This weekend, come see me in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the Nexus Game Fair. I’ll be a guest of honor there again, along with a fantastic list of other gaming luminaries. My schedule looks like this: Saturday, 2 PM: Crowdfunding (a seminar about how to get it done) Saturday, 4 PM: Writing for Worlds: Navigating IPs (a seminar with Rob Weiland) Saturday, …
Gaming on Stage: Of Dice and Men
Tomorrow night (May 20), join me at the Mercury Players Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin, for a performance of Of Dice and Men. I don’t have anything to do with the play itself, which was written by Cameron McNary and directed by Suzan Curry, but I’ll be there after the show for a talkback segment about games, gamers, and gaming. There’s a …
Halo Signing at C2E2!
This weekend is C2E2, the biggest comic and geek convention in Chicago. I don’t make it down there every year, but this year, I’m blasting in on Saturday to sign Halo: New Blood and Halo: Fractures at the Simon & Schuster booth (#518). The signing starts at 5 PM. I won’t be around too long, so if you want my signature on that book–or …
Aliens: Bug Hunt Out Now
I’ve pretty much given up on writing short stories. I love writing them, but they just take too long to work on, especially compared to the kind of progress I can make on a novel instead. Just think of all the groundwork that goes into writing a story: coming up with characters, doing research, and so on. And then you …
Rogue One Junior Novel Hardcover Out Today
The ebook edition of the Rogue One junior novel I wrote came out on the same day as the film, back in December, but the print edition is finally shipping today! It’s a snazzy little hardcover with eight pages of color photos from the film tipped into the middle of it, and it tells the full story of the film, with additional …
This Weekend: The UW Writers’ Institute and Gary Con
That’s right, I’m going to hit two different events this weekend, much like a kid in a bad sitcom with two dates in the same night. Annnnd the metaphor breaks down there, so just cue the “Yakkity Sax,” and let’s get to it. First up, you can find me this Friday at Gary Con IX, in beautiful Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. …
Gen Con’s Industry Insider Applications Now Open!
Actually, the applications process to become one of the featured speakers for Gen Con’s Industry Insiders slate has been open since Sunday, February 26, and more than twenty people have already applied. The closing date is March 19, though, so if you’re a gaming industry professional, you still have more than two weeks to get your application in. To apply, just …
Join Me at the Author Slam
This Saturday, February 25th, from 4 to 8 PM, the UW Writers’ Institute is hosting an author slam at Mystery to Me, an excellent independent bookstore at 1863 Monroe Street, Madison, Wisconsin. They’re going to have a baker’s dozen of writers doing short readings, with group signings at the end of each hour. I’m the lead-off author, so don’t be late! …
2017: The Year of Catching Up
Wow, you can tell how I’m busy I am by how much time goes between updates here. On a personal level, I’m on a new medication (Humira) for the health issues that have plagued me since 2013, and it seems to be helping a lot. I’m taking sharp advantage of that renewed energy to get to work catching up on various …
Tales from the Loop Ends Soon
The folks over at Fria Ligan (Swedish for Free Legion, and publishers of Coriolis and Mutant) have a hit on their hands with Tales from the Loop, a new tabletop roleplaying game based on artist Simon StÃ¥lenhag‘s stunning creations in the 2015 art book of the same name. As I write this, the Kickstarter drive for the book has raised over $250,000 and still …