Moving from Gaming to Novels

The other day, my pal Sean Preston over at Reality Blurs asked me about how I moved from writing roleplaying games to writing novels. It’s not the most obvious career path in the world, although I’ve had lots of friends and mentors manage it, and it makes for a fine story. He asked if he could post my answer on …

The R.E.V.s Motion Comic

A few years back, Playmates Toys hired me to come up with a complete storyline for its upcoming line of morphable cars. These were toys that were a cross between Transformers and Tinkertoys. They looked like cars at first, but you could unfold them into large robots and then swap out pluggable parts to customize them or even build bigger …

Amortals Launches Today!

My latest book, Amortals, hits shelves in the UK and Australia today, and it’s also been released worldwide as an ebook! You can now purchase it at stores throughout the UK and Australia, including Amazon UK, and you should be able to get it anywhere you are for the Kindle (US) and the Nook. You can also pick up the ebook directly through …

Go Joe!

While I was at the World Fantasy Convention, Jeff Conner let me know that I could finally tell people about the novella I wrote for him for a tie-in anthology. A little poking around this week showed that Diamond Book Distributors had already solicited the book, so I can share the cover with you too. The name of the book …

Buy Amortals Now! – or Soon at Least

You can now buy Amortals in at least two different flavors, depending on where you are. Amazon UK started shipping the book on November 1, and as of this morning at least you can now purchase the ebook at the Angry Robot Bookstore. If you have a Kindle, you can buy the book now, and it will be delivered to …

Lyndi Interviews Me

Over at her site, author Lyndi Alexander interviews me about how I got into writing novels and how Amortals came to be. Be sure to check it out and let me know what you think.

Gamers for Pakistan Relief

My pals at DriveThruRPG.com just raised over $65,000 for Doctors Without Borders to help with the efforts to help out the people affected by the horrible floods in Pakistan. Good going to them, the gaming companies that supported them, and all the gamers who bought the special bundle to raise the money. Does my heart good to see that kind …

Try Trilobyte

My pal Blaze Miskulin recently set up a new venture called Trilobyte Studios. He aims to develop a number of new properties in several different genres, for games, films, books, and so on, but he needs help. If you’re a creative soul looking to get involved with something cool, stop by and check it out.

World Fantasy 2010 Report

I had a wonderful time at the World Fantasy Convention (WFC) this weekend. It’s a traveling show, roaming from city to city each year, and this time it landed in Columbus, Ohio. I went to the University of Michigan, so I’m likely to be biased against Columbus, as it’s the home of our rivals at Ohio State. However, I’ve been …

Becoming a Freelancer

My friend Louis Porter Jr. – the man behind Louis Porter Jr. Design – asked me to write a guest post for his blog about becoming a freelance writer. Head on over there and check it out at your earliest convenience, please, and let him (and me) know what you think.