I just finished the interview with Michael and Evo at The Dragon Page Radio Talk Show. The guys were easy with this rookie, and I had a great time. The show’s topic was young adult fantasy and science-fiction novels like my upcoming Secret of the Spiritkeeper, due out in August from Wizards of the Coast.
The Dragon Pagers allowed me to ramble on with only gentle prods to keep me in line. The show may be rebroadcast later this week, and if I find out when I’ll post the details here.
This is short notice, I know, but I just got asked to be on Dragon Page, a radio show about science-fiction and fantasy. The show airs live tonight at 6 PM Phoenix time, 9 PM Eastern. Go to www.dragonpage.com for details about how to listen in locally or over the internet.
I went to BookExpo America last weekend, and I had a great time. Probably the best part was when Peter Archer, the managing editor of the novel department at Wizards of the Coast asked me how my Eberron novel was coming along, and I told him I’d turned it in the night before.
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Last Thursday night, I finished the first draft of the first volume of my trilogy of novels set in Eberron, the new fantasy world from Wizards of the Coast. I had a great time writing it, and I’m looking forward to getting my editor’s comments so I can start in on the second draft.
I’m doing more and more fiction writing these days. While it’s different from designing games, it’s a lot of fun. As I wrote this book, the plot and the characters seemed to morph beneath my feet. I kept surprising myself as I motored along, which I suppose is a good sign. With luck, you’ll all be surprised too when you finally read it, sometime in early 2005.
The voting for the final round of the Origins Awards opened on Monday. Three items I worked on are on the ballot, so if you’re a member of the Academy, I’d appreciate your vote. Redhurst Academy of Magic is up for Best Roleplaying Game Supplement and Best Graphic Design of a Book, and “The Price of Freedom” is up for Best Game-Related Fiction, Short Form.
Dracula’s Revenge, a board game I designed for Human Head Studios is off the presses and about to be loaded on a slow boat from China. It should reach America in early July. This means it will miss Origins, but we should have about 40 preview copies to sell at that show. Tim Gerritsen and I will be running demos all weekend, so be sure to stop by and check it out—and pick up a copy, as they’ll go fast!
I see that the Games Quarterly Magazine website has gone live at www.gamesquarterly.net. Better yet, almost all of the entire first issue is available for download there for free. That includes my article on Fluxx. Stop by soon for lots of great, free reading.
I’m pounding away at the first in my trilogy of novels for the spanking-new Eberron setting for Dungeons & Dragons, from Wizards of the Coast. It won’t see stores until early 2005, but it’s due Any Day Now. I’m trying to finish it before I head out for the BookExpo America show on June 5.
While there, I’ll be in the Wizards of the Coast booth, signing advance reading copy of Secret of the Spiritkeeper, the first in the Knights of the Silver Dragon series. It turns out that Wizards only has enough early copies of the book for a single signing. If you want a copy (and can get into the show—it’s for the trade only), stop by the booth from 1–3 PM on Friday, June 4. I’m going home for my babies’ second birthday on June 5, but I’ll be back on the floor June 6, wandering around and looking at all the new books, if nothing else.
I need to concentrate on this project hard to complete it on time. Because of that, I’m going to skip the update next week. I hope to have all sorts of great things to report from the BEA after that.
The summer convention season is almost upon us. I’m planning to be at a number of the big shows this summer, so I just created an Upcoming Appearances page to chart where I’ll be and when. If you’ll be around for any of these, be sure to stop by wherever I am and say hi.
I also updated my Current Projects pages. Feel free to poke around there and see if there’s anything that interests you.
While wandering through my local comic store yesterday (AK Comics, here in Beloit, Wisconsin), I noticed that Games Quarterly Magazine has hit the stands. If you’re interested in games, you owe it to yourself to pick up a copy. My article in there is probably the least of the many good reasons.