Merry Christmas, Lone Wolf was an immense amount of fun to write, and once it was complete, I *knew* I had to get a scene from it illustrated. Thankfully Hufnaar was super amenable to a slightly faster than normal cadence, and he really did fantastic work on the piece. Details in it that clearly fit with my story, despite the fact that I didn't point them out. Either it was serendipity, or he went above and beyond and read my story, with an amazing attention to detail. And apparently the story resonated with folks, because it's my most fave'd/voted piece to date, even moreso than some of the artwork I've had commissioned! Though, I think that's a little bit of a networking effect kicking in. The folks who are following me are mostly for the stories, whereas you look at Hufnaar's page, and his version of the artwork has like 100+ faves (not that he doesn't deserve them, oh man, his art is so good!). But honestly, in the end, I wrote something that I thought I would like, and if folks happen to like it too, great :)

Still plugging away at Merge Conflict. It's slow work, I won't lie. I have a bunch of ideas rattling around my head, but I'm not sure I'm at a place where I can really dig deep into it. Rather, I keep having a Werewolf story bouncing around my brain instead, so I might pump that out and still poke and prod at my novel. My day job is, frankly, exhausting, and on top of that I run a D&D game, am a Raid Leader in WoW, and run a gaming blog, so my time is a bit... split. Completely my own doing, mind you.

I'll be back in Canada for Christmas, visiting the family. Might get some time to write, or read, but mostly just looking at family get-togethers. And then 2014! The Future!

So a happy holidays or Merry Christmas or whatever you celebrate, enjoy it :) And for good measure have a WoW-Parody about a giant dinosaur eating a WoW-raid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLUDpw92BQg