http://christinastiles.com/myblog My Blog Sun, 08 Aug 2010 01:54:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was recently asked some questions in regard to Rogue Mage the game forthcoming from Bella Rosa Press (print) and Misfit Studios (pdf). I’m using my blog to answer a few of these. More questions are welcome. First, for the uninitiated, let me provide a little info about Rogue Mage. Rogue ... http://christinastiles.com/myblog/?p=54 I'm looking forward to my upcoming 2-week Christmas vacation, as I have loads of projects to complete, one of which is getting my house straightened out! I've still got lots of things packed up in boxes from my move over a year ago. I must go through these things and ... http://christinastiles.com/myblog/?p=50 9-08-09 I decided to go to Dragon*Con this year in celebration of my 40th birthday, and I'm so glad I did.  I'm not much into fandom (though I did have the urge to go drool over Ben Browder at a Farscape or Stargate panel) and costuming, which are big things at ... http://christinastiles.com/myblog/?p=44 Tales of Zobeck By Wolfgang Baur Bill Collins, Tim & Eileen Connors, Ed Greenwood, Jim Groves & Mike McArtor, Ben McFarland, Joshua Stevens, and Dan Voyce Open Design PDF $19.95 http://www.koboldquarterly.com/KQStore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=53 Tales of Zobeck: Adventures in the Free City is Open Design’s first Ennie-winning patron project. The book recently won a Silver for best ebook ... http://christinastiles.com/myblog/?p=37 Existential Lunch by Christina Ashley Stiles MONDAY             The cafeteria is crowded at lunch hour. The line snakes around the outer glass and into the building proper. I wait patiently, moving inches at a time, until arriving at the drink spouts and ebbing myself a glass of tea. I can see Margaret from ... http://christinastiles.com/myblog/?p=34 I'm still trying to get my house sold/rented, so cleaning the house out has been taking up a lot of my free time, so very little writing has been done of late. My current projects are still the Rogue Mage Role-playing Game (http://www.faithhunter.net/wp/the-rogue-mage-series/rogue-mage-rpg/) and converting SpirosBlaak to Savage Worlds (aka "savaging" ... http://christinastiles.com/myblog/?p=32 June 17, 2009 Got the hubby a cake with the Tasmanian Devil on it holding a pipe wrench to celebrate his 38th. A lady at work made the cake, and she did an AWESOME job. I'll have to post a pic. So, the hubby came by the office, and we shared ... http://christinastiles.com/myblog/?p=30 June 16, 2009 I came home from work this evening to find an acceptance email for my novel LEAF LETTERS from Sugar & Spice Press. I'm totally stunned. It still hasn't fully hit me that someone wants to publish MY book. I've been waiting a long time to get to this ... http://christinastiles.com/myblog/?p=28 June 6, 2009 Yep, I'm a little late posting about the con, but it's taken me this long to recover! I really did have a blast. The Con Com did an excellent job, and the new hotel was very nice. I didn't particularly like driving to the UNC-side of Charlotte, but ... http://christinastiles.com/myblog/?p=23 Ok, I've gotten myself out of the fiction depression doldrums. I've really only submitted to about ten agents/publishers, so I'm only a rookie on rejection. Right? So, I've taken this Memorial Day holiday to spend time getting out some equeries on Leaf Letters, my humorous contemporary romance (yes, I love fantasy ... http://christinastiles.com/myblog/?p=21