Hi, I’m Jeff Watkins

If the idea of fantasy stories set in nineteenth century Edinburgh sounds good to you, then I write things you might like to read.

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A Second Draft

A Second Draft

Yesterday I emailed eight lovely humans inviting them to read and provide feedback on the second draft my novel. This is critical for me, because humans represent the core demographic I’m targeting with this novel. I tested my teaser on each of our cats: James is overdue delivering his

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The Problem with Neighbours

The Problem with Neighbours

We recently moved to The Hague, Netherlands where there is a roleplaying group that meets once a month for one-shot adventures. I volunteered to run a game of Legend in the Mist as a way to meet some new people. Because I didn't have enough to do,

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Annotating a manuscript

Annotating a manuscript

I’m about half-way complete with the second draft of my work in progress. I’ve worked all the notes from the first draft into this draft, and although I found it more complicated than necessary, I generated an ePub from the manuscript which I loaded onto my iPad.

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Where to draw the line

Where to draw the line

I grew up in a small town on Long Island, about ninety miles east of New York City. Out where I lived, we had cows and an enormous glacially deposited boulder (Patriots’ Rock) where we played cops and robbers, aliens and cowboys, or, if we weren’t feeling inspired, chucked

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History or Fiction

History or Fiction

I love a good historical fiction novel. There’s nothing better than feeling the sense of place long gone, getting to know people who strode this planet long before I did, all while reading a captivating tale. I still recall reading a book that took place in the thirteenth century,

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Duelling Samurai

Duelling Samurai

A great breakdown of combat in the Mythras RPG system appeared in the Legend in the Mist Discord a few weeks ago. The author did a remarkable job detailing how the combat system of that RPG worked. I'm not sure I'd want to play it, but

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