New pledge level for the Kickstarter

I've had people say they'd like to help out with The Martian Wave Kickstarter, but a $15 minimum pledge is too much at the moment, so I've added a $5 pledge level.  That level of pledge will get you a free e-copy of the September issue of The Martian Wave.  Hopefully this will make it easier for people to help us out.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1521750492/the-martian-wave-2013

A Kepler's Dozen

A Kepler's Dozen is now available from Amazon.  You can order it at http://www.amazon.com/Keplers-Dozen-Thirteen-Stories-Distant/dp/1885093683/.
A Kepler's Dozen presents thirteen action-packed, mysterious, and humorous stories all based on real planets discovered by the NASA Kepler mission. Edited by and contributing stories are David Lee Summers, editor of Tales of the Talisman Magazine, and Steve B. Howell, project scientist for the Kepler mission. Whether on a prison colony, in a fast escape from the authorities, or encircling a binary star, these exoplanet stories will amuse, frighten, and intrigue you while you share fantasy adventures among Kepler's real-life planets.

April recap

The Martian Wave Kickstarter

The Ephemeris Omnibus 2013

What's been going on?

What's been going on?

Things have been kind of quiet here on the blog front.  I wanted to write a long post about what happened in Boston, but I never could quite get it to sound the way I wanted.  It basically read like me being pissed...I think we've seen enough of that.
I've been putting in some extra hours at the "real" job, including some 5 a.m. shifts, so that has left me a bit tired.  Rebecca and I also went to the Bon Jovi show a few days ago, and that left me even more exhausted.  I guess I'm too old for late nights any more...
Now that I've left Sam's Dot, I've been putting a lot of work into Nomadic Delirium Press, and it seems to be paying off.  There's a lot more interest in the publisher than there was a few months ago, and we've already started releasing some new titles, including a huge Ephemeris title and the first issue of Spaceports & Spidersilk (at least the first for NDP.)  I've also been having to field a lot of questions about what's going on with Sam's Dot, but I'd rather not get into that.
I've been putting a lot of effort into the Kickstarter for the next issue of The Martian Wave, and we're about one third of the way there, but we still need help... http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1521750492/the-martian-wave-2013.
I'm hoping to eventually start posting more, but life seems to be taking a toll on my free time, so at some point, it will happen...

The Ephemeris Omnibus 2013

I've been working on this massive rulebook update for the Ephemeris game for quite a while now, and I'm very happy to say that it has officially been released.  This Omnibus features the core rulebook (with some rule changes, including multi-classing), as well as all of the rule supplements that have been released through the end of 2012.  That's all of the character sourcebooks, all of the species sourcebooks, and Critters and Pests integrated into one rulebook.  All of the class supplements show up in the class listings to create the most comprehensive rulebook ever written for the Ephemeris RPG.

You can find it athttp://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/113551/The-Ephemeris-Omnibus-2013.

The Martian Wave Kickstarter

The Kickstarter for the 2013 issue of The Martian Wave is now underway.  Nomadic Delirium Press is hoping to raise $700 to fund the project, and any help readers and writers out there can give is greatly appreciated.
If you'd like to check out the Kickstarter, please feel free to visit: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1521750492/the-martian-wave-2013
Thanks for all of your help!

March recap

The Battle for Turtle Island is here

A 12th birthday

I'm leaving Sam's Dot

There's something waiting for me in my dreams

Table of Contents for A Kepler's Dozen

Table of Contents for A Kepler's Dozen

Here is the table of contents for the upcoming A Kepler's Dozen collection:

• Middle Ground by Mike Brotherton
• Turtle Soup by Laura Givens
• The Gloom of Tartarus by Gene Mederos
• A Glint off the Glass by Rick Novy
• Omega Shadows by Carol Hightshoe
• Daniel and the Tilmarians by Doug Williams
• Exposure at 35b by Mike Wilson
• Hot Pursuit by David Lee Summers
• Tracking the Glints by Anna Paradox
• An Eternity in Limbo by J Alan Erwine
• A Mango and Two Peanuts by Steve B. Howell
• The Company You Keep by M.H. Bonham
• Kokyangwuti by Melinda Moore

The collection can be pre-ordered by going to http://www.hadrosaur.com/kepler.html

There's something waiting for me in my dreams

When doctors put people on medications that manipulate the neurotransmitter levels, they don't really tell you about the side-effects...or at least my doctor didn't.  And he certainly didn't let me in on what I'd go through after I was off of the medication.
I've been off of the meds for almost a week and now I'm suffering from some extremely severe insomnia.  Even worse than the insomnia is when I do sleep.  I have horrible dreams and nightmares about the death of loved ones, and other equally horrible things.  Needless to say, this leaves me quite exhausted by morning, and that along with the withdrawal symptoms leaves me feeling very unlike myself.  Luckily, I know that it's the meds doing this, so I'm not suffering the depression that this could easily cause, but I'm certainly not feeling like myself.
Not to worry anyone though, I'm not planning on doing anything stupid...just waiting impatiently to be myself again...