I have been writing all my life.
I wrote stories for myself as a child. In college, I excelled at classes that
had papers (as opposed to tests). In my various jobs in the computer networking
world, I have gravitated toward writing tasks, such as requirements, training,
and policies and procedures.
I get my ideas from a variety of
sources. I am a big role-player and have written numerous adventures, character
backgrounds, and other material for a variety of genres. I took notes of the
games I ran over the years, and ideas from some of those became the inspiration
for my books. I am a history buff, especially with respect to the 19th and 20th
centuries, which also provides inspiration, as do the books I read or listen
to.
I am an avid audiobook listener,
and I have listened to nearly 200 of them since I started with Audible in 2011.
I am currently listening to the audiobook of Forebodings, Conquerors of K'Tara: Book I, by L. A. Di Paolo, which
is an epic fantasy featuring amazing world building. I’m reading City of Woe by Chris
Ryan, a gritty cop drama that provides a compelling and believable look at the
life of two detectives who seem to get saddled with the weird cases.
I enjoy a wide variety of genres
ranging from George MacDonald Fraser’s Flashman series to Philip Kerr’s Bernie
Gunther mysteries, and the Napoleonic war dragon Temeraire series by Naomi
Novik to the Titus Crow stories of Brian Lumley.
Writing and publishing a novel
had been a life goal. I had started writing a Tolkeinesque journey tale in the
90’s in dribs and drabs “when the muse hit me.” Twenty-five years and 300 pages
later, that story had changed in terms of plot, tone, and style. I considered
revising or even restarting it, but instead I decided to start fresh with
another idea that had been on the shelf all that time.
So I sat down and wrote one
chapter a week. Using that method, I published my first book novels in six
months from start to finish. The second book came out six months after that,
and the third six month after the second. The constraints of my day job reduced
my time over the last year or two, so book four took about nine months, and
book five is still in progress.
My books are all available in
Kindle, paperback, and audiobook formats on Amazon. Readers can also follow me
at joabstieglitz.com.
About the Author
Joab is an avid tabletop RPG player
and game master of horror, espionage, fantasy, and science fiction genres,
including Savage Worlds (Mars, Deadlands, Agents of Oblivion, Apocalypse
Prevention Inc, Herald: Tesla and Lovecraft, Thrilling Tales, and others), Call
of Cthulhu, Lamentations of the Flame Princess, and Pathfinder.
Joab channeled his role-playing
experiences in the Utgarda Series, which are pulp adventure novels with
Lovecraftian influences set in the 1920’s.
Website Address: http://joabstieglitz.com
Twitter Address: @joabstieglitz
Facebook Address: https://www.facebook.com/rantingsofawanderingmind
About the Book:
An Innocent Favor for a Dying Old
Friend…
Fifty years ago, a group of college
friends dabbled in the occult and released a malign presence on the world. Now,
on his deathbed, the last of the students, now a trustee of Reister University
enlists the aid of three newcomers to banish the thing they summoned.
Russian anthropologist Anna Rykov,
doctor Harry Lamb, and Father Sean O’Malley are all indebted the ailing trustee
for their positions. Together, they pursue the knowledge and resources needed
to perform the ritual.
Hampered by the old man’s greedy son,
the wizened director of the university library, and a private investigator with
a troubled past, can they perform the ritual and banish the entity?
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