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Weekly Update

Rob’s Update: Lots of Feasting

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Week 49 of 2024

Greetings all

First, sorry about no update last week. I simply didn’t have time. I was too busy feasting!

I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving. We did, by going up to Wichita to visit the parents, feasting, and then napping.

After napping, I continued working on The Feasting of Vengeance. On the 14th of November, I reported here that I sat at 96,101 words. Over the next three weeks, I wrote 40k, ending up at about 136k.

Nearly all of that 40k was the final battle of Feasting, and I am beyond happy to report that I sent off the manuscript to Chris yesterday. This battle is tough, intense, exciting, and explosive. I loved re-reading it during the editing process.

We even have a planned release date of February 14th. Better yet, that happens to be the first day of FenCon, in Dallas!

So we’re having a 4HU party there, and if you’re coming to the con, make sure to join myself, Kevin Ikenberry, Fred Hughes, and hopefully other 4HU authors there.

This past weekend was also Anthony’s Market Fair, which I ended up running. It went reasonably well, but was exhausting.

Over this week, besides a bit of recovery, I’m turning my attention to Okkorim and maybe churning out a whimsical short story for Christmas.

Also going on, of course, is the upcoming release of Chernobog’s Wrath, which is the 3rd book of the Vechnoye Saga trilogy. That comes out on December 27th.

But  you can’t enjoy book 3 without feasting on the first 2! Get the Vechnoye Saga here: amazon.com/dp/B0DK4F2K5N.

Have a great week everyone!

What I’m Listening To

We’re binging Hercule Poirot with David Suchon this week.

Quote of the Week

Happy birthday to Walt Disney! Here’s a great quote from him, one of quite a few.

“Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever.”
– Walt Disney

Dragon’s Tidings

We have our 1st birthday party coming up on December 21st!

Watch this spot for an extra special web deal for all you who’ve been along with the ride here.

Also, check our website (www.reddragonquilts.com)!

Rob’s Works in Progress

  • Sowing Spring’s Wrath (3,213)

Upcoming Events

  • Kris Kinder, December 14, Kansas City, Mo
  • Red Dragon Anniversary Party, December 21, Anthony, KS
  • ChattaCon, January 17-19, Chattanooga, TN
    chattacon.org/
    I’m the Toastmaster!
  • FenCon, February 14-16, Dallas, TX
    fencon.org/
  • Gulf Wars, March 8-16, Lumberton, MS
    gulfwars.org/
  • GaryCon, March 20-23, Lake Geneva, WI
    garycon.com/
  • LibertyCon, June 20-22, Chattanooga, TN
    libertycon.org/
  • Pennsic War, July 25 – August 10, Slippery Rock, PA
    pennsicwar.org/

New Releases

This week’s release is the anthology Express Elevator to Hell, edited by Chris Kennedy and April Kelley Jones, with stories by 15 different (and amazing) authors. This is the first book in a new series called Universes at War, and I’m pretty proud of the stories we collected for you. There are eleven standalone stories (set usually in the authors’ own universes), as well as a 4-story braided novella. Inside you get a Buzzer War story from Kevin Ikenberry, a Prince of Britannia story from Fred Hughes, a Lost Marine story from William S. Frisbee, and much, much more! Get it here: amazon.com/dp/B0DMCQS1TL.

This week’s pre-release is The Darkness, the second book in William S. Frisbee, Jr.’s series, The Conglomerate Trilogy. Did you like the Last Marines? Then you’re going to love this series! Bad things lurk in the darkness, and they aren’t going to be content to stay there much longer. Luke is going to need a lot of help if he’s to keep the darkness at bay… so what is he going to do when Topa Suresh suddenly disappears? Get it here: amazon.com/dp/B0DPL2BDNR.

Tracked Items

My Weight Today: 363.8lbs

Updated Word Count: 391,000

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

Weekly Update

Rob’s Update: Happy Halloween!

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Week 45 of 2024

Greetings all

I hope everyone is having a happy Halloween. The grandbaby’s getting loot right now and will be in a costume contest in a bit. She’s adorable.

I, of course, RAWRed at her. I am Opazilla!

Before I get into the update, here’s a shout out to all at FactoryCon! Wish I could be there.

This was a week of errands for me, so was less productive than normal, but it was to be expected. One of those errands involved running up to Iowa and back in sort of a Smokey and the Bandit kind of thing. It’s a good thing, though, that helps us all out through the year.

Reka's Grasp
Reka’s Grasp

We’ve had a great couple of opening weeks with H.Y. Gregor’s Reka’s Grasp, which you can get here: amazon.com/dp/B0DK4JWFL4. It’s a fantastic book and I’m honored to be a part of it, and in fact, a part of Jon R. Osborne’s excellent Milesian Accords universe.

The best part of it all right now is we’ve just about got Tugarin’s Revenge in the can! Yep, this is book 2 of the Vechnoye Saga and it comes out in three weeks.

Stay tuned next week for a cover reveal.

But wait, there’s more! Chernobog’s Wrath, the conclusion to the Vechnoye Saga comes out on December 27th. It’s like an extension to Boxing Day.

Side note: Does anyone really know what Boxing Day is? Sure, I could look it up, but what’s the fun in that. You all tell me, because I’m curious.

Oh, and there’s even more! I just got House of Owls, the 6th book in the main thread of the Milesian Accords from Jon this week so it’s in the pipeline.

All the magic, myth, and mayhem you could ever want over the next few months!

