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iii invasion, chapter 2

By Brent Meske, August 14, 2016

What’s iii? iii is the interdimensional investigations initiative. The first book is titled ‘invasion.’ This is an idea I had maybe 8 years ago, and started to develop into a bizarre post-apocolyptic RPG setting. Initially unsure of how things worked, the only thing I knew was that I wanted everything, absolutely everything. Giant scorpions made […]

The Goods: Breadcrumbs

By Brent Meske, July 29, 2016

Greetings blog-readers, I’ve just finished a three-week stint in my home country of ‘Murrica, where I did nothing but 1- Care for my kid, 2- Spend a lot of money on food I definitely shouldn’t have eaten, 3- Hang out with homeboys and homegirls (we’re all terrible at long distance relationships, so it’s literally Christmas […]

The Goods: The Bads

By Brent Meske, July 3, 2016

As an author, the most fragile, stupidly fragile thing you have is your confidence. That might sound ridiculous, but us independents don’t have much of a cheering section. I read an article about a trad-published woman who made approximately 3000 dollars per year for her books. Per year. Can you live off 3000 per year? […]

The Goods: Silver Linings

By Brent Meske, June 19, 2016

Personally, I like a good thunderstorm. I love the sound of rain, I like the flash of lightning and the rumble of thunder. The bright, deep colors come out after a good rain. And in the last three years, I have much more reason to love clouds than just rainy days. I have cloud computing […]

The Goods: Total Recall

By Brent Meske, June 12, 2016

Memory is fascinating. Mine, for instance, focuses mainly on the most hideous and embarrassing things I’ve ever done and replays them at completely inappropriate times. I enjoy a good involuntary flinch and outburst sometimes. (I try not to call myself an idiot… sometimes I fail) How could I have been so stupid? Why did I […]

interdimensional investigations initiative – invasion (and ifrit)

By Brent Meske, June 4, 2016

I’ve just finished a second draft of a book I hope to have out soon: iii – invasion. In it, Ryan tries desperately to save his hand, his life, and his best friend from a dimensional portal, a dimensional portal that doesn’t take you to another place. It creates whatever’s in your mind. Batman? Consider […]

The Goods: Accounting for Time and Words Written

By Brent Meske, May 24, 2016

May 22nd marks the tenth anniversary of my arrival in this country. A decade of birthdays, a decade of teaching, a decade of fumbling around with the language, and making temporary friends who inevitably leave for bigger and better things, and eating kimchi, and being 13-14 time zones away from where I grew up (there’s […]

The Goods: Let’s Happily STFU

By Brent Meske, May 17, 2016

It’s 2004, a gorgeous spring Saturday, and I’m off work at about 2 or 3pm. One of the bonuses of working at this restaurant is a free meal. A nice, juicy burger cooked up by me, for me, just the way I like it and topped with the lettuce and onion how I like it, […]

The Goods: Unmitigated Awesometacularity

By Brent Meske, May 8, 2016

History Lesson: Back in 2006-2007, I had begun making enough money to support myself and actually spend some however I wanted (nyah!), I no longer lived with my parents in a closet… …literally a closet. Not messing around here. I wasn’t working two part time jobs and earning close to fifteen thousand dollars a year […]

The Goods: Why I Undercharge for Creative Work

By Brent Meske, May 1, 2016

I’m working for a perfectly wonderful author-to-be right now, whose name I’ll withhold until such time as she gives me the okay to let the world know. She is a smart, funny, committed, experienced mental health professional who is now writing me into her acknowledgements, which is slightly awkward. I mean, I have to read […]

The Goods: A Girl Named September

By Brent Meske, April 24, 2016

Today I’d like to give you a gift. No, unfortunately it’s not the key to a beachside condo or an all-expenses paid ticket to paradise. I might give me one of those if I had the money for it, but most likely I’d save it for my son’s college costs. I’m not even going to […]

The Goods: this is music to my ears

By Brent Meske, April 17, 2016

I get a lot of side work done. I’m actually writing this blog post on a bus, taking my son to a Saturday morning science class. So, here’s a short list of my various hobbies that get me through life on a work-high: book cover design, woot, editing (from something called a Manuscript Appraisal to […]

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