Done! Yesterday I typed "The End" to The Dry-Dock Deduction, my Sherlock Holmes novel. This will be part of Christopher D Abbott's ( @cdanabbott.bsky.social ) Watson Chronicles, which he generously invited me into. I'll read it over this week, run it by my beta readers, and then send it in.

Last night I went to support pal and fellow writer Keith DeCandido at the book launch for his latest novel, the original supernatural police procedural Supernatural Crimes Unit: NYPD. Congrats, Keith! It was a great event and I got to catch up with some old friends and make some new ones. 💙📚

Life’s Blood… Or Life’s Curse? One and the same for a Red Cap with no desire to kill. Find out the whole story in Setting His Cap by Aaron Rosenberg @gryphonrose.bsky.social A bloody good tale! especbooks.square.site/product/sett... #cryptids

Trevor Kinkaid's house parties are the highlight of the social season, but when unexpected guests arrive, and one of them turns up dead, his freedom hangs on a witness apt at disappearing in Gone to Ground by Aaron Rosenberg @gryphonrose.bsky.social especbooks.square.site/product/gone... #cryptids

Jennell Jaquays was a pioneering creator in both tabletop and video gaming. She created two immense and now legendary adventures, Dark Tower and The Caverns of Thracia. Nearly 50 years later, both are now beloved by a new generation of players. Read more: goodman-games.com/remembering-...

The fourth book in the Relicant Chronicles is now back out! Woo-hoo! That leaves just one novel in the series, the never-before-released Bones Past, which will be out next month! #BookRelease #FantasySeries #AuthorLife 💙💙

Happily, @cdanabbott.bsky.social liked my Holmes outline! So I spent last night turning it into a chapter-by-chapter breakdown and writing up my Cast List. Which means tonight I'll be able to start writing! Woo-hoo! #AuthorLife #AlwaysBusy #SherlockHolmes

Printing presses kept their letters in cases. Capital letters went in the upper case. Smaller letters went in the lower case. This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’ Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press? MAJUSCULE and minuscule.

After dinner and spending time with @jendaby.bsky.social I cleaned up the book interior, roughed out the cover, and set up a book page for it. Also took the dog out for a nice walk--it was gorgeous out! Not a whole lot else but hey, it's Friday! #happyfriday #authorlife #fallweather

A group of friends check out a local cryptid festival and find themselves in the midst of a full-blown sighting. Or have they? They begin to wonder when one of them meets the creature face to "face." Read Snapped Up buff.ly/HARS4xj #cryptids @dackleymcphail.bsky.social @gryphonrose.bsky.social

Read back over the story last night, cleaned it up, and handed it to @jendaby.bsky.social and the offspring for review. Then cleaned up the book interior as well. #alwaysworking #writinglife

Finished the latest story! 6k on the nose, almost half of which I wrote last night. I'll give it a few days to cool down, read it over, revise, and then send it off. #writing #authorlife

I wrote more on the story last night--now nearing 4k, with the final third to go--finished an interior, finished formatting a manuscript for layout, and checked in on a few things. #keeponwriting #authorlife #amwriting

I stared the new story over the weekend--I'm just shy of 2k into it, which means I'm about a third of the way through. I'll finish it tonight or tomorrow. Also formatted a manuscript for layout and worked some on revisions for an interior. #AuthorLife #writing

And--DONE! Yeti Got Work, the second full Twin Cities Cryptids novel, is complete at just under 98k! Whew!

Have you gotten your tickets to Trek Long Island yet? I know it's still early but its never to soon to start planning your Risa vacation. More guests will be announced soon! Go to Treklongisland.com to buy your tickets and VIP tickets. We will be announcing special events in the coming months!

The novel is at around 92k now, with two, maybe three chapters left--the one tonight is the big climax, which could wind up splitting in two but I won't know until I write it. Then just the resolution and that'll be another book in the can. Woo-hoo! 💙📚 #AuthorLife #WritingUpdate #AmWriting

Last night I sat down at my computer as usual, opened my files, looked up a few locations and some other details, and got ready to write the next chapter. By the time I sat back to catch my breath, I'd written over four thousand words. So, yeah, I think we can safely say that chapter's done. 🙂 📚💙

The Relicant Chronicles, Book Three: Crossed Bones is out!

Resharing for the afternoon crowd. It's a book birthday!

TONIGHT! 7 PM at the Thespis Theater at the Hellenic Culture Center! astoriabookshop.com/events/33870... The @astoriabookshop.bsky.social is hosting @mcflycahill90.bsky.social's book launch for AUDITION FOR THE FOX! AND I GET TO BE A PART OF THE BOOK TALK! Buy tickets at the link! Join us!

