Official Site of Rowan McBride

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  • New site icon!

    Check it out!

    I did the line art on paper, then did the shading and coloring on my tablet (I’d never done that before and boy was it a learning curve), and finally added the lettering in Adobe Photoshop CS2. You used to be able to download CS2 for free from Adobe at https://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=3088&fileID=2908, but sadly it looks like it’s no longer available. Unless… I don’t know… There’s a  machine of some sort… that can take you way back…

    ANYWAY, I don’t know why the background is always black. That part’s supposed to be transparent, but the black works too so I’m not mad at it.

    There’s a different term for this type of icon since it’ll pop up in a search engine next to my name in certain circumstances. For the life of me I cannot remember what it is. I just know I like it a whole lot better than the one designed by UENI on my behalf:

    Mine’s not objectively better than this, but the new one is more me, you know?

    I spent entirely too much time learning new skill sets for one icon, so this weekend I’ll be working on putting up Chapter 2 of Jascian up on Patreon (free) and going through my manuscript of Flow for… I dunno… the eight-hundredth time because hyper-fixation can suuuuck. 🫠

    Oh hey. Is there a site you’d like me to try and upload Jascian to? I have a Ko-fi, which still exists but seems to have been cleared out of what little stuff I was able to upload there (they don’t allow the explicit content thing). The first draft of current chapters is on Nifty.org. I have a Discord which I have no idea how to use but I’m willing to make that my next hyper-fixation for you. 😉 If you have other suggestions, I’m open.

    Take care,

    –Rowan

  • Uh. Hello World. Again. Again.

    This poor post has gone through a website that absolutely did NOT work for me, to the free WordPress blog I used to mirror the previous because apparently being able to comment and subscribe is an entirely new concept. Now it’s here, with the domain name rowanmcbride.rocks, because moving pretty much everything to a site where I can actually do the things that I’d like to do is awesome. It’s a process, but I’m doin’ my best. 👍🏽

    I also wanted to say that I have plans, and even though things will happen at a slower pace, I definitely intend to do them.

    Before I do that, I should mention that ODSOL lost my original domain name with no explanation even though I’ve been with them for TWENTY YEARS (god I’m so old), GoDaddy SOMEHOW is hosting it now and has no explanation, and Ueni seems to have been made more for people who have actual storefronts or home businesses with services/physical products on hand. Just want to let other writers know. Oh, and Ueni rewrote everything I sent them (about me, splash page, and my BOOK BLURBS.)

    (Text below originally published June 18th, 2025)

    I’ve been gone a crazy long time, yeah? There were a lot of health issues (including two near death experiences) followed by a bout of pretty serious depression.

    Then one day I started to (horrendously) play piano again, then draw again, and finally write again. Mostly I’ve been revising my existing books and self-publishing them. So far I’ve got “One Good Hand,” “One Good Year,” and “Lone” up.



    “Chains” has also just launched! And it’s free!

    If you’d like some to pick up any of these stories, go to books2read.com/rowanmcbride, choose the story you want, and pick the retailer that suits you. Chains is free, but not available on Amazon, because Amazon’s gotta Amazon, I guess.

    As you’ve probably noticed, my domain name has changed. That’s because it was stolen. Even though it was paid for. And now I’m being ghosted by my previous hosting company. But no no. These things happen (although no one seems to be able to tell me HOW), so I’m not in a rage or anything.
    (╬ Ò﹏Ó)

    But rowanmcbride.rocks is kinda cool, yeah? I smile every time I see it. 🙂

    More news! I’m saving up to buy some ISBNs. The publishing platform I use offers them for free, but of course there are catches. I figured owning mine would be much better for me in the long run. One Good Hand and One Good Year were listed as brand new books on Amazon. Last I checked they had no reviews, which makes me sad. When I publish “Flow,”  I’d like it to have a longer shelf life.

    Let’s see… email address (mcbride_rowan@yahoo.com) is the same, so feel free to contact me if you want to reconnect.  🫰🏽

    As always, take care of yourselves. We are living in “interesting” times.

    — Rowan