Carcrash Parker and the Haven of Larpers: From Point-and-Click Adventure Game to Sort-Of Fantasy Novel (Part 1)
My second (and even more ridiculous) novel, Carcrash Parker and the Haven of Larpers, is available for pre-order through my webstore, where you can get a signed copy and support me financially as an indie author, since when you buy directly from me, a bigger share of the sale goes to the author than if you buy on Amazon. Today, though, I want to talk about how the novel came to be, why I’ve been working on this story in some form since 2008, and how a single story can take vastly different shapes After College Ended, I Needed a Creative Project to Work On Let’s rewind alllllllllll the way to summer 2007. I’d just finished college, and was living at home in New Hampshire, working a temporary internship with a lake protection group. I’d also just broken up with my girlfriend, a lot of my friends weren’t around anymore, my student loans were coming due, my trusty 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme had to be scrapped due to a rusted-out brake line, and it felt like people were constantly asking me what I was going to do with my life. When fall rolled around, my internship went from full-time to