We’re $340 away from the $14,000 mark! Support a great local charity helping farmers get farm-fresh food to low-income households. And maybe grab some swag, why not? ALTERNATELY…simply make me ride with a duck on my head. Again. You monsters. Tinyurl.com/bikeride2025

Today is my latest Book Birthday! My novel Bindings releases today from @crossroadpress.bsky.social ! It's one of the darkest things I've ever written, a dark fantasy/horror thriller about a playwright battling an ancient evil surrounding one of Shakespeare's earliest--and bloodiest--plays. 💙📚

Still making progress in the book , which is now over 60k and about 2/3 done! Took a little break yesterday and saw Lindsey Stirling in concert with Halestorm! It was a great time, and we also got to see Apocalyptica, which was awesome! #AuthorLife #Concert

Here’s a clip from my enlightening and fun discussion with @unamccormack.bsky.social and @davidagoodman.bsky.social on @soulofthestory.bsky.social

My new book, A House Between Sea and Sky, is an Amazon First Reads pick for September! If you're a Prime member, you can acquire it for free; other people can get it for $1.99! So, what's it about? Well... amzn.to/4lb2R73 [promo link]

COMING OCTOBER 7! in hardcover, eBook & digital audiobook = STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS – RING OF FIRE = Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the Enterprise come to the aid of a civilian research station whose secret mission is threatened by murder and sabotage. davidmack.pro/writing/ring...

Another chapter done, and the book is now at 45k and just about halfway (20 out of 41 chapters). Woo-hoo! #AmWriting #WorkInProgress

#WritingAdvice Read. A lot. And not just in your own genre and sub-genre. Read classics, mysteries, thrillers, romances, anything and everything. Because you'll learn something from all of them. 💙📚 #AskAnAuthor

In New Orleans, starting my day out right. :)

If you were excited to see the first book in my Relicant Chronicles epic fantasy series come out from @crazy8press.bsky.social , time to get 2x enthused. Book Two is out! That's right, you can now get both Bones of Empire and Trails of Bone from Crazy 8! Stay tuned: Book Three releases in September!

I am happy to announce that next July 17-19 I'll be the Author Guest of Honor at Con-Quest! Check it out! www.con-quest.world #AuthorLife #Conventions

I hope everyone attending DragonCon has an excellent time!

Finished revising and cleaning up the book outline last night, updated my notes and cast list, then started filling in gaps. I was able to get to everything except one new chapter. The book now stands at just under 30k and is roughly one-third done. #AmWriting #AuthorLife 💙📚

Life’s Blood… Or Life’s Curse? One and the same for a Red Cap with no desire to kill. Find out the whole story in Setting His Cap by Aaron Rosenberg @gryphonrose.bsky.social A bloody good tale! buff.ly/qrIOij1 #cryptids @dackleymcphail.bsky.social

“Once I started it, I did not want to end.” @GoodReads Review for Yeti Left Home by Aaron Rosenberg @gryphonrose.bsky.social especbooks.square.site/product/yeti... #cryptids @dackleymcphail.bsky.social

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No new chapter last night because something felt off. Turns out a storyline wasn't getting enough attention. Some secondary characters weren't behaving believably. I fleshed out those characters a bit more, figured out where and how they'd react, and adjusted the outline accordingly. 📚💙

Are you as excited as I am about Little Nightmares III? October 10 is so far off though, isn't it? If only there were some way to visit the Carnevale 🎡sooner... Hey, good news! Pre-order my new novel, LITTLE NIGHTMARES: THE LONELY ONES, and meet The Herd on September 2! bookshop.org/p/books/unti...

If you read and enjoyed MONUMENTS IN DARKNESS, it could use some reviews to help spread the word. Amazon remains the most useful place for a review, but if you'd rather review it on Goodreads or your website, blog, or social media, that's appreciated, too. Every little bit helps! Thanks so much!

Got another chapter done last night, a fun one. Should hit 20k on the book with tonight's. Checked over notes on a short story, approved them and signed the contract. Sent off some book files. Watched Poker Face with @jendaby.bsky.social after a lovely dinner with the family.

Friends! In collaboration with @tachyonpub.bsky.social, Carlos & I are hosting one of their glorious 30th Anniversary Events on our Twitch TV channel! SAVE THE DATE: Oct 2, 8 PM Eastern (5 PM Pacific, 6 Mountain, 7 Central). 9 writers & editor @jhameia.bsky.social! www.eventbrite.com/e/tachyon-30...

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Wrote the next chapter last night. We watched an episode of Department Q. Put finishing touches on an interior and a cover. So, a quiet night. 🙂

Another night, another chapter. Also, ordered excellent Mediterranean and watched Strange New Worlds with the family. It was gorgeous out by the time we took the dog for his evening walk. I'm loving the dip in temp.

It was a good weekend! We gamed with friends (Call of Cthulhu), and the new novel is now just past 12k. I also put together some business cards, revised an interior, adjusted a cover, and rebuilt parts of my outline, as well as doing some additional research. 📚💙 @AuthorLife

Magic. Action. Intrigue. All converge along the Trails of Bone. In book two of the Relcant Chronicles, the characters struggle to overcome adversaries and obstacles and to find purpose as their paths start to converge. Re-releasing this month with a great cover image by Lilly Repine. 📚💙

Another night, another chapter. 🙂 Also invoiced for a recent layout project, signed contracts for two recent stories, worked a bit more on the new layout, and replied to some emails. All in all, a productive evening - and i still had time to watch TV with the family.

Finished Chapter Two last night! Also got most of the way through flowing a book into layout. Completed checking over edits on another book. Confirmed plans for a future book project with @cdanabbott.bsky.social #AuthorLife #Writing 💙📚

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