The Tone Report

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It was tempting to post this with "Kickstart My Heart," but I never liked Mötley Crüe.

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We Have a Cover!

We Have a Cover! Hey hey hey, I got some big new regarding ESPionage, the Role-Playing Game of Psychics and Spies. Plus, music, comics, and tech. #writing_community #blog #shamelessSelfPromotion

Hey hey hey, I got some big new regarding ESPionage, the Role-Playing Game of Psychics and Spies. We finally have a cover illustration! Showcasing 5 NPCs from the game representing the five kinds of characters in the setting, and Drawn by San Diego’s own Joe Phillips Meanwhile, Elliot Balson‘s been working on the interior art. Firstly, the seven agents of Rainbow Intelligence Services,…

We Have a Cover!

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Codename Yugo is a Japanese Don Quixote, a retired engineer who's psychic ability manifested late in life. Believing he's a medieval samurai, with the ability to draw a telekinetic katana, every bit as sharp as the real thing.

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Elliot Balson (https://www.artstation.com/ellbalson) is starting on the interior art. We're working through the pregen agents of Rainbow Intelligence Services first. He started with Milly Benson, since her design was already depicted on the cover. I only had one note, remove the doorway, since she's doing that on the cover. The flashlight stays as it's important to her character.

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ESPionage, the RPG of Psychics and Spies for Fate Condensed is crowdfunding next year. Joe Phillips (http://www.joephillips.com/) delivered this stunning cover, featuring 5 NPCs from the book, showcasing the character types.

ESPionage is looking for play testers. Join the Discord to get the Betawave edition in PDF and keep up on crowdfunding developments! https://discord.gg/SHRuY5w9tq

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Forward Motion on ESPionage

One way or another, this game of psychics and spies is getting made.

My submission email to Evil Hat was ready to go. I checked the guidelines one last time to make sure all my ‘t’s were crossed and ‘i’s dotted. And right there, at the top of the page, “As of August 17, 2023 our submissions are currently closed. We don’t anticipate re-opening them until late 2025.” Well…crap… If I hadn’t spent months developing all the ancillary material I could have submitted…

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Missed it by, that much

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Midjourney into Mystery Part II

Further explorations in AI generated Art #midjourney

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Midjourney into Mystery

Where a computer makes art and I start to think I'm an artist. #blog #midjourney #art

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The Rainbow Connection

The first ESPionage campaign has officially begun. Their first mission: show those pregens they played last session how a team really steals a book of cowboy poetry. #fatecondensed #fateRPG #playtest

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ESPionage: A Prisoner, a Heist, & a Betrayal

The playtest of the ESPionage, the role-playing game of psychics and spies, has begun. Based on my second novel, The Faith Machine, #fate #faterpg #thefaithmachine

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First Draft is the Worst Draft

In last month’s Tone Report, I gave y’all my outlining process on The Jade Queen, as it currently stands. Now that the road was mapped, it was time to move on to the hard part; the actual writing. #writing #blog

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Comic in development: The Jade Queen

Comic in development: The Jade Queen. Outlining is one of my favorite parts of a project #makingcomics #outlining #indexcards

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Comic in development: The Jade Queen

I never understood why some writers hate being asked, "Where do you get your ideas" Here's where I get my ideas. Take a look #comic #noir

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The Blog is Dead, Long Live the Mailing List!

The Blog is Dead, Long Live the Mailing List!

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The Blog is Dead, All Hail the Mailing List

The Blog is Dead, All Hail the Mailing List

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Another Cyclops Road! - "William S Burroughs' Lord of the Rings"

Another Cyclops Road! – “William S Burroughs’ Lord of the Rings”

With Napoléon, Anthony Silva, & Az SperryWhen the One Ring is a needle kit (both for injecting and knitting) and Mount Doom is…I’m not saying. It’s too gross.

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