The Big Day

"The Big Day" is my latest short story, which follows the father of a bride-to-be on her special day. It's not about making a political point, and it's not about expanding the horizons of your imagination. That's what my other stories have been for. No, this story exists merely to place you in the life of the protagonist for a few hours of his life. This story is about real life.

Inspired by my sisters' upcoming wedding (congrats, Jen & Doug!!!), this story strays miles away from our lives in an attempt to write a wedding story that does not in any way reflect upon the one that we're about to celebrate. Which is certainly a good thing because--well, you'll see. Or read, as the case may be.

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In other news today, i've launched a new blog for my personal devotional notes, sermon notes, quotes, and other things that encourage and teach me in my faith. Please feel free to take a look around from time to time, and I pray that it encourages you as well! As with all MNL sites, I will mention any updates to that blog here at The Truthy Report. To see my new blog, check out ZionData (accessible from the right sidebar from now on).

BIG NEWS now regarding my game, Minions of Battle: anyone who pre-registers before the game launches will recieve one free donation level. Click here to learn more about donation levels, and why you really want one. With each donation level (a $5 value), you get more perks and great features that average users don't have access to.
PLUS: e-mail to register at minionsadmin(@)gmail.com (remove the braces) and mention that you saw this notice in The Truthy Report, an you'll get a second donation level FREE. This is a very time-limited offer, so please e-mail us right away if you are interested. Even if you're not sure, why give up free stuff? Please help support this game by signing up. Thanks!

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ZionData has also been updated with a link back to The Truthy Report, the revised layout, and Google AdSense.

UEF Bismark

The fifth short story of the summer is a surprise return to my writing roots - science fiction. Bearing some resemblance to my 2002 story "Diamond Genocide," "U.E.F. Bismark" follows the crew of a warship from Earth, commanded by the warmonger Colonel Brack.
Discover a new world, a new race, and an analogous commentary on violence and morality.

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Your non-word of the day is "drow-non". You can reach your own conclusions about what that's all about. :-)

MOB Affiliates

To drum up support for my upcoming game, MInions of Battle, I am now looking for friends and friends of friends who are interested in exchanging banners or text ads that will cross-advertise with each other's sites.

If you own a website, a blog, a profile to your graphics or writing work online, a fansite, you name it - I want to affiliate with you.

Why affiliate with this site?
Affiliation increases the number of visitors to your site exponentially, in a process know as chaining. When I affiliate with Site1, I start recieving visitors from Site1 and my site. When Site1 is affiliated with Site2 and Site 3, I start receiving visitors from all three sites. A visitor that googled Site 2 can visit Site1 through Site2's affiliate links and then find my site in Site1's affiliates page.

Confused?
The short version = affiliating with my site means exponentially more visitors to your site(s), more replies to your blog, more feedback on your portfolio, and more people buying your products & services.

Don't have a banner ad to exchange?
Depending on your site, I will either make one for you for free, exchange text links, or make other arrangements with you.

You can FB message me to reply to this note, or simply e-mail us at minionsadmin@gmail.com.

www.minionsofbattle.com

My Second Fable

It can't really be explained. Read and enjoy, my fourth story of the summer: Beard Brush. Yes, it is a little strange. As explained in the forward, this story is a little more offbeat than I've been writing lately, but I hope that you will enjoy it anyway.

As always, your feedback is appreciated.

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Truthy fact: bananas go bad faster if they are covered and sealed away somewhere. Bananas will last longer if you leave them out in the open at room temperature. Weird.

MOB Domain

A little update for you on the MOB website - some advanced functionality has been implemented behind the scenes. Users won't actually see it for a while yet, but you can feel better knowing that it's there.

In extremely happy news, Minions of Battle can now be accessed via minionsofbattle.com!

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Your non-word of the day is "proregression," [pro-re-gress-tion]. The on-again, off-again pattern of progressing and regressing.