Last year, Lee Goldberg and Max Allan Collins formed the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers (IAMTW). This year, the organization is giving out its first Scribe Awards for the best novels in this field. If you’re a tie-in writer, you should check this out. I joined last year, just to support the organization and its aims. I also submitted …
White Wolf and CCP Merge
According to White Wolf‘s website, the company just merged with CCP, the developers of the EVE Online RPG and tabletop CCG. That’s some big news. Although I had no inside knowledge of this, I’m not surprised at all. I saw members of the two companies spending an awful lot of time together at Gen Con this summer. Also, the EVE …
Spider-Man 3 Trailer Up
The new trailer for Spider-Man 3 is up. Wow. Have I mentioned what a Spider-Geek I am?
EndZone Magazine
EndZone Magazine, a new Blood Bowl fan publication, just interviewed me about my Blood Bowl novels. You should see the results in an upcoming issue. In the meantime, stop by and download the magazine’s first issue, a free PDF, for a cheap shot of Blood Bowl goodness.
Last Call for Registering for National Games Week
The press release below says it all.
Preview Hero Lab
The team at Lone Wolf Development just posted a public preview to their new RPG character creation software, Hero Lab. I had the chance to check this program out in its alpha stage, and it showed tremendous promise even then. If you play RPGs, be sure to give it a look.
A Good Turnout
Yesterday, I got the kids to school and then reported in to the Democratic HQ here in Beloit. They sent me out on a lit drop, and I hit every house in the northern part of the Town of Beloit with door hangers that reminded people just where their polling place was.
Go Vote
I spent the day Saturday canvassing part of one of the wards here in Beloit with my eldest son, on behalf of the local Democratic Party. We had a wonderful time, despite the weather. We skipped lunch and walked for over four hours before we finished our assignment, and he barely complained a peep because he knew we were doing …
Tidying Up
You may notice a few different things on the site. I took advantage of upgrading to the latest release of WordPress to tinker with the site a bit. I made a few cosmetic changes, and I also added links under the “Subscribe” header to my Amazon plog and MySpace pages. I’m not sure I’m sold on the all-white background, although …
Beware Shadowcrag
Fellow Alliterate and adventure designer extraordinaire Wolfgang Baur has announced that his second patronage project–Castle Shadowcrag–is on. It’s too late to get in on it cheap, but it’s not too late to get in.