You may have noticed that you haven’t heard from me in a while… Yes, the last newsletter update I sent was back in December. And yeah, I missed a few months before that too.

Excuses…

I have been, admittedly, off my game, absorbed by my day job (here in Montreal), family, hunting for a new day job, as well as generally trying not to go insane.

I managed to fit in my first trip to Europe since… Oh man, 2011. Yikes.

This time, I took my family to Portugal, in and around the Lisbon area. Portugal didn’t use to be very high on my list of places to visit, but a growing number of people kept telling me how great it is, so we decided to check it out. It did not disappoint! The food alone made the trip worthwhile, but it is a beautiful, historic country, which I now highly recommend.

Back to the Action!

I am finally getting back to writing though. But I’ve decided to put my Contested Souls book on hold. I received a lot of very useful feedback from an editor a few months ago, and I haven’t been able to bring myself to tackle the (very) necessary rework. I will come back to it eventually, but I’ve given myself permission to deprioritize it.

Instead, I’ve refocused on high fantasy. During my vacation in Portugal, I was able to relax, and out of that flowed most of an outline for The Kiynan Chronicles Book 4: The Vicissitudes of Varice. I can’t wait to share more about this in future newsletters.

But before getting into actually writing book 4, I’m working on TTRPG (tabletop role-playing game) books based in The Kiynan Chronicles setting. You may recall me launching The World of Kiynan in July 2022. Wait, what do you mean you don’t remember that? No no, it’s fine, I barely remember that myself. Well, I’m currently creating a bigger, better version 2.0 of that 5e-compatible supplement, including materials up to and including book 4.

The first step was updating the overall Kiynan Chronicles timeline. If you check it out, you’ll notice two new stories that take place after book 3 but before book 4. Those are the basis for two adventure modules that will be playable using The World of Kiynan 2.0 supplement. Return to Skywall is already available, although I am updating that too. Clockwork Dawn is a brand new, canonical adventure that I’m working on in parallel. Among other things, it features…

Are you a TTRPG fan? What do you play?

Would you be interested in beta reading and/or playtesting my new materials? Reach out to me!

That’s all for this time! Take care!