Sorry for posting so late this week, y'all. We've had a bout of extremely nasty storms here and my kids are in Spring Break for most of this week and next, so it's been a handful taking care of everything. But, I've got two chapters for you (they sort of bleed over into each other and I didn't want to split them). Hop...
2025-04-07 01:23:45 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! I've got two more chapters of Discount Dan coming this week.
In the meantime, I whipped up three chapters this weekend for a new series. Currently, I'm in talks about potentially selling the rights to the Rogue Dungeon series to a Big Trad Publisher -- which means books on bookshelves and all that jazz. ...
Chapter Eleven – Suburban Grind
“More incoming!” Jakob shouted, his Faulty Smoke Alarm Relic shrieking as he backpedaled toward us, both shields up and ready.
We were grinding our way through the suburban paradise-turned-nightmare, inching ever closer to the fireworks kiosk that would drop u...
2025-03-27 04:26:42 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Sorry I posted this so late in the week. I've been at yet another Con and it's tough to find time to work. It also took me a while to build out Harper's class. Creating a pure healer was trickier than I anticipated--let me know what you think.
Chapter Ten – New Addition<...
2025-03-22 04:34:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter Nine – A Helping Hand
I left Sinclair to man the bar, then swung by the Spin Cycle to pick up my freshly laundered gear before heading up to my hotel room. There was more to do around the store—always more to do—but I needed to get a bit of rest. Now that the last of the search and rescue ...
2025-03-15 00:09:58 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, it is officially launch day (and I swear this is the last time I'll mention it). If you have a chance to leave a short honest review, please consider doing so. Now, as promised, here...
2025-03-11 13:48:41 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, hope y'all are having a wonderful day! HERE IS A LINK for your free copy of Discount Dan book 1! Just click and download to your preferred reading device! Thanks again for all your help and support!
Best,
James
2025-03-10 18:19:40 +0000 UTC View Post
To celebrate the upcoming launch of Discount Dan on Tuesday March 11th, I took Croc to go get a picture with the cast of the Twilight Movie series. Now, this isn't Robert Pattison or Kristen Stewart, but it is the rest of the Cullen family. It was glorious and hilarious in equal measure.
It was, in a word, amazing. I do...
2025-03-09 21:54:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter Eight – Sinclair
I closed out of the upgrade section and immediately noticed there was a new tab labeled Interior Terraformer.
Opening it revealed a comprehensive list of available rooms within my storefront, and when I selected the Arcade, a 3D model materialized, along with a ...
2025-03-06 17:41:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter Seven – Blanket Fort Upgrades
Naturally, Camo Joe had already gathered the necessary materials to fabricate the two guards, along with a list of potentially useful Relics—all of them Common-Grade and plentiful. Camo Joe insisted the lower grade Relics would make the new security golems “mo...
2025-03-05 19:55:03 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone. Several readers on RoyalRoad mentioned that the final Kaiju battle (when Dan is in Mech Form) felt a little rushed, and after rereading the chapter, I could totally see their point. I went ahead and rewrote the chapter. The outcome doesn't change but it does fill the fight out a little and it also explai...
2025-03-04 15:33:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone, I'm working on new chapters and should post either today or tomorrow, but I wanted to share this stupid little project I've been working on. In honor of Dan, I worked with one of our artists to make these printable paper crowns. The gold side is the exterior and the silver side will be interior crown art -- you'...
2025-03-04 15:12:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter Six – Major Renovations
Despite all the elixirs, every inch of my body ached. Not from injuries, but sheer bone-weary exhaustion. I’d been pushing myself too hard for too long and I needed to take a break. Needed a full night of uninterrupted rest. Unfortunately, that wasn’t an option. Not...
2025-03-02 17:49:57 +0000 UTC View PostChapter Five – Death Warmed Over
Croc, Drumbo, and Synthia, had managed to cut the cocoons down from the ceiling and now Croc was carefully using metal claws to delicately slice through the silken casings.
After seeing the first Delver, I didn’t have high hopes.
The Howler was decked out...
2025-02-28 15:06:19 +0000 UTC View PostAs promised, here is the working SBR I have for Temperance. It is up to date with where she is currently, as of the start of book 3--though it doesn't have any new Relics that she may have added after the battle with the HOA and the Sunnysiders. She will be getting some upgraded Relics this book, though. If you have questions...
2025-02-25 22:31:15 +0000 UTC View PostSorry guys, meant to post this last week, but then I got busy at a con. I'll have chapter 5 ready to go by Wednesday (though maybe tomorrow). And I'll try to post Temps load out and Spatial Core Build tomorrow if I can swing it.
