In theory I return from Australia today… but there’s dust storms in the city that may play havoc with my flight.  Overall, the trip has been a mixed experience. My goal in traveling is to meet interesting people and see inspiring places, and I certainly accomplished the first part of that. My hosts in both Sydney and Brisbane were wonderful, and I met other interesting people at GenCon Oz. But due to my novel deadlines, I really didn’t get out to see much of the surrounding area. It’s my fault; it’s simply been harder to write while traveling than I’d hoped,...

I’m in Sydney and still working away on The Fading Dream. However, my hosts convinced me to do something I’ve been meaning to do for a while, which is to get onto Twitter. So if you want to follow me there, my account is HellcowKeith. This is still going to be the place for pictures and travel & gaming articles, but hey, for the five second post, look there. Some of you may be saying “Why Hellcow?” Others may know that Hellcow is my typical username for message boards (ENWorld.org, RPG.net, Wizards.com) but not know the story behind it. I love Diablo as much as the next...

I’m going to be heading to Australia (specifically Sydney and Brisbane) in a few days for GenCon Oz. I’d like to thank Fastbreak Sports of Brisbane for helping with travel costs, which is what’s made the trip possible. However, I’m still wrapping up the third Thorn novel, and I won’t be doing any significant posts on HDWT until I get that nailed down. For various reasons, this is a short trip. I’d hoped to extend it, traveling further around Australia and New Zealand, however it turns out that the cost to extend the flight is dramatically more expensive than...