Ghosts in Italy

I just found out yesterday that Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon was translated into Italian and released into the wild as I Fantasmi di Ascalon sometime last year. For me, that’s particularly cool because my sister Jody spent a dozen or so years in Italy and married a wonderful Italian man who’s now the father of their two beautiful sons. …

Fantasy Literature on Vegas Knights

Over at FantasyLiterature.com, Stefan Raets gives Vegas Knights a solid review. While the book went off the rails for him later in the story, he raves about the better part of it, saying such kind things as: Vegas Knights is a fun, entertaining urban fantasy novel that starts off with a bang and rarely slows down. A large part of the …

Two Origins Awards Nods

The nominations for the Origins Awards – which honor the best in tabletop gaming every year – were just released. The list shows a strong slate of products, and I’m happy to say I’ve played/read a number of them. Congratulations to all my friends who picked up nods! Two projects I chipped in on picked up nominations: Family Games: The …

The Book of Extreme Facts

I see that IDW has announced my next book for them: Book of Extreme Facts. This is a tome of wild and amazing trivia that I co-wrote with one of IDW’s founders, my old pal Kris Oprisko, and it comes jam-packed with gorgeous illustrations by Brian Miroglio and a snazzy cover by Gabriel Rodriguez, who recently garnered three Eisner nominations …

Vegas Knights Interview and Review

Vegas Knights came out in the US while I was hard at work at Ubisoft Singapore, which meant I didn’t have much time to plug it at the time. Fortunately, some excellent people helped out with that while I was out of town. Over at From the Shadows, E.J. Stevens interviewed me about Vegas Knights, and I stopped by a …

Ghosts of Ascalon Nominated for a Scribe Award!

Ghosts of Ascalon, the Guild Wars book I wrote with Jeff Grubb, just picked up a nomination for the Scribe Award for Best Speculative Original. The International Media Tie-In Writers (IAMTW) gives out the Scribe Awards at Comic-Con every year to the best in tie-in novels of the past year. In the past, the judges have nominated my Mutant Chronicles …