Week 12 of 2024

Greetings all

Wow, what a great time at Planet Comicon! I did well, enjoyed myself, and came home exhausted. Much of this week has been recovering from the show.

Paladins of Valor is nigh unto in the can. Fourteen great stories, with paladins in space, the Wild West, Gettysburg, medieval fantasies, and much, much more.

Like last time, my favorite story is Sarah A. Hoyt’s Kit Marlowe, PI, story. Noir, fantasy, Shakespearean, and more rolled into one ball of awesome.

I’m turning my attention to GaryCon which is next week! How did that get here so quickly. I’ll be running 2 sessions of A1: Sinister Sands, a module set in Okkorim. I’ll also be playing as many different game systems as I can to get a feel for some of the new stuff out there. Also, I’ll be schmoozing.

To be honest, I’m unlikely to do a full update next week, if one at all. I’ll be going full tilt from Wednesday onward.

This weekend is St. Patrick’s Day. Did you know the first St. Patrick’s Day Parade on record was in 1601?

Bet you can’t guess where it was. Hint: It’s not Boston (their first one was 1737), New York (1856), or even Dublin.

Answer below in the place where I list my words completed for the year.

What I’m Watching and Listening

Death in Paradise. It’s a fun, light-hearted British mystery. Light-hearted except for the fact that its homicides per 100k has got to be in the Midsomer Range.

Still, it’s quite fun. It’s a neat blend of British, Caribbean, and French themes.

What else could it be? Besides, who doesn’t want 100 pieces of pi? Or 100 places at least.

3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117067
– First 100 digits of pi

Dragon’s Tidings

Saturday is Worldwide Quilting Day!

Check out fabshopnet.com/event-toolkit-worldwide-quilting-day/ for a bunch of fun things happening!

Web orders on Saturday are 10% off!

Use code WWQD24 to get your discount from www.reddragonquilts.com.

Check out our class schedule:
reddragonquilts.com/calendar.htm

Rob’s Riddles

I have a Patreon where I write Old English style riddles and provide snippets of my work. You can find it here: patreon.com/rhodri2112, along with a sample riddle.

I’ve taken a hiatus with this since the move, but I’m going to start back up in April. I wrote the riddle at Planet Comicon, and it’s fun.

New Mythology Works in Progress

Rob’s Works in Progress

• Sowing Spring’s Wrath (3,213)
• The Feasting of Vengeance (5,612)

Upcoming Events

• GaryCon, March 21-24, Lake Geneva, WI
  garycon.com/
• FantaSci, April 19-21, Durham, NC
  fantasci.rocks/
• LibertyCon, June 21-23, Chattanooga, TN
  libertycon.org/
• Pennsic War, July 26 – August 11, Slippery Rock, PA
  pennsicwar.org/

Freebies and Cool Stuff

FREE Fantasy & Sci-fi March – April

New Releases

More from the amazing Melissa Olthoff this week with Companions in Chains from the 4HU! Get it here: amazon.com/dp/B0CW18Q45T.

Your pre-release this week is Mother Earth, the tenth book in The Last Marines series by William S. Frisbee, Jr. This is the last book in this arc and—while it isn’t the end for The Last Marines like it was for Caesar—it is the end until the next arc is written. Get it here: https://amazon.com/dp/B0CW18S2NS.

Tracked Items

My Weight Today: 370.0lbs

Updated Word Count: 82,830

Firehall Sagas Archives: 758 entries

Let me know if you have any suggestions on the website, this email, or cool story ideas at rob@robhowell.org. Especially let me know of suggestions you have for the Spotlight section.

Have a great week, everyone.

Rob Howell

Creator of the Firehall Sagas Universe

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