Anyway, we’re about to roll into the holiday season and I’ll be honest, it’s been a long time since I looked forward to a holiday season as much as this one. Last year, the grandbaby and parents hadn’t yet moved to Anthony, so while we had some great times, it was only when they could come visit.

This year, however, I’m getting to be a part of it all on a daily basis. Best thing ever, I have to say.

What I’m Listening To

Tool’s cover of Led Zeppelin’s No Quarter. This is such a great song, and Tool’s version is even darker than the original. Fantastic stuff.

Quote of the Week

October 31st also happens to be the birthday of one of my favorite authors, Dick Francis. He had quite a life, becoming a pilot in the RAF during WW2 and a champion steeplechase jockey before earning status as one of the best mystery writers ever.

By the way, if anyone wants to give me a few thousand dollars so I can go to the Cheltenham Festival some day, I’ll let you. I’ve not actually seen a steeplechase race live and it’s one of those things you need to see from close up.

Anyway, here’s a great quote from The Edge, one of Francis’ best where an investigator for the Jockey Club goes undercover on a train traveling across Canada.

“Thought before action, if you have time”
– Dick Francis, The Edge

Dragon’s Tidings

Quilt Guild day on Saturday. Show your guild membership card for 10% and get cookies!

New Mythology Works in Progress

Reka’s Grasp is out. Get it here: amazon.com/dp/B0DK4JWFL4.

Tugarin’s Revenge is out on November 22nd.

Chernobog’s Wrath on December 27th.

It’s going to be epic.

Rob’s Works in Progress

  • The Feasting of Vengeance (87,339)

Upcoming Events

  • Market Faire, November 30, Anthony, KS
  • Kris Kinder, December 14, Kansas City, Mo
  • ChattaCon, January 17-19, Chattanooga, TN
    chattacon.org/
    I’m the Toastmaster!

New Releases

This week we have a new (old) series from William S. Frisbee, Jr., the Conglomerate Trilogy. It’s a previously released series but with new edits, new art, and new awesomeness. If you liked The Last Marines series, you’ll love The Return, first book in the series. Get it here: amazon.com/dp/B0DKP5V9MT.

This week’s pre-release is Shadow Wired: Alliance by Gustavo Bondoni, the third book in his Shadow Wired series. This has been one of my surprise series of the year—some series have good individual books but not a good finish and vice versa. Not Shadow Wired! Each individual book is a great story, and all three lead up to a great finish to the trilogy. Get it here: amazon.com/dp/B0DLBWJRYP.

And don’t forget Reka’s Grasp! Get it here: amazon.com/dp/B0DK4JWFL4.

Tracked Items

My Weight Today: 364.2lbs

Updated Word Count: 242,000

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

Weekly Update

Rob’s Update: Happy Thanksgiving

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Week 46 of 2023

Greetings all

Happy Black Friday! Sorry I didn’t get this done yesterday. After eating a great meal, watching the Cowboys, and snuggling with the grandbaby, I fell asleep before doing actual work.

We’ve been open for a week now, and it’s gone well. Some traffic, but most importantly, we’re already getting business using the longarm quilter. Apparently, the area has been without for a few years and we’d hoped we have a market. That seems to be the case.

We’re having our actual Grand Opening on Friday December15th. We’ll  be open from 9am to 8pm with a variety of specials. We’ll have food catered by Kristy’s Kafe, the excellent pizza (and more) place a half block away.

As to writing, I’ve been focusing on publicity stuff all week, plus writing more for Luke Gygax’s Okkorim. Overall, I didn’t write a ton (about 4000 new words), but I caught up on store stuff and publicity.

And of course Thanksgiving. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. Thanks to you all, I get to work the career I should always have done, and I thank you all immensely.

Enjoy your leftovers. Also, feel free to come over and help us eat ours!

Have a great week.

What I’m Listening To

Gray Cell Green by Ned’s Atomic Dustpin. One of my favorite songs from that alternative era of the 90s. This song got played a bit on the radio, but not much and it’s too bad.

Happenings in Anthony

We lost at trivia! Thank goodness. If we’d have won a 4th time in a row, there might’ve been a riot. Ironically, we got all 8 of the Music questions, which is the category that bedevils us.

Tonight they’re lighting the lights and having a parade. Then the kids get to do Santa Claus at the hall. Maybe we take the grandbaby there, if she’s (or to be honest, we’re) up to it.

Quote of the Week

Happy birthday to Billy Connolly. What an interesting life he’s had, and he’s given me and so many others a lot of joy over over the years. So thanks to him, too.

Also born on this day are a host of interesting people like Oscar Robertson, Baruch Spinoza, Dwight Schultz, Spider Robinson, Scott Joplin, Forrest Ackerman, John Kovalic, Brad Sherwood, and a bunch more.

 Life is supposed to be fun. It’s not a job or occupation. We’re here only once and we should have a bit of a laugh.
– Billy Connolly

New Mythology Works in Progress

Of note, this now includes our recent releases, so if you’re not sure what we’ve put out lately, you can go here and check.

Rob’s Works in Progress

  • Rick Blaine (8,845)
  • Okkorim (23,121)
  • The Feasting of Vengeance (3,405)

Upcoming Events

New Releases

Your release this week is the second book in Dennis M. Myers’ Rise of the Automated Empire series. It’s entitled Rise of the Automated Empire: Final Assembly and you can get it here: amazon.com/dp/B0CKVFR1PL.

And for pre-release, we have book 7 in William S. Frisbee’s Last Marines series, Son of the Wolf. Get it here: amazon.com/dp/B0CMPFGZZC/.

Tracked Items

Today’s Weight: 361.2

Updated Word Count: 364,509

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