I was up until 4:30 AM working on the final bits for The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Superheroes and Villains, Illustrated (which I’m working on with Yair Herrera for IDW and Alpha). I ran the spellchecker, sent off the files, and collapsed into bed for a couple hours before I had to get up to get the kids ready for …
Comic-Book Writing
I’ve written a number of comics over the years, and it always stuns me what a different discipline it is from any other kind of writing. In a film, play, novel, game, or whatever, you have a bit of wiggle room as to the time you can take up or the number of pages. Comics, though, have a far more …
Gameplaywright Time
My pals Jeff Tidball and Will Hindmarch just launched Gameplaywright.net, their new joint blog on the confluence of games and stories. The site is up and running now, although it officially goes live tomorrow. If you’re looking for some sharp and thoughtful writing on how such things work and inform each other, you need go no further.
Ready to Rumble!
Rumble in the Jungle, the fourth in my series of Blood Bowl novels, is on sale in the UK. Those of us in other parts of the world must wait until Boxing Day for our fix, but the fortunate souls in Old Blighty can get theirs now. However, the non-British aren’t entirely out of luck. The Black Library has posted …
Quote Me on My Dad
The Stateline News (our local freebie/shopper newspaper) ran a front-page article in Sunday’s edition about my father’s appointment to the Rock County Circuit Court. (Ignore the erroneous caption under the photo.) They called me up for a few pithy quotes, which I was proud to supply. As I said (with all appropriate bias): “I think he’s the best person for …
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