Last Week’s US News

Although I haven’t seen it yet, I’m told last week’s US News & World Report contains an advertorial for Rockford Memorial Hospital. It features a story, with photos, about our family and the fantastic experiences we had with the hospital before, during, and after the birth of our quadruplets four years ago. As I’ve said before, we rarely do any …

Comic-Con, Here I Come!

I’m taking off tomorrow for sunny San Diego for Comic-Con. My first seminar is on Friday at 11:30 AM in Room 1B: “Competing for the Young Adult Mind with Words and Pictures.” The fabulous Maryelizabeth Hart (of Mysterious Galaxy fame) moderates the panel, and I’ll try to keep up with her and Holly Black (game-industry refugee and Spiderwick Chronicles author), …

Dragons About to Be Revealed

I got my author’s copies of The Dragons Revealed in the mail last Thursday. They look great, and I think this is going to make a fitting capstone for this line. Fourteen books in a series is great by any standard, and I’m honored to be the one who both opened the door and closed it. Because of the word …

Edge of Midnight

My friend Rob Vaux tells me that his Edge of Midnight game of modern, magical noir action is getting ready for release. Rob developed the game while at AEG, and the great and wise John Zinser allowed him to take it with him when he left. That’s a great thing for those of us who enjoy this sort of blend …

Faery’s Tale Ready to Be Told

The fine folks (okay, Patrick Sweeney) at Firefly Games reports that the PDF version of Faery’s Tale is done and ready for downloading. At only $9.95, this game is a bargain. Those who prefer dead-tree versions can pay $5 more and get it just a bit later, I’m told.

Games for Vacation

It seems the Great Wolf Lodge up in Wisconsin Dells (about 90 minutes north of me) has developed a kind of electronically assisted LARP. The company behind it is MagiQuest, which runs something similar down in Myrtle Beach. Cool!