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Newbie Blogger Initiative! Woo!

If it weren’t for the community of bloggers I found three years ago, there’s a very good chance I would have wiped my hands clean of the whole mess and left not only blogging, but the MMO-sphere, too.

Why We Wrote a Serial Novel

Hi, guys. Austin here. Today is the official release date of Nimbus: A Steampunk Novel (Part One)! For those of you who have already purchased it during the pre-release weekend, we hope you’re enjoying it. We can’t wait to hear your comments on this site, Facebook, or...

“A Bum’s Tale” – A Tale from Nimbus

“Tales from Nimbus” are meant to offer insights that help explore aspects of the world of Nimbus that the main narrative doesn’t get a chance to touch on.   “A Bum’s Tale” Gully crept across the faux-cobblestone driveway of one of the nicer estates on the...

Why Steampunk?

Why Steampunk? We wanted to redefine what steampunk meant. We wanted to write steampunk that we would walk through the bookstore, pick up, and want to read.

Back in the Swing…

My dad died last Tuesday. That day was also the second day I had returned to writing after a nice, luxurious weekend away from my merry band of technomages. Since then, the urge to write, the ability to concentrate, has not been there. I haven’t been able to...

My Father’s Eulogy (Barry Wayne Keeton)

Five or six years ago, my dad told me that he wanted me to write something to say at his funeral–whenever it was that the time came. Since then, we’ve had our scares, and with each scare, the idea of writing my father’s eulogy came into my mind. And while I...