One Down... MORE to Go! June on the Range Continues...

As I write this, we are now into week number two of this year's June on the Range reading event and already I've finished one book, The Haunted Hills by E.M. Bower and I'm almost finished with The Deputy Sheriff of Commanche County by the great Edgar Rice Burroughs of Tarzan and Barsoom fame!

I've already posted my intended TBR for the rest of this month over on my YouTube channel, so you can visit that to learn more and follow my progress.

While we still have several days left in this month, I did take a few moments to whip up a logo for NEXT month's (July) reading event, the one and only Rocket Summer and I've already got a tentative TBR sitting on my desk that I will post a video about soon-ish.

Some exciting stuff coming up for this AND, because I'm a bit of a madman, I've already started kicking around some reading ideas for BookTrek in August, but that's for another time...

I've Been Deputized!

As I write this, we are just a couple weeks from the start of the month of June and that means the beginning of the June on the Range BookTube Reading Event! Not only that, but THIS year, I have officially been brought on as a co-host by event creator, Michael K. Vaughan!

If you've been following this here on-again/off-again blog for a while, last year, while I hadn't officially launched my YouTube channel yet, I still opted to participate in June on the Range right here through text and images. I had an absolute blast joining in on the fun then, but this year I've got some awesome plans in store for VIEWERS of The Wild Digest.

I have already posted a bit of a loose TBR for the month in which I mention the following possibilities for each week including:

• The Haunted Hills (1934) by E.M. Bower
• The Deputy Sheriff of Commanche County (1940) by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• The Whistler (1953) by E.B. Mann
• Donovan (1961) by Elmer Kelton
• Forced March to Loon Creek (1964) by William Chamberlain

I also teased my random reading of a few short stories from the Pronzini and Greenberg Best of the West series (and I actually have three more of those on their way to me right now including The Arizonans, The Montanans, and The Texans).

Additionally, I'd love to sneak in something by Louis L'Amour and/or Zane Grey as works by the two of them are typically encouraged during the month (them's the rules!), but we shall see how that goes. I DID actually just read Taggart by L'Amour a few weeks ago and quite enjoyed it.

Anyway, lots of great stuff coming your way during the month of June (and yes, I WILL be devoting an episode to Western-themed TTRPGs), so keep your eyes on my YouTube channel and also be sure to check out all the other videos from my fellow June on the Range co-hosts!

"Move 'em out, head 'em up

Head 'em up, move 'em on

Move 'em out, head 'em up

RAWHIDE!"

Apologies for the Delay!

Hey all! So... My last post here was back in friggin' August and I feel terrible about that! Obviously, most of my time and energy since then has been focused on my BookTube channel and if you're not a subscriber to that yet, I do hope you will consider joining me over there.

That said, one thing I'm definitely going to be doing here in the coming weeks and months is posting a lot of my marketing graphic design work as I have been creating logos and images to accompany my newsletter articles for Pinnacle Entertainment Group since (cough-cough) 2017 or so. That's a LOT of design work and I'd love to share some of it for you all to see since typically they only bounce around for about a week before vanishing into the aether.

First up, a timely one as I put this together just today to promote a livestream I will be participating in tomorrow (Friday the 13th of March). This livestream is a final hour countdown stream for PEG's latest Kickstarter and it should be a lot of fun.

Here's a close up of my "Wanted" poster for those curious:

The stream will be dropping at 8pm Eastern (5pm Pacific) tomorrow evening, so if you're seeing this in time, please visit www.twitch.tv/peginc and I'll see you in chat!

BookTube, Conventions, and More!

Hopping in to let you know that my BookTube channel (the aptly named "Wild Digest") is chugging along and I've got a convention appearance locked in that may interest my TTRPG followers, especially those familiar with Savage Worlds!

I just posted this to my Facebook page today:

Three weeks from today, TaMara and I will be making our way to Erie, PA for ComiCon Erie (September 12-14).

While TaMara will be signing at her table, I'll be over near the In The Zone Gaming booth running demos of the Savage World of Flash Gordon Roleplaying Game on Saturday and Sunday! If you're going to be at the con and you're up for rolling some dice (and perhaps experiencing Savage Worlds for your very first time), secure a seat and "save every one of us!" 🗲

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“Pathetic earthlings. Hurling your bodies out into the void, without the slightest inkling of who or what is out here.” – Ming the Merciless

Lunita, the larger of Mongo’s two moons, is shrouded in mystery. Drawn down to the surface of this strange satellite by powerful magnetic forces, the heroes must journey to the source of this weird energy field and shut it down… PERMANENTLY! Experience the Flash Gordon Roleplaying Game for Savage Worlds with its writer, Scott Woodard (Pinebox Middle School, Doctor Who). Beginners welcome. Rules will be taught. "Gordon's alive!!!"

I hope to see some of you in Erie and perhaps even at my game tables!

And We're Off!

After weeks, nay, MONTHS of yammering about it, I have finally launched by "BookTube" channel under the same name as this here blog: the Wild Digest!

The first episode opens with the standard "Newbie Tag" where I clamber through 10 introductory questions, while the second episode is all about my rocky experience with this year's Rocket Summer reading event.

 

Check 'em both out and be sure to subscribe to my channel while you're over there.

I plan on posting regularly (working from home affords me that luxury) with episodes about books, tabletop roleplaying games, the craft of writing, conventions, and so much more.

Catch you over on the 'Tube!