I really hoped I wouldn’t have to write this kind of note this year, but here we go. I’m not going to get 12 for ’12 Book 4 (Shotguns & Sorcery Book 1) done by the end of the month, which is today. I had two kids down with a terrible cold this month. They’re good boys – even when …
Gen Con Industry Guests Announced
Last night, Gen Con announced this year’s slate of Industry Insider Guests of Honor. It includes an all-star list of talent: Tavis Allison, Steve Kenson, Mark Rein-Hagen, Wolfgang Baur, T.S. Luikart, Elizabeth Shoemaker-Sampat, Stan!, Michelle Lyons, Gareth-Michael Skarka, Dennis Detwiller, Ryan Macklin, Christina Stiles, James Ernest, Dominic McDowall-Thomas, George Strayton, Jason Morningstar, Richard Thomas, Jess Hartley, Susan Morris, Rodney Thompson, Kenneth Hite, James Wyatt, and me. …
Global Domination
I built my career as a game designer before I became a novelist, and I still get back to it from time to time, although maybe not as often as I would like. I’m fortunate enough to have friends that tap me on the shoulder every now and then though and drag me back into gaming, even just for a …
BNW Revolution Cover
I’m getting the print edition of Matt Forbeck’s Brave New World: Revolution ready to go, so I thought you might like to see what the wrap-around cover looks like. This is, of course, the version that goes out to the backers of my Kickstarter drive for the book. The regular edition will much like this, but without the Kickstarter logo – …
Carpathia’s Centennial
The Titanic went down in the North Atlantic 100 years ago yesterday, something I’ve thought about for a long while. As you know, my latest novel, Carpathia, is set on both the RMS Titanic and the RMS Carpathia itself (the ship that picked up the disaster’s survivors), and I’ve done a ton of research about the disaster, trying to figure out what it must …
Signing Ebooks
Over the weekend, I released the first ebook editions of Matt Forbeck’s Brave New World: Revolution. These went out to the backers of my Kickstarter drives, and a good number of them (over 200) were autographed. This took me forever to pull off, but it gave my backers something unique and special, so it was worth it as a way to …
Two New Covers
I have a pair of beautiful but very different covers to show to you today. The first is for Don’t Read This Book, a new anthology of short stories based upon Fred Hicks’s Don’t Rest Your Head RPG. Chuck Wendig put the whole thing together, and he lined up some fantastic talent to bring it to life, including Stephen Blackmoore, …
Carpathia Review and Kindle Sale
Over at Wired’s Geek Dad blog (for which I sometimes chip in a bit or two), James Floyd Kelly gave Carpathia a wonderful review: Yes, Matt Forbeck went there. He took those poor souls that survived the Titanic‘s sinking and decided to make their lives a little more terrifying. He mixed history with horror, and probably did it with a sly grin …
Con Schedules: OddCon, C2E2, Gaming Hoopla
I just updated my appearances page. April is busy for me, with two conventions on the near horizon (OddCon and C2E2), and I’ve just agreed to be the guest of honor again at Gaming Hoopla in Janesville. Later in the year, I’ll be an Industry Insider Guest of Honor at Gen Con again (10 years in a row!), and I’m going …
3 for 3 (for ’12) So Far!
On Saturday night, I wrapped up the first draft of the third book of the 12 for ’12 project: Brave New World: Resolution. That makes three novels written for three months in a row, which makes me happier than I can probably say. First drafts have already gone out to early readers and high-level Kickstarter backers, and I’m now returning …