Robo-Holiday

My Christmas present showed up earlier today. (RL1000! I choose you!) Just think of it as a means of getting in on the ground floor for the holidays with our robot overlords. (Double thanks to John Rogers.) (Man, I love Jonathan Coulton‘s work. His cover of “Baby Got Back” is fantastic, “Re: Your Brains” does for zombie songs what Shaun …

Omnibus in America

Blood Bowl: The Omnibus is now available outside of the UK. That means those of us in the States can now get our hands on it. This massive tome smashes all of the first three Blood Bowl novels (Blood Bowl, Dead Ball, and Death Match) together under one cover, plus a short foreword I wrote just for this doorstop. That’s …

Happy Birthday, Marty

My eldest son, Marty, turns 9 today. It’s hard to believe he’s that old already, but it seems like I can barely remember a life without him. He made me a father and changed Ann and I from a couple into a family. He’s a wonderful, smart, sweet son and the best big brother any set of quadruplets could ask …

Here Come the Judge!

We had many things to be thankful for this weekend, but one snazzy piece of news topped the list. Wednesday, Governor Jim Doyle appointed my father, Ken Forbeck, to become a judge on the Rock County Circuit Court. As you might guess, we’re all bursting with pride and excitement about this. It’s going to be a big change for Dad, …

ChiTAG Report

I had a great time at the 5th annual Chicago Toy and Game Fair this past weekend. I got up early and drove down to Schaumburg so I could sit in on the two morning panels for the Inventors Forum. Mary Couzin, who runs the whole shebang, met me at the front desk and got me set up. Although we’d …

Thanks!

Here’s to a happy Thanksgiving day to you all, whether you’re Americans, Canadians (who celebrated last month), or from entirely somewhere else. Here’s hoping we all have much to be thankful for, as well as the wisdom to recognize those blessings.

Storytellers Unplugged

My latest essay is up at Storytellers Unplugged. Stop by and read all about “The Working Writer’s Dilemma.”

TSR Memories for Sale

Kevin Hendryx, a TSR employee back in the early ’80s, is selling his collection of TSR stuff on eBay. It’s a wild gathering of items ranging from business cards and character sheets to rare zines and even letters of resignation. The biggest find is the set of print negatives for the original, banned version of the D&D module B3 Palace …

Blood Bowl Comics!

The fine folks at Boom! Studios have authorized me to announce that I’ll be writing a five-issue Blood Bowl miniseries for them this winter, based upon the four novels I’ve written for the Black Library. The first issue is projected to hit stores in March. Look for the first solicitation, along with a preview of the a cover, in the …

ChiTAG Saturday!

This Saturday, I’ll be at the Chicago Toy and Game Fair. Oddly enough, it’s to be held at the Renaissance Hotel in Schaumburg rather than Chicago, where it originated a few years ago, but you’re all smart people who can figure your way around that. I’ll be taking part in the inventor’s forum on Saturday morning, just watching from the …