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HAUNTED: Award Nominated!

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Jason L Blair

Well, having a book that contains your work be nominated for an award isn’t a bad way to kick off the year. HAUNTED: 11 Tales of Ghostly Horror is up for a Reader’s Choice Award over at Preditors & Editors! … Continue reading →

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Out Now: Haunted – 11 Tales of Ghostly Horror

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Jason L Blair

My friends at Flames Rising have launched the first anthology from their FR Press publishing imprint and I’m proud to say I have a story in it. The anthology is all about ghosts and ghost hunting. To quote anthology editor … Continue reading →

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Operation: Awesome – The 1000-Word Plan

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Jason L Blair

One thousand words. It’s not a lot. But neither is a single grain of sand. Earlier this year, I hit a hard realization: Writing wasn’t working for me anymore. I was writing in spurts. Some days I’d hit 3000 words … Continue reading →

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Matt Forbeck’s AMORTALS

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Jason L Blair

Matt Forbeck was among the first professionals who welcomed me into the game industry. I’ve been a fan of his for years but more than simply enjoying his work I’ve enjoyed seeing his career branch out, reaching higher and higher. … Continue reading →

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The Write Identity

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Jason L Blair

See, I lost focus. And that happens. I’m fallible and I know it. If I wasn’t, I wouldn’t have initiated Operation: Awesome. I would have just sat around wondering why no one recognized my genius. A couple weeks ago, I … Continue reading →

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Operation: Awesome’s Novel Idea

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Jason L Blair

Last week, I put a list together of all the books I had plots for. Nothing new, I didn’t invent on the spot, and I came up with eight titles. Later that day, I remembered another three. Today, I found … Continue reading →

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The Haunted House, an Illustrated Tale

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Jason L Blair

The following is based on a true story. The Haunted House, by Cambden Blair

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Catching Up with Friends

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Jason L Blair

Thought I’d shed a little light on some of the exciting projects my friends have been cooking up. Jeff Preston’s 60 Character Portraits Illustrator-extraordinaire Jeff Preston recently launched a Kickstarter project along with co-conspirator A Terrible Idea called “60 Terrible … Continue reading →

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Buried Tales Gets an Ennie Nomination

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Jason L Blair

Last year, my good friend Matt McElroy (of Flames Rising fame) put together a fiction compilation in support of design studio 12 to Midnight‘s excellent Pinebox, Texas game setting (now published by the fine folks at Pinnacle Entertainment Group). The … Continue reading →

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Operation: Awesome

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Jason L Blair

Earlier this year, I kicked off Operation: Awesome, a multi-phase attempt to reprogram myself as a writer. I had spent far too much of my life under this delusion that the traditional rules of writing and story didn’t apply to … Continue reading →

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