Building a Text Adventure Game Engine From Scratch
The dungeon is the easy part. Building a text adventure game engine taught me the hard half is teaching the machine to listen to what players actually say.
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Free this week: where the Reverend began
The Everett Exorcism is free through July 5 — the book that started World of Shadows.
The Everett Exorcism Is Free This Week — July 1 to 5
The Everett Exorcism — book one of my World of Shadows religious-horror series — is free on Kindle July 1 to 5, 2026. Grab the full novel.
The exorcist who lost his faith
The Everett Exorcism is free on Kindle for five days, July 1 to 5. Grab it before Saturday.
My Take on Writing a Long Series Without It Falling Apart
The hard part of a nine-book series is not writing nine books. It is making book seven remember what book two promised. Here is how I keep mine from collapsing.
The Apps I Build Alongside the Books
WhatSphere, DecodeGov, Swiss Army Dev — the tools and apps I build when I'm not writing novels. A short introduction to each.
Graveyard of Empires Is Free This Week — June 30 to July 4
Graveyard of Empires — Book One of my military sci-fi saga — is free on Kindle June 30 to July 4, 2026. A full-length novel, yours to keep.
One last nudge on Last Light
Last reminder — even one line still moves the needle.
Timeline & Map Reference: The Ashen Kingdoms
A reference page for readers who keep notebooks. The Progenitor era through the Long Peace and the Stewardship — every major date, every Wurm Lord seal, every city, located on the heptagonal lattice that holds the continent together.