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Just About Done: Strand Bookmark

I decided to repeat the symbolism from the book in the bookmark, which was fun. The sea, the shore, and meeting in the middle. 

January Progress, and News

As usual, we’re back to round-up posts! Where I let you know that I'm not sitting on my tail all month. *grin* This one is project-related; I’ll do sales discussion in a separate post. For now, th...

Working on the Kickstarter Bookmark

...in advance of its launch next week because I have A FEELING that I will need my stretch goal stuff done. >.>

Conlang Book List

A handful of you asked after my books on constructing artificial languages, little realizing what monster you would release by asking! This is my excited face. 😬I used to get all these books as pap...

Pelted Paper Doll, Digitigrade

I am messing with this formally now, if only to given the game designer something to use for their mock-ups! And because I'll never run into issues unless I'm trying to do it. (Like, for instance, the...

Excerpt: Kherishdar's Exception

One of the things I'm doing right now is adding to this book. The plot is already outlined (just like it was with Black Blossom), but I want to leave lots of chunks open for serial commenters to inspi...

What Jaguar's Been Learning This Week

...is digital art asset management. I've always loved paper doll web games like Flight Rising but I was puzzled how they worked. So I found a tutorial and started training myself how to organize files...

The Three Jaguars Return!

That's right... I finally compiled all the columns into an e-book for chapters upon chapters of useful business advice illustrated by cartoon jaguars! This book includes all the original Three Jaguars...

Incoming Kickstarter!

...beginning of next month. I have a lot of these planned this year, just quick one-week "wallet top-ups" as I start getting all those print and audio editions done you all have been requesting. <3

Achievement Unlocked: Coracle Art Style

This is it. Pen and ink and marker.

More Business Stuff: Marketing Fluff

A couple of you asked about marketing fluff? So here's a quick run-down on my thoughts on that:

 Primary Fluff

Primary Fluff tells prospective readers/fans/customers why ...

All the Nuance

One of my tasks today was generating pronoun tables for Ai-Naidari. Like Latin and Sanskrit, two of Ai-Naidari's major influences, the language has declensions, and allllllllllll the pronouns go throu...

Ai-Naidari Aphorism: "Rest Your Eyes...

...on what is divine and good, for you become what you contemplate."

She qereqanelets han azjanihh the qafanijihh, pos doneqeqen soliv rushequles. 

This sentence generated (gramm...

The "Good Risk" Formula

One of your many excellent questions was how I decide what books are "good risks." While there are a lot of inputs that go into making that decision, it's a lot more straightforward than it might seem...

The Perfect Companion Animal

...for the Knight/tank of the group. Wouldn't you agree?

(He thinks so, anyway!)

So Let's Talk About Patreon

A couple of you have asked me to talk about Patreon goals and how Patreon affects my workflow, so (dear Patrons!) let's have a chat! As our visual aid, I've attached a chart with 2017's revenue source...

That Moment When...

...you realize there is absolutely no way you will be able to remember all the words you've made up for your made-up language, so you give up trying and hope that you can find enough ways to sort it i...

2017 Book Sales and Analysis

Wow, I'm really behind on these. On the bright side... now you can see all the numbers at once? >.>

Anyway. Up there you've got the numbers for what I can call a solid upper-midlist career. Th...

Freebie: Living the Moment (Tsipia-Alien)

By request from some Holt members, here's the only other finished Tsipia-alien story. Unlike the first story, which took place in their prehistoric era, this one happens in their modern history, after...

Almost Done!

Just waiting for the last few typo reports, and the preface. I am writing the marketing fluff now. Target is still end of January for release. <3

Business Book Needs Help!

So the Three Jaguars business e-book is almost ready for press! I'd like some people to go through it for me for typos/formatting errors, and to prepare some advance reviews for it once it hits retail...

Dreamstorm, Chapter 2, Final

Last sneak peek of this book for the nonce! You will have to read the rest in a few months, when it hits the stands. I hope you've enjoyed the preview! :)

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“I admit,” Jahir said, “I n...

Dreamstorm, Chapter 2, Part 2

A little bit more...

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Armin Palland’s office hadn’t changed in the time Vasiht’h had been away. At all. It was still the lived-in office of an overworked but conten...

Dreamstorm, Chapter 2, Part 1

You only get up to Chapter 2, then you'll have to wait for the rest! >.>

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Vasiht’h couldn’t describe how weird it was to walk through campus in the middle of spring, watching the ...

It Has a Title!

Shockingly, there isn't a title already like it on Amazon. o_O

Anyway, starting work on the cover by cloning the comic collection's and replacing elements.

Special First Readers Needed!

I'm about a day away from finishing up my edits of the Alysha novel Sword of the Alliance, and for this book I need a particular kind of first readers... because this is very distinctly an ac...

Dreamstorm, End Chapter 1

The rest of it, secret and early, for yuuuuuuu patrons!

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Five years was a long time, though. Vasiht’h reflected on it later as he shopped for Luci, jogging thr...

Tentative Plans, 2018

...and we all know what they say about plans surviving. But this is what it looks like now, for the first half of the year or so.

All Fan Chat Day!

We'll be ringing in the new year, and watching the box set sales charts as the Bookbub goes out today! Come join the Holt regulars for shenanigans, fun, and the magic samovar!

(Note: if you disconne...

Three Jaguars Reboot

...because I am determined to get this thing out this year. ٩(╬ʘ益ʘ╬)۶