Dear Vagobond Fam, After more than two decades of writing, creating, and wandering under the name Vagobond, the time has come to lay this identity to rest. This isn’t a disappearance—it’s a strategic retreat, a rebrand, and a fresh start. This will be the last post I create here or on the Vagobond site or…
I’m excited to share a project that has been in the works for years. Future World 2323 started with one of the the novels I wrote during the pandemic Notes from Nowhere in which I put a man of our time into a world three centuries hence. In 2022, in E.R. Donaldson’s Mythic. Winter anthology,…
It occurred to me that some of you have not been on this journey with me from the beginning, so I want to take a moment to share my book writing career with you. At this point I have written more than twenty books and been a part of a number of anthology projects. Some…
My friend and collaborator E.R. Donaldson recently asked me if I would be interested in writing within the universe he has created. I’m used to creating my own worlds – so this was new to me. He offered this opportunity to many writers, but given our shared history working on a variety of projects –…
I’ve completed the recording, editing, art work, and releasing of all 23 Chapters and the Prelude to my unreleased novel Hasan-i-Sabah. I’ve done this backwards by releasing the audiobook first – because we all know – people don’t have the time or energy to read these days – but they still love to hear a…
The prologue for my unreleased novel, Hasan i Sabah can be found here: Hasan i Sabah Prologue Here are the links to Chapters 1-3: Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 You can listen for free – but if you want to support my work and encourage me to make more content, then you can buy…
Thanks to the encouragement of my friends on the Web3 Writing Hour, I have released the prologue of my unreleased novel: Hasan i Sabah as a digital collectible that you can listen to, look at, and own. In the future, I may choose to publish the book as a traditional book, an ebook, an NFT…
I’ve decided to take the concept of ‘Surfball’ the sport I’ve been envisioning for more than a decade and which I think I may have perfected into a playable sport with the assistance of ChatGPT – and to write a cinematic novel about it – also with the assistance of ChatGPT. I’m doing much of…
For the past six months, I’ve been working with my collaborators Carsten Lambrecht of Creatokia and Honolulu based digital artist Femmebot to bring my book Notes from Nowhere to life. This has been an immersive process that has involved all of us exploring new technologies and ways of telling stories – which is fitting since…
Title: The Children’s Crusade by ChatGPT with prompts by CD Damitio Act 1: Lost Childhood Scene 1: (Scene opens in Oakwood, a small town in a first-world country. We see a group of right-wing propagandists discussing their plan to promote child labor in order to boost the economy. They are gathered in a dimly lit…