Hey y’all! This week I’m sharing what’s going on with me, the books/shows/movies I’m enjoying, and a general writer update for what I’m working on and plans for the future.
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Check Ins and Updates: August 2025
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The Games That Inspire My Writing (Part 3)
Last time we talked about my abiding love for the Legacy of Kain/Soul Reaver series, and how it taught me the courage to go nuts with stories (and how it partially inspired my Deadgirl Saga).
This week I’m casting the net a bit wider, with a trio of unconnected but stylistically related games that made me want to write my own epic fantasy series. Alongside a heaping helping of D&D and fantasy novels in my youth, of course.
Let’s get into the business with three beloved 90’s classics: THE SECRET OF MANA, ILLUSION OF GAIA, and the FINAL FANTASY series.
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Categories: Books, Deadgirl, Inspiration, Video Games, writing
Tags: arpgs, b.c. johnson, book-review, books, fantasy, fantasy novel, fiction, final fantasy, gamers, games, gaming, illusion of gaia, Inspiration, mana, secret of mana, writer, writing, writing inspiration
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The Games That Inspire My Writing (Part 2)
As an author myself, books will always be my first and truest love. However, video games have been a constant companion, a wonderful form of social interaction, and a port of harbor in this our blighted world. Games have provided a place to rest, certainly, but it ain’t all escapism. Games have always been a key part of my curriculum for story, character, and narrative, and deserve every bit of thanks I can spare.
Last week, I poured a couple pints of e-ink out for my boys, the DARK SOULS games, sharing how they taught me the value of perseverance and the joys of sad dignity. They also directly inspired the newest manuscript I’m working on, gently titled “The Stone Marches.”
This week, we’re dropping DARK SOULS and going a bit lighter: the soul-crushing gothic vampire existentialist masterpiece that is the LEGACY OF KAIN series.
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Categories: Deadgirl, Inspiration, Riven, Video Games, writing
Tags: b.c. johnson, books, fantasy, fiction, gamers, games, gaming, Inspiration, kain, legacy of kain, raziel, soul reaver, writer, writing, writing inspiration
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The Games That Inspire My Writing (Part 1)
Good writers read, the same way good directors watch movies and good chefs eat. Also chefs would kick it if they don’t eat, so it’s doubly important for them. Obscure indie author Stephen King said: “If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” He called it “the great commandment.” And he was right.
But storytellers of all mediums can be inspired by any story. I’ve always been a voracious reader, true. But I’m as much a gamer of games, and there’s no shortage of wonderful stories that come out of a cartridge, a spinning disc, or through the cosmic strings of the interwebular infonet.
I suspect a lot of writers my age have found inspiration on the other end of a DualShock, a mouse, or a Duke.
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Categories: Inspiration, Video Games, writing
Tags: b.c. johnson, bloodborne, books, dark souls, fiction, from software, gamers, games, gaming, Inspiration, writer, writing, writing inspiration
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Get DJINN & TONIC in Paperback Now
In this uncertain world of digimalization and online perfidy, grab a real book! It needs no charger, it can’t be deleted from your library, and it smells like knowledge. In other words, DJINN & TONIC is now available for your physical perusement!
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DJINN & TONIC Release Day! (Ebook)
If you’ve been waiting with bated breath (how come only breath is “bated,” worth a Google I suppose), now’s the time to un…bate. Sorry. DJINN & TONIC is officially a bouncing baby girl today, available for purchasing and/or reading on Kindle or KOBO if you don’t support Amazon. Which, I get it.
Stay tuned for a sample of the entire first chapter below!
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“How Can I Help” Added, Take a Look If You’re Cool
Think me or my books are neat? I’ve created a page to finally answer the question: “How Can I Help?”
Check it out for links to review any of the books, do a testimonial, or spread the word. I basically can’t do this without you, the readers. Please consider taking a moment, even just to leave a star rating somewhere.
Your voice can change my life and help me write more books, and it’s never been more appreciated.
Thank you!! Click on the button below to check it out:
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The Sky-High Hurdles of a Buffy Reboot
To great woopings of glee and rolling choruses of consternation, it’s been announced that a BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER reboot pilot has been ordered. Sarah Michelle Gellar stars, Chloé Zhao directs, and Nora and Lilla Zukerman write. Don’t worry, Dolly Parton is once again involved.
The pilot will be a continuation of our favorite slayer’s story. Well, second favorite.
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Tags: buffy, buffy reboot, buffy the vampire slayer, buffy the vampire slayer reboot, giles, horror, hulu, pilot, television, the scooby gang, TV, willow, writing, xander
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DEADGIRL Picked by “The Indie Author Project,” In Libraries
This morning I woke up to great news: DEADGIRL has been chosen by “The Indie Author Project,” and is available in libraries across Riverside County and the state of California in participating locations. I believe it’s also available further than that, depending upon local participation and programs. You can grab a copy here if you’ve got a Biblioboard account.
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Author Chat: H.D. Scott, Writer of “Glik’s Fables”
This is B.C. Johnson, your Boblin the Goblin-ish author, and today we’re sitting down with H.D. Scott, author of the “Glik’s Fables” series.
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Tags: Author Chat, author interview, editing, fantasy author, fantasy books, fantasy maps, gliks fables, goblin fantasy, hd scott, interview, writer, writing
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Deadgirl
Meet the girl who just won't die . . .
Deadgirl: Ghostlight
All the world's a stage
Deadgirl: Goneward
On the road again...
Deadgirl: Daybreak
We all go a little mad sometimes
Deadgirl: Gravedust
This is the end, my friend
B.C. Johnson 