by Wade | Sep 25, 2020 | Reader Goodies, Reader Updates
Spoiler alert: Minor spoilers for Badlands Born book 1 The exact date of the Caliphate of the Clouds’ foundation is in dispute, but most historians place it five years after Ryan the Creator declared Paradise City “full.” The diaspora of...
by Wade | Sep 15, 2020 | Reader Goodies, Reader Updates
I’m in the last stage of getting Badlands Book 3 ready for the beta readers and trying out a new tool. I read my stories out loud to catch tongue twisters, clunky words, and sentences that just read funny, not only because we read books to ourselves with an...
by Wade | Aug 14, 2020 | Reader Goodies, Reader Updates
Paradise City! Not just an 80s hair metal reference, but also the floating beacon of hope every Badlands refugee pines for. In the history of Badlands Born, Ryan the Creator founded Paradise City after the deader plague hit the Badlands and (literally) killed the...
by Wade | Jul 31, 2020 | Reader Goodies, Reader Updates
Necrosonic engineers (necros) are one of my favorite Badlands subcultures Equal parts engineer, shaman, and musician, the necro provides a bridge between the living and the walking dead and keep the lights on at night. They’re necessary but only barely...
by Wade | Jul 3, 2020 | Reader Goodies, Reader Updates
I’ve been watching the Monday Metallica live-streaming concerts these past months and I’ve noticed something about them that explains why they’ve sold out concerts over the decades: fan service. At the open of every concert, James Hetfield welcomes...
by Wade | Jun 15, 2020 | Reader Goodies, Reader Updates
In the first week of June, Badlands Born ranked #91 in Amazon’s top 100 Science Fiction Metaphysical and Visionary bestseller category; an unexpected side effect of the Badlands Cursed launch along with the 5-day $0.99 sale. It’s a small category to be...
