Last Saturday, I ran down to Bolingbrook, Illinois, to join the Reactor 88 Studios team in the first day of shooting for the InSpectres proof-of-concept short. I had been asked to play a zombie. I spent the first couple hours at the Reactor 88 office, sitting for makeup. The talented and lovely Margret Ebert labored over me to make me …
Ghosts of Ascalon on iBooks
My iPhone 4 arrived Wednesday, and I spent a lot of time poking around in it. One thing I discovered is that Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon is available for pre-order through iBooks. The best part about it is that you can download a free sample of the book right now. As a bonus, it goes all the way into …
Massive Guild Wars News and the First Review
Jeff Grubb – my co-writer for Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon – has been all over the place these days, promoting the book. Since it’s due to hit shelves on July 27, less than two weeks away, now’s the time, and I appreciate the help. ArenaNet updated their page for the book. Head over there, and you can read a …
Angry Robot on the Air!
I have the coolest publishers. The Angry Robot podcast launched today, hosted by the excellent and talented Mur Lafferty. Listen in and hear Mur interview the Angry Robots themselves: Marc Gascoigne and Lee Harris. Also be sure to check out the official Angry Robot theme song by John Anealio, which heads off the episode.
Guild Wars at Comic-Con, But Not Me
Earlier this month, I decided I was going to skip Comic-Con this year. I love the show, and I’ll miss seeing all of my friends there. However, Gen Con was bumped up a week, so there’s only a week and a half between it and Comic-Con this summer. I’m going to be spending a good part of that time in …
Deadlands: One Shot – Again
The fine folks at Drive Thru Comics have just released the PDF version of Deadlands: One Shot. This was my first published work in comics, and it premiered way back in 1999. I wrote the book and laid out and lettered the book myself. Kevin Sharpe and Richard Pollard provided the pencils, Chris Dreier and Jason Baumgartner worked on the …
Zombify Me
Tomorrow, I’m heading down to Chicago to join the Reactor 88 Studios team for a film shoot. They’re in the middle of creating the proof-of-concept short for the InSpectres movie, and they need someone to play the zombie. Sorry: “living-impaired individual.” That’s me. I know. If you’ve seen me stumbling about on a Saturday morning at a convention, you’ll say …
The InSpectres Teaser
Reactor 88 Studios just released this teaser for its upcoming proof-of-concept short for a film based on the InSpectres roleplaying game by Jared Sorensen. Reactor 88 plans to show off the short at this summer’s Gen Con. If you’re there and care to join us, the big event is Friday, August 6, at 7:30 PM in the Westin, Capitol III. …
My Family in the News
Yesterday, the Beloit Daily News ran an article on the Welty Environmental Center, a great place out on the edge of town here that’s dedicated to teaching people (especially kids) about nature. Ann takes the kids out there regularly in the summer for various classes and activities, and reporter Daniel Thompson showed up while they were there. Read the article …
Release Dates Released
Angry Robot just released its upcoming publishing schedule all the way up to the middle of 2011. This includes my first two original novels, Amortals and Vegas Knights. According to this, Amortals will hit the UK in November 2010, and North America in January of 2011. Vegas Knights storms the UK in March 2011 and North America in April 2011. To …