Author Archives: Joe

Tonight on Twitch: In the tower of the witch-lord

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Joe

Join us tonight on Twitch at 9pm EST to vote on our ongoing crowd-guided mythic fantasy adventure-writing project. Tonight, our hero and his companions have taken shelter in the haunted tower of a long-dead sorcerer-king, where they discover a shocking truth! Will … Continue reading →

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Tonight on Twitch: Into the ruins

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Joe

Join us tonight on Twitch at 9pm EST to vote on our ongoing crowd-guided mythic fantasy adventure-writing project. Tonight, our hero has just met his first friend in the underworld and needs to decide where to go, and what to do. You’ll … Continue reading →

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New Adventure: Acid Metal Howl

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Joe

Hi everyone! This week I published a new D&D (5e) adventure module titled Dungeon Age: Acid Metal Howl. In the deep desert lies the dead city of Yumar, the source of countless bizarre rumors. Was it destroyed by a demonic … Continue reading →

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Tonight on Twitch: Falling down the rabbit hole

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Joe

Join us tonight on Twitch at 9pm EST to vote on our mythic fantasy adventure. To kick things off, you’ll be choosing the name of our mythic hero that we designed last week. Then I’ll be performing a dramatic reading of a … Continue reading →

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Tonight on Twitch: Building a hero!

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Joe

Join us tonight on Twitch at 9pm EST to help design a Mythic Hero. We’ll be talking about everything that goes into creating a protagonist and the world around them: parents, education, professional, station in life, friends, and more. And … Continue reading →

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Review: The Black Company by Glen Cook

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Joe

This novel by Glen Cook was written in 1984, and from what I hear it was an influential fantasy book in that era, particularly as it uniquely combined a cast of low-fantasy anti-hero mercenaries with a high-fantasy world of magic … Continue reading →

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Recap: Twitch Writes a Fantasy Book, Episode 1

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Joe

*** SPOILERS *** I don’t know why I put “spoilers” up there. I guess in case you don’t want to know what Twitch commanded me to write for them last night. In which case, I’m not totally sure why you’re … Continue reading →

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Tonight on Twitch: You vote and I write

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Joe

Tonight at 9pm EST, join me on Twitch where we will be talking about the process of writing a book, and you’ll be telling me what to put in my new fantasy story! Here’s the link: https://www.twitch.tv/josephrobertlewis Each week we’ll … Continue reading →

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Review: The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Joe

This novel (short novel? novella?) by Lord Dunsany was written in 1924, and seems to have wandered in and out of the public eye over the last century. It’s a very classical (French-ish to me, for some reason) fantasy story … Continue reading →

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Dungeon Age: New cover art reveal

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Joe

So, the draft (no, not the first draft, not nearly!) of the first Dungeon Age book has been in the capable hands of my wife for multiple days now, and she strongly asserts that she is indeed actually reading it … Continue reading →

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