After years of being a GM and trying to tell great stories with a group unruly undisciplined player characters I decided to try my hand at telling stories as a writer.
Little did I know that the character's I created in my head would be just as unruly and undisciplined as the real people that I had GMed.
Conclusion: for me to tell great stories I need unruly and undisciplined characters.
Smashwords Interview
Describe your desk
A confused mess but I know where everything is.
Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I grew up in the interior of British Columbia with a lot of pine pollen. Being allergic to pine pollen I was forced to stay inside during much of the spring and summer. Books and table top games became my friends.
Because it's a dimensional crossroad, even the Gods keep an eye on the City of Gates. This is brought home to the Black Bitches when Gwendolen the team's cleric is 'requested' by her church to stop a trade deal between two other dimensions. The only problem is that the deal is going down in the one place in the city where mortals have never broken into.
Enter the City of Gates a depraved, evil city where magic and money rule all. Where for most the distance between freedom and slaver is measure by a knife's edge.
This books contained the first three novellas of the Blood Princess Saga, plus Leveling a new short story available only in this anthology.
In the City of Gates' sometimes employers come from outside the city's walls. These employers offer challenges, that while paying well can also get you killed. So when Lia, her team's thief, gets a new job for the team, trying to get a noble back from the Compact, the Blood Princess is of course cautious. But even her care, may not be enough when they finds out who their employer really is.
Every legend has an origin story. For the Blood Princess it started with an innocent enough question. 'Where’s the best place to get some action?' The unfortunate part was that it was asked to hedonistic nymphomaniac.
What followed became a tale of debauchery famous even in a city known for its debauchery
In the City of Gates the Blood Princess knows that you have to take work when you can. Even when it means taking care of a Compact Princess on a day she's playing grown up at the City's Slave Pens. But then things start to unravel; as old enemies return and new destinies are revealed. To survive the Blood Princess will need her wits and a really sharp knife.
The pressure is always greater when time is your enemy. However, it’s under pressure that the Blood Princess and her all female team work best. Hired to rescue a nobleman's twin daughters they have one night to succeed or the twins are forever lost. In this revised even edgier story she will face both torture and humiliation. And that's if everything goes according to plan