horror, in Adult. Looking forward to reading! My website will be updated shortly with more details.

I like this

It's like 85 degrees here in Maryland right now, which is too many degrees for October. Autumn now, please.

I was deep into adulthood when I learned that "House of the Rising Sun" is not, nor has it ever been, a Led Zeppelin song

Me, an American, watching the latest episode of Great British Bake-Off: "That's not a flapjack, it's an oatmeal cookie." "What the heck is a summer fete?" "The hell is Hook-a-Duck?"

As I write in ☕ shops, I'm a big fan of the coffee shop writing nook. This one in Centrado Cafe Shop in Burtonsville MD is 👍

This is my go-to policy. I don't need the game at launch. I need the game complete, debugged, and cheaper.

The youngins' rampaging through my house prevent construction of a "cozy reading nook" (they'd consume it), but I do have this: The Chair where One reads The Books

Seems I've fallen into a timeline where a thing I wrote may become an actual book. You'll find me wandering about like a dazed Tom Hiddleston in the Loki show, wondering what exactly is happening right now

Was flipping through this today. I got me a suspicion there's a strong overlap between this list of "100 must read fantasy books" and the "100 most highly-promoted fantasy books..."

The movie "Broken Arrow" is a quintessential 90s-era Nic Cage action movie that doesn't actually star Nic Cage

Netflix's Daredevil S1-3 was spectacular television. The trailer for this new Disney version makes it look... basically like S4. How dare you make me cautiously optimistic, Disney

My 4yr-old walks in this morning and declares, w/o context, "I do not like gnomes." Turns around walks out. So that's it; we are now an anti-gnome household. #nognomes

"Don't look at the Steam Autumn Sale. Don't look at the Steam Autumn Sale. Don't look..."

Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed. (Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).

Halfway through Arcane s2. It's having what I've begun calling the Baldurs Gate 3 effect (the BG3E): It's so good that it ruins other shows.

Alrighty, trying out the BS First post: I write fantasy books. Also develop new treatments for respiratory disease. Most of my posts will be about video games (or whatever nerd culture event is currently distracting me)