Category Archives: News

Changes

Posted on February 2, 2012 by David

Things are in flux here. Blogging will be intermittent until something stabilizes. Look for me still on Twitter, Facebook and Google+, and follow Rock Band Fights Evil (all in the links, in the right column).

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Fantasy Languages

Posted on December 12, 2011 by David

Invented languages have deep roots in fantasy literature — Tolkien was a linguist, and his Middle Earth is driven by the languages he devised. According to this article, Hollywood is now getting interested. Interestingly, it turns out that George R.R. … Continue reading →

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Total Eclipse

Posted on December 5, 2011 by David

Hey, North America — lunar eclipse coming, this Saturday morning. Prepare your mighty magics now.

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Return to Exile Book Launch!

Posted on September 6, 2011 by David

Tonight, 7:00 pm, at The King’s English Bookshop in Salt Lake City (1511 South 1500 East). E.J. Patten will launch and sign copies of his debut middle reader novel, Return to Exile. Appearance, emcee services and further autographing by Dan … Continue reading →

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Tom Waits Album Coming in October

Posted on August 26, 2011 by David

I found this hilarious. Though I’m pretty sure the possessive should be Waits’s.

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God’s Blog

Posted on August 3, 2011 by David

Very funny. And reminiscent of some Story Monkeys calls. Holmes is the one that wants the wildebeest bossed around by the duck.

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1000 Pageviews

Posted on July 12, 2011 by David

Special thanks to the Oregon Department of Corrections for letting Mel and Paco have access to the Internet.

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Twitter

Posted on June 25, 2011 by David

And now I’m tweeting, as DavidJohnButler. Expect some inanity while I figure this out.

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Woo Hoo!

Posted on June 22, 2011 by David

Many congratulations to Platte. Today he (with the guidance of his extraordinary and enthusiastic agent, Deborah Warren of East-West Literary) has accepted an offer from Simon & Schuster for Max Spencer and the Codex of Infinite Knowability and two sequels. … Continue reading →

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More Pages!

Posted on June 8, 2011 by David

I’ve just added a Links page (over on the upper right). I’ll add more pages as time goes on, and I’ll add to the Links page, too. A quick note about the Links, and specifically about the authors I’ve linked … Continue reading →