The Tone Report

The Kickstarter for the second ESPionage adventure just went live! Using @evilhatofficial's Fate system, Sunny Days and Rain is a mix of the classic spy thriller The Prisoner and The Good Place.

We Have a Cover! Hey hey hey, I got some big new regarding ESPionage, the Role-Playing Game of Psychics and Spies. Plus, music, comics, and tech. #writing_community #blog #shamelessSelfPromotion

Hey hey hey, I got some big new regarding ESPionage, the Role-Playing Game of Psychics and Spies. We finally have a cover illustration! Showcasing 5 NPCs from the game representing the five kinds of characters in the setting, and Drawn by San Diego’s own Joe Phillips Meanwhile, Elliot Balson‘s been working on the interior art. Firstly, the seven agents of Rainbow Intelligence Services,…

ESPionage, the RPG of Psychics and Spies for Fate Condensed is crowdfunding next year. Joe Phillips (http://www.joephillips.com/) delivered this stunning cover, featuring 5 NPCs from the book, showcasing the character types.

ESPionage is looking for play testers. Join the Discord to get the Betawave edition in PDF and keep up on crowdfunding developments! https://discord.gg/SHRuY5w9tq

One way or another, this game of psychics and spies is getting made.

My submission email to Evil Hat was ready to go. I checked the guidelines one last time to make sure all my ‘t’s were crossed and ‘i’s dotted. And right there, at the top of the page, “As of August 17, 2023 our submissions are currently closed. We don’t anticipate re-opening them until late 2025.” Well…crap… If I hadn’t spent months developing all the ancillary material I could have submitted…

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Further explorations in AI generated Art #midjourney

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Where a computer makes art and I start to think I'm an artist. #blog #midjourney #art

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The first ESPionage campaign has officially begun. Their first mission: show those pregens they played last session how a team really steals a book of cowboy poetry. #fatecondensed #fateRPG #playtest

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The playtest of the ESPionage, the role-playing game of psychics and spies, has begun. Based on my second novel, The Faith Machine, #fate #faterpg #thefaithmachine

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In last month’s Tone Report, I gave y’all my outlining process on The Jade Queen, as it currently stands. Now that the road was mapped, it was time to move on to the hard part; the actual writing. #writing #blog

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Comic in development: The Jade Queen. Outlining is one of my favorite parts of a project #makingcomics #outlining #indexcards

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I never understood why some writers hate being asked, "Where do you get your ideas" Here's where I get my ideas. Take a look #comic #noir

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