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Chapter Four – Sponge Golem
The Matriarch ...
2025-02-24 22:30:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter Three – Brood Matriarch
The spa was the epitome of luxury and class.
My heavy footfalls reverted off the marble floors. The smell of eucalyptus was almost overpowering here and cloyingly sweet, as though it were attempting to mask something rancid. Soft, recessed lighting bounced off the...
2025-02-20 14:36:45 +0000 UTC View PostChapter Two – The Reserve Lounge
A narrow beam of burning water blasted a hole the size of my fist right through the Dweller’s emaciated torso. The creature let out a last garbled squawk of surprise, then toppled over with one last feeble protest, “But you don’t have status…” With t...
2025-02-18 16:25:09 +0000 UTC View PostAlright everyone, we're back at it with Discount Dan Book 3, Chapter 1. Sorry, I haven't posted before this. Starting a new book, especially in new book in a series is always hard for me. I've tried about six different openings and hated them all. This one I hate the least and think it could work, but please let me kn...
2025-02-18 16:13:25 +0000 UTC View PostFifty-Four – The Real Prize
By the time I finished sorting through my notifications, the vampiric Cullens family had started playing supernatural baseball for reasons I couldn’t quite seem to understand. I watched for a moment as some douchey dude bro in a track suit scampered up a tree like a spide...
2025-01-31 02:11:39 +0000 UTC View PostFifty-Three – Braindead
“Guys, hey, guys, I think he’s waking up,” said a familiar voice, though for some reason I couldn’t quite place it. My thoughts were hazy and heavy. Clouded by pain. My head pounded like a drum and every inch of my body hurt. Even my hair hurt. It felt like I’d spent ...
2025-01-31 02:09:38 +0000 UTC View PostFifty-Two – Form FleshTron, Go!
The engine sputtered and squealed as the truck limped toward the cornfields, picking up speed at a snail’s pace. By the time we hit thirty, the engine was popping and groaning, and a plume of acrid black smoke trailed up from the front of the truck. We were so close t...
2025-01-19 01:21:40 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, little update. So, as you might've guessed, book 2 is almost done. We are in the home stretch, but I plan to roll right into book three, which will focus on completing the quest to kill the Franchisor and claim the Kiosk Network. Expect chapters to keep rolling.
In other Discount ...
2025-01-10 17:48:40 +0000 UTC View PostFifty – Ice Cream for All
With the Super Slammer of Shielding back in my pocket, Croc and I piled into my newest Horror—the monstrously disgusting ice cream truck, which the mimic had insisted I take with us. Not for the first time, I was glad I’d listened to the dog.
“You’re just going ...
2025-01-03 02:36:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone, Merry (belated) Christmas for all those who celebrate, and Happy Holidays for all those who don't. I've got some new Backrooms Art coming at you, which is going to end up as the new cover art for Book 2 -- title still to be determined.
So, originally, Book 2 was going to be Kiosk Kingdom, but the 24th floo...
2024-12-29 16:23:48 +0000 UTC View PostForty-Nine – The HOA
As I fell, temporarily stranded in slow motion, I stared up at the monstrosity and my brain scrambled to make sense of what exactly I was seeing. The Dweller was huge, looming three or maybe even four stories tall, its shadow stretching long over the houses spread out on the stree...
2024-12-29 16:09:17 +0000 UTC View PostForty-Eight – Community Radio
We continued to follow the barren concrete hallway which lazily zigzagged back and forth—though it never branched or split. With the community radio station fixed firmly in mind, I cast Unerring Arrow more than once to make sure we were headed in the right direction. Ea...
2024-12-22 19:15:33 +0000 UTC View PostForty-Seven – Community Garage Sale
We stepped out of the elevator and into the cramped cement stairwell of the Sunnyside Tiny Tots Preschool facility. Harsh lighting buzzed overhead and after spending a couple of hours away, the tight confines of the walls felt claustrophobic, while the oppressive at...
2024-12-22 18:15:26 +0000 UTC View PostForty-Six – Remy
With Jakob, Ed, and Woodstock in tow, we collectively meandered over to the breakroom, where Temp was having a rather loud and animated conversation with Ajax.
“You should’ve seen his face,” Ajax said. Unlike the last time I saw him, Ajax wasn’t wearing his fur-suit, and...
2024-12-10 14:49:48 +0000 UTC View PostForty-Five – Mana Optimization
When I finally couldn’t stand the heat any longer, I killed the water, toweled off, then tossed on a fluffy, run-of-the-mill white bathrobe and padded over to the kitchen. I fished a cold beer out of the fridge, then plopped my ass back down at the table to tinker with...
2024-12-10 14:48:48 +0000 UTC View Post
