Matthew P. Schmidt

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Sep 20, 2020 | Writings | 2 comments

I’ve been too busy working on the last launch details of C&D2 to blog much, but I have been blogging in other places.

For the crypto nerds among you, I have a post about taxation and DAOs, which I plan to hoist as a I-told-you-so flag if I’m right. Until then, you can read about passthrough taxation and how it may matter to you.

For the LitRPG lovers and Catholics, I wrote a post about the origin of C&D for this Catholic literary journal.

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  1. Oh, I had no idea that you were Catholic, though reading the properly rendered angel in City and the Dungeon gave me a moment’s pause. It’s really cool to run into another Catholic SF/F/genre writer. Makes me glad to support you.

    Can’t wait for Tuesday’s release!

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    • Thanks!

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