I’m heading out for Archon–a great genre fiction and gaming convention in St. Louis–on Friday morning, and I’ll be there through Sunday. I’m a guest of honor there, so my schedule is packed. It looks something like this: Friday 1:30 PM (Matterhorn): Opening Ceremonies 2:40 PM (Versailles Hall): Autograph Session 5:00:00 PM (Matterhorn): Reactor 88: Behind The Scenes 9:40:00 PM (Alpine …
The Tweet Pitch
When you’re trying to sell somebody on an idea for a story or a game, it’s a good idea to see if you can boil it down to something short and snappy, the kind of two- or three-sentence package that tells what the thing’s about and why it’s so cool that the listener must want to know more. This is …
Storytellers Unplugged: The Publishing Catch-22
A frustrated author wrote me over the weekend to ask me how he might be able to get published when most editors won’t look at unsolicited manuscripts these days. Since I hear this question all the time at conventions and such, I decided to post my answer over at Storytellers Unplugged.
Archon!
I’ve been asked to be the gaming guest of honor at Archon, a fantastic gaming and genre fiction convention in St. Louis. It’s just two weeks from now, October 1—3, and I’m already itching to hit the road. Other guests include Kevin Anderson and Rebecca Moesta, Kurt Miller, and Vic Milán. If you’re anywhere near the area, come on out …
New Blood Bowl Review
Over at BeastsofWar.com, Sam gives my first Blood Bowl novel 4.5 stars out of 5. He writes: All in all, it is a very entertaining read, and has remained a firm favourite of mine along with the rest of its series. I would especially recommend it to fans of the game, and to fans of Terry Pratchett’s books, as well …
New Amortals Review
Over at Fantasy Literature, reviewer Greg Hersom has read an early copy of Amortals, and he calls it “One helluva sci-fi thriller.” My favorite quote from the piece: Nonetheless, in the span of few chapters, I went from only slightly interested, to thinking, “Hey, this isn’t half bad,” to being genuinely sucked in. Matt Forbeck does an excellent job creating …
Amortals ARCs Are Go
This morning, I spotted a photo that the overlords at Angry Robot posted late last week. It shows the ARCs (Advance Reader Copies) for Pretty Little Dead Things, Soul Stealers, Damage Time, and my upcoming Amortals. ARCs are odd little things, usually print-on-demand copies of books made to get the word out about a book before the actual print run …
Stolze’s Zombie Story Kickstarter
The title pretty much says it all, but if that doesn’t make sense to you, head over to Greg Stolze‘s Kickstarter page for his new fiction project “Zombis Blanc.” As Greg says: It’s a 4,000 word piece that is, to the best of my ability, thrill-packed, gore-soaked, medically accurate and historically plausible. It’s set in 1791’s violent slave revolution, the …
Marvel Super Hero Squad Online CCG at PAX
I won’t be at PAX, but a product I worked on will debut there this weekend: the Marvel Super Hero Squad Online CCG. The brilliant people at Lone Shark Games (Mike Selinker, Teeuwynn Woodruff, and James Ernest) and the Amazing Society (Devin Low, et al) did all the heavy lifting on this one, but they brought me in – along …