Writing Excuses CD-ROM at PodDisc.com Thursday October 2, 2008

You asked for it, we delivered it. Season One of Writing Excuses is now available on CD-ROM at PodDisc.com. Here's what you get: - Nine hours of fifteen-minute-long episodes in DRM-free MP3 format - Both bonus episodes - Two unaired episodes, including our pilot, straight from the cutting-room floor -… Read more

The Fleening of Chupaqueso.com Wednesday January 18, 2006

Ordinarily when a blog gets blogged, the blogged blog is the only blog to mention the blogging, and may blog back. When Fleen blogged Chupaqueso.com, however, the blogging blog was also a blog of topical interest in the blogged blog's blogger's OTHER blog (even if that relationship requires the blogged… Read more

Introducing Howard Tayler... DOT COM Saturday August 16, 2014

I know, I know... dot-coms are so "turn-of-the-century," so "last decade."  Trends and missed boats notwithstanding, howardtayler.com is a thing now. It's the hub for all the stuff I do. It's like putting all of my eggs in one basket, only without the actual risk associated with dropping the basket.… Read more

Boxed Set Bundle Bonus Wednesday November 3, 2010

I forgot to mention that the Boxed Set Bundle includes, while supplies last, the Strohl Munitions Plasma Cannon Activity Book. If you've already placed your order, don't worry, you're getting the bonus. If you haven't, there are only about 40 of these left . We're sold out of the coloring… Read more

The Bonus Story is Colored! Friday August 17, 2007

I just finished coloring the last page of the Bonus Story for Schlock Mercenary: the Tub of Happiness. Yay! With luck (and a bunch of hard work) I'll be able to ship files to the printer by the end of the month. I'm shooting for a November ship date for… Read more

Book Review: A Practical Guide to Dragons, by Lisa Trumbauer Friday February 23, 2007

If you're a D&D fan with kids, you need this book. I mean, you can't be letting your kids read the monster manual, even though they really want to, because they're not supposed to know how many hit dice that beholder has, right? A Practical Guide to Dragons is perfect… Read more

New Schlock Community at The Time-Waster's Guide Monday January 12, 2009

My friends from Writing Excuses have generously offered to host a discussion area for me at The Time Waster's Guide under the "Local Authors" section of the forums. You can find it under my name rather than the name of the comic, which is a subtle yet ambitious statement about… Read more

Alert of potential problem with schlockmercenary.com Sunday July 27, 2008

Note from Sandra Tayler If you have any difficulties reaching www.schlockmercenary.com over the next few days, please click over to www.schlocktroops.com. It has been set up as an alternate location for fans to get their daily Schlock fix. Please spread the word in the event of a problem. That is… Read more

The Shambling Guide to New York City, by Mur Lafferty Wednesday June 26, 2013

Oh my goodness! Two book reviews in as many days! Someone (I won't say who) has been reading. Mur Lafferty's The Shambling Guide to New York City is a light-hearted, dead-serious romp of an urban fantasy, done just the way I like it --a smart-but-mundane (mostly) main character, fast-paced reveals,… Read more

And Now, A Bonus Story Teaser Thursday March 17, 2011

I've been getting colored bonus-story pages back from Travis, and couldn't resist sharing at least one of them with you. Behold, the Shardfleet! I took the liberty of blanking out the dialog. I wouldn't want to spoil anything. Read more

Find Howard at Salt Lake Comic Con Tuesday September 3, 2013

This Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, September 5th-7th, you can find me and about 30,000 other people at the first ever Salt Lake Comic Con. Locating me in the crowd might be a little difficult, so I'll give you a schedule, and a map!  Here's the map. Click on it for… Read more

Coming this Tuesday: Book 13, The Kickstarter Thursday September 14, 2017

On Tuesday, September 19th, we will launch a Kickstarter for the printing of Random Access Memorabilia, Schlock Mercenary Book 13. The book itself is complete, the bonus story is currently being illustrated, and our layout architect says the cover blueprint is almost ready for elements that have color in them.… Read more

Pre-Orders now open for The Body Politic Monday July 8, 2013

Pre-orders are now open for Schlock Mercenary: The Body Politic, the ninth volume in the massively-serial space ope-- what am I saying? You people know all of this. I mean, you're here, right? This volume is different from every other volume we've done. There is no bonus story.  There is,… Read more

Kickstarting BROKEN WIND and DELEGATES & DELEGATION Friday October 12, 2018

This Tuesday, October 16th, we’ll be opening a Kickstarter for print editions of Broken Wind: Schlock Mercenary Volume 14, and Delegates and Delegation: Schlock Mercenary Volume 15.   Each volume has a bonus story at the end, lots of margin art in the middle, and the same top-shelf quality of binding,… Read more

Kickstarter Alert! Book 18! Wednesday September 20, 2023

We’ve launched the Kickstarter for Mandatory Failure: Schlock Mercenary Book 18, and it has already funded. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/howardtayler/mandatory-failure-schlock-mercenary-book-18 Not only have we funded, but we’ve reached some stretch goals, too! Click here to visit the Kickstarter and see the latest news. The project will run until October 20th of 2023. Back… Read more

Monday October 3, 2011

Learning From a Master Monday October 17, 2011

I just got my copy of Tom Richmond's The Mad Art of Caricature: A Serious Guide to Drawing Funny Faces in the mail. As Tom Racine so wisely put it, "It does for cartoonists what [Tracy Hickman's] X-Treme Dungeon Mastery does for Dungeon Masters."  One 30-minute pass through the book… Read more

Coming to Gen Con Indy Saturday July 30, 2011

I'll be at Gen Con Indy next week, and I'm going to have some fun stuff with me. I'll also have some brand new stuff. All of these things will appear in the store eventually, but they're debuting in Indianapolis: Dice! I only have 100 of these Tagon-logo six-sided dice… Read more

Bold Words From Me in the Stripped Rough-Cut Monday September 19, 2011

With just 68 hours left on the clock, "Stripped" has funded at 155% of its Kickstarter goal. I'm excited to see this film, and I'm even more excited at the possibility of getting hours of bonus footage available if the project overfunds even more. More money means a better movie.… Read more

Monday April 10, 2006