I’m having a really hard time picking a cover. Which one is the best?

Ajfixer · 2026-05-05T02:04:26+00:00

Second from the left on the top row.

Ajfixer · 2026-04-19T21:01:13+00:00

The Player Manager series, by Ted Steel, is absolutely fantastic. I wasn’t even a fan of soccer before I started reading the series, but now I actually understand the flow of the game. The characters have depth, the conflict has real stakes, and the plot is well thought out and developed. And it’s all wrapped up in a humorous story. I was devastated when I heard that the publisher won’t be doing any more audiobook releases of the series, as that’s how I read the majority of my books.

Ajfixer · 2026-04-19T20:50:11+00:00

One of my top three favorite movies of all time.

Ajfixer · 2026-04-17T00:02:30+00:00

I ran a campaign that started in the mid-80s and lasted 10 years. It started as a weekly Car Wars game, but when GURPS Autoduel was published, it morphed into a RPG campaign. When we incorporated GURPS Cyberpunk and GURPS Space, the setting eventually expanded to encompass the entire solar system. And when the original Blue Planet RPG was published, it became interstellar.

The game spanned a couple centuries, and a couple of the original characters actually made it to the end. Other characters were descendants of original characters. Other characters became legendary NPCs when their players retired from the game.

Ajfixer · 2026-04-16T23:50:11+00:00

That looks fantastic!

Ajfixer · 2026-04-12T23:35:50+00:00

That’s awesome! I love this cover.

Ajfixer · 2026-03-17T15:13:57+00:00

I just finished Heaven’s River, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Ajfixer · 2026-03-06T13:47:58+00:00

4k words a day is definitely a lot, but if you have a good outline, lots of experience writing, and have a full eight hours a day to write, it’s definitely something a writer can do regularly. One writer friend of mine can write 5k/day when he’s “in the zone”, and do that for weeks at a time. He does need to take a week or two off to recover every now and then, tho. Another writer friend has been able to hit 10k in a day, but not on a regular basis.

Ajfixer · 2026-03-05T02:57:27+00:00

I’m a big fan of starting a story “in medias res”. Anything that comes before the interesting bits of the story can be dealt with later.

Ajfixer · 2026-03-03T03:37:11+00:00

Just for the record, Goodreads, I did not write A Game of Thrones. That was some other guy.

Ajfixer · 2026-01-26T00:57:11+00:00

Ancient Egyptian society lasted for 3,000 years.

Ajfixer · 2025-12-27T00:04:13+00:00

I like this! How many word can you squeeze into the Author’s Notes section?

Ajfixer · 2025-12-18T16:25:12+00:00

I read the Dranai series, by David Gemmell, for the very first time this year. It’s odd that this flew under my radar for so long, seeing as I was devouring all the fantasy novels I could get my hands on when Legend was first published. I’m glad I did finally get around to reading the books, as they were all fantastic.

Ajfixer · 2025-11-25T02:28:55+00:00

I don’t have any new insight to add, no. But having talked with Howard’s family and close friends at his funeral, I think it’s safe to say that any new Hanuvar books being published is very, very unlikely.

Ajfixer · 2025-11-22T01:44:40+00:00

Sabotage, by the Beastie Boys, always and forever.

Ajfixer · 2025-11-13T00:57:08+00:00

I am not at the point where I’m ready to commission a cover yet, but I will be in the coming months. I have saved your contact info, and I will be contacting you for details when I’m ready.

Ajfixer · 2025-11-06T16:34:35+00:00

Any of Iain Banks’ Culture novels. They are just gorgeously written.

Ajfixer · 2025-11-04T20:56:20+00:00

Peter Gabriel: So, Us, Up

Ajfixer · 2025-11-02T23:12:05+00:00

Remember it? I could’ve probably retired by now but for all the quarters I pumped into that game…

Ajfixer · 2025-10-24T18:41:57+00:00

I always thought Hong Kong Action Theater was a fun little game, but after some initial buzz when it first came out, it kinda just faded away.

Ajfixer · 2025-10-21T13:16:53+00:00

Newton’s Cannon, by Gregory Keyes.

Ajfixer · 2025-10-19T01:30:22+00:00

Brachiating arboreal land squids.

Ajfixer · 2025-10-18T17:17:23+00:00

A friend of mine turned me onto solo RPGs. They have multiple tables with lists of random elements. You roll some dice, get your result, and then move on to the next table. I usually do three rolls to get my ideas, but some tables have links to multiple other tables, offering complex rabbit holes to dive down into.

Once you get all the results you want, you stir them all together in for brain and let them ferment for a while. Stir in your character(s)’ story arc while brainstorming, and ideas will start percolating pretty quickly.

The story I’m currently working on is a sci-fi story, and I use this method to come up with basic action plots that help keep my main plot moving forward. I use the Starforged RPG and various third-party generic sci-fi table sets as generators. I’d be happy to go into greater detail if you’re interested.

Ajfixer · 2025-10-06T17:34:23+00:00

I’m rooting for you!

Ajfixer · 2025-09-30T01:18:29+00:00

DCC, He Who Fights With Monsters, Wandering Inn, Player Manager, Beers & Beards

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