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The ‘Game of Thrones’ method of Complex Character Creation

April 10, 2023 by John Champaign Leave a Comment

About a year ago an interesting post on Reddit promised a way to “make your character complex, realistic, and three dimensional, simply by writing down two things that they want.” This was posted in /r/rpg and was intended for people making characters in games like Dungeons and Dragons. The idea was interesting and struck me […]

Filed Under: Role Playing, Self Publishing

Friendship Magician

March 28, 2023 by John Champaign Leave a Comment

I’ve released my next book, Friendship Magician. This is the sequel to my cozy urban fantasy book Merchant Magician. Self-exiled from her family of traders in mystical goods and services on her 23rd birthday, the Friendship Magician must make her way in the world: meeting a Scandinavian werewolf, a business-minded minotaur, an air elemental with a […]

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The Importance Of “Slack Time” In A Job

March 24, 2023 by John Champaign Leave a Comment

There’s a “polite fiction” with employment that every employee is working as hard as they’re capable of. Perhaps the other side of this is that employers are paying employees as much as possible. A steady stream of Quora questions ask some variation of an employer considering firing their most productive employee who gets work done […]

Filed Under: Business

Endless Seas: Never Meet Your Idols

February 9, 2023 by John Champaign Leave a Comment

I’ve released my next book, Endless Seas: Never Meet Your Idols which is set for release on February 28th. This is my second fiction book and my first full length novel. It’s a nautical, high-fantasy, action-adventure. For the narrative structure, it’s set up as a series of short stories (11 in total), which follow the […]

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The Problem With Amazon Vella

December 20, 2022 by John Champaign Leave a Comment

Like many writers, I was excited when Amazon’s Kindle Vella debuted. I had been writing serial fiction, had tried the major platforms, and was disappointed with each of them. Amazon has smart people and tons of money, so I (along with others) hoped they’d get it right. Vella For Readers Sadly, what they released is […]

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Make ‘No’ Your Magic Word 

November 28, 2022 by John Champaign Leave a Comment

When two-year-olds first learn to say no, it’s a trying time for their parents.  The epiphany that these all-powerful gods, known as mom and dad, who have controlled every aspect of their existence up to that point can be refused is intoxicating.  Some studies have measured that toddlers argue with their parents 20-25 times an […]

Filed Under: Real Estate

Marketing Your Indie Book Via Online Forums

November 25, 2022 by John Champaign Leave a Comment

Online forums exist for every imaginable interest. From entertainment options, like fantasy, sci-fi, or romance, to self-help to personal finance, like stock or real estate investing. In the earliest days of the internet, these took the form of Usenet newsgroups and in modern times they take the form of subreddits, forums attached to a blog, […]

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Marketing With BookCrossing

November 23, 2022 by John Champaign Leave a Comment

A while back, the paperback version of my urban fantasy novella “Merchant Magician” went on sale for cheaper than what it cost me to buy author copies. I grabbed 30 copies for $3.79 per copy. I didn’t know what I’d do with them when I ordered them, but I figured there’d be something I could […]

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Wacky Writing Idea #16: Monster Orphanage

November 21, 2022 by John Champaign Leave a Comment

For this, and any other Wacky Writing Ideas, I happily release them into the wild for anyone to use. If you like the idea and want to write it up, do so with my blessing! If you want to change it or use it for something else, have at it! If you really want to do […]

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Wacky Writing Idea #15: Everyone In The World Started Having Visions Of The Same Person

November 18, 2022 by John Champaign Leave a Comment

For this, and any other Wacky Writing Ideas, I happily release them into the wild for anyone to use. If you like the idea and want to write it up, do so with my blessing! If you want to change it or use it for something else, have at it! If you really want to do […]

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