Category: Writing

  • Daybook ebook now available for backers/preorders!

    Yes, it is finally happening. All Kickstarter backers for The Ancient Egyptian Daybook received an update on how to get their free ebook (PDF or EPUB versions) late last night/early this morning. Today, I have also begun to send those emails out to the preorders from the egyptiandaybook.com website, though I’ve run into a couple…

  • Daybook update: printing has begun, ebooks by Thursday

    Read the official update at the Ancient Egyptian Daybook’s Kickstarter project site here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tsiuda/the-ancient-egyptian-daybook/posts/1768284 Zigzag likes the book, though he’s decreed it’s not as tasty as the Lexikon volumes were.

  • The shapes of prose

    I’m sitting in a hotel room shaped like a slice of pie. No, really: Is it a Feng Shui nightmare or a magical conduit? I have to admit that even with my eyes closed, it feels strange, and I can’t decide if it’s because the sound of the heater is bouncing off uneven walls in…

  • A pressing item

    The Ancient Egyptian Daybook has gone out for its test print, which means it’ll be available soon. Here’s what the cover looks like. While I still have to print, ship to all the Kickstarter and website preorders, and then roll out the retail opening…the hardest part is done. I don’t think I’ve ever been this…

  • (Still in) Book Jail

    I’ve reached that part of my solitary writing confinement where I hate the book, I hate myself, and I hate everything about everything. The hate, however, is what fuels the desire to be done, to get the manuscript to the printer, and to let it go out into the world where it will be whatever…