Current project:
Kabalor, an inclusive indie game of storytelling and collaborative spellcasting
The game of Kabalor is currently in early playtesting. The game is focused on magical characters who grow into their unique selves, connect and become a team, explore and expand their horizons, unlock new skills and possibilities, and share to make the world a better place for themselves and others. Kabalor is a world born of creativity and the players unfold their character’s story within that expansive space. The game encourages positive connections not only between the players, but between the characters and the world. All this takes place in an original fantasy universe ready to support your best fun!
Discardia: Let go of everything that doesn’t make your life awesome!
With three key principles and numerous practical tips, Discardia—a new holiday—helps you solve specific issues, carve away the nonsense of physical objects, habits, or emotional baggage, and uncover what brings you joy.
In this book, I draw on many years of experience to provide a flexible, iterative method for cutting out distractions and focusing on more fulfilling activities.
Join others around the world who use Discardia's inspirational—but not sappy—approach, and put your energy where it counts: toward living the less stressful life of your dreams!
The Art of the Shim: More drink. Less Drunk.
You deserve a great cocktail—and you don’t have to over-indulge to get it! Shims—serious, low-alcohol cocktails—are where everyone can come together, whether it’s for the one drink of the evening or when this is but the first of many.
This book is your invitation to a world of delicious, sophisticated drinks which provide all their pleasures without walloping you over the head with booze. Celebrate two centuries of the cocktail with recipes for every taste, from the sunny cheerfulness of a Ben’s Good Humor to slow sippers like the Bitter Giuseppe. Cheers!
Research Interests
Games
Play—whether physical games, tabletop role-playing, or computer games—excites me with its potential to bring out the best in us and relieve stress. These come into my life on a daily basis, primarily through my work creating the game of Kabalor.
Self-care
I continue to integrate into my life what I've learned since the first edition of the book came out, particularly regarding health and wellness management. Discardia remains a vital part of my lifestyle and philosophy.
History
As my health and other projects permit, I am continuing my research on the place of domestic servants in Elizabethan society.
Science
Between other projects or when an idea just won't let me rest until I write it, the mad wonders of the real world inspire my fiction writing.