Streaming Like A Streamer
Look at this! You can watch me draw! This video is 28 minutes long, and was created yesterday (October 2nd) for my Twitch stream. I’m experimenting a bit with streaming because they say you can’t teach...
View ArticleStreaming Today: “Big Dumb Cover Art”
Today at 7pm Eastern (5pm my time) I’ll be streaming from my drafting table. Follow and subscribe at twitch.tv/howardtayler Today’s project is the cover art for the next Schlock Mercenary collection,...
View ArticleUVU Book Academy: Friday the 11th!
This Friday, October 11th, I’ll be on the Wasatch Campus of Utah Valley University for their Book Academy conference. Kinda late notice, I know. Sorry about that! I’m on a panel, “Grand Openings And...
View ArticleWorldbuilding Tonight on the TypecastRPG Twitch Stream
Tonight at 9pm Eastern on the TypecastRPG Twitch Stream I’ll be talking about worldbuilding with fellow worldbuilders, scene-setters, and cosmos-creators Mari Murdock, Charlie Holmberg, and Brian...
View ArticleBig Dumb Objects: Pre-Orders Begin Next Week!
Big Dumb Objects, Schlock Mercenary Book 16, is almost ready for the printer! This coming Tuesday we’ll begin the pre-order process using Kickstarter¹. The project will run for about a month, ending...
View ArticleBIG DUMB OBJECTS: The Kickstarter!
The Kickstarter project for Big Dumb Objects: Schlock Mercenary Book 16, is now live! As a reward for checking the project out, I’ve posted a link to the video of me creating that oh-so-drafty draft of...
View ArticleThe Five-Year Summer
Yesterday we posted our first update to the Big Dumb Objects Kickstarter project. It is entitled “The Five Year Summer,” and it is an abridged account of why this project is running in October instead...
View ArticleBig Dumb Cover Art: The Zero Audio Edition
Over the weekend I had insomnia, and decided to stream my work on the Big Dumb Objects cover. That video is now available on YouTube. The audio wasn’t working, and it took me a minute to realize I...
View ArticleRetweet For Glitter!
We’re running a brief social media promotion. It involves Twitter. RETWEET FOR GLITTER! If this link to our Kickstarter gets Retweeted 100 times, Meg will glitter up Howard’s beard, and we’ll post...
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Progress on the Cover Art!
I’ve been making slow, steady progress on the Big Dumb Objects cover image. The entire process is available on YouTube, and the most recent video is available on my Twitch stream. As it stands right...
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Terminator: Dark Fate
Hey! I finally got back out and saw a movie! Nothing screams “I am not a real movie reviewer” quite like me not seeing movies. But some of you seem to like knowing what I think about the latest...
View ArticleTwo Days Left!
We’re in the final two days of the BIG DUMB OBJECTS Kickstarter project. I’m not as far along on my deliverables as I want to be (the cover is still a few hours from being finished), but we’re on track...
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I just finished streaming BIG DUMB COVER ART SIX over at twitch.tv/howardtayler, and had a great time right at the end discovering that halleleujah the cover is done! The stream ran for about two...
View ArticleStill Thankful After All These Years
This is our 19th Thanksgiving since creating Schlock Mercenary, and our 15th since it was our primary source of income. This is a great time of year to sit back and contemplate ways in which to counter...
View ArticleA Sale! And Shipping in Time for Christmas!
Head over to shop.schlockmercenary.com and use the discount code 2019HOLIDAY between now and December 5th for 10% off anything in our store. Additionally, we have a bunch of things already on sale, and...
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Streaming the Art while Rolling the Role-Play
Tonight at 9pm Eastern I’ll be playing D&D over at twitch.tv/typecastrpg¹, and we’ve got the art-cam working beautifully. You can watch me create masterpieces² like “snake-men with snakes for...
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Snake People With Snakes For Butts
During last night’s episode of Typecast RPG¹ I asked our DM, Dan Wells, to clarify the “snake people with snakes for butts” thing from last week. His use of the word “calipigia” improved the imagery...
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Knives Out
I’m late to the party on this one, I know. Here’s a short summary: Knives Out is the most fun I’ve had at a murder mystery in recent memory, and I spent several minutes combing my memory for...
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
NOTE: This review is as spoiler-free as I can make it. I’ve included no plot points beyond the most basic ones, like “this is a Star War” and “it has a third act.” I saw Star Wars: The Rise of...
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Frozen II
I don’t think Frozen II is going to get sing-along screenings, but I’m okay with that. To my mind, if there’s a weakness¹ with Frozen, it’s that one of the songs was so iconic, so memorable, and so...
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