Welcome to the new version of Forbeck.com. I’d been having troubles with my old site. When I upgraded to Movable Type 3.1, it didn’t go smoothly. I broke a few things with my customization. Then my brother-in-law told me he was getting out of the webhosting business, so it was time to find a new host. After some poking around, …
Back in the Game
I’m hard at work on the second novel for Blood Bowl right now for Games Workshop. It’s called Dead Ball, and it’s going to be a lot of fun. The Blood Bowl books are a great break for me from the more serious stuff I usually write. There’s no need to keep up with the grim and gritty here, as …
OddCon Weekend
I had a great time at Oddysey Convention (Odd Con) up in Madison, Wisconsin, this weekend. I haven’t been to too many pure SF/Fantasy conventions, but I enjoyed it.
Book Signing Saturday!
This Saturday, from 1 to 3 PM, I’ll be at Turtle Creek, the Beloit College bookstore, here in beautiful downtown Beloit, Wisconsin. If you’ll be in the area, please stop by and keep me company. They’ll have some of my books on hand for buying and signing, including Marked for Death, the first novel in my Eberron trilogy from Wizards …
Not Dead Yet
Wow. It’s been 30 days since I posted anything here. Let me catch you up a bit on what’s been going on. First, the GAMA Trade Show in Las Vegas was great. I ran the freelancers’ seminar track, and while we didn’t have too many people show up (it’s a retailer show, after all), those that did got as much …
Con Season Begins
I leave Sunday for the sunny climes of Las Vegas and the GAMA Trade Show, which usually keeps me indoors the entire time. I’m moderating the freelancers’ seminar track there and appearing on panels with Keith Baker, Ken Hite, Brian E. Lewis, and Aaron Rosenberg. If you’re in for the show, be sure to poke your nose in for a …
Sample Marked for Death
If all my caterwauling on this site has yet to convince you to race out to your local bookseller or game store and buy Marked for Death, here’s a taste of sugar to sweeten the deal. Wizards just posted a sample chapter here (right-click to save the zipped PDF). The chapters in the book are short, but this espresso-like dose …
Interview with a Justicar
Wizards of the Coast just posted an interview I did with Kandler, the main hero of Marked for Death. They asked for a character profile, like they do with many of their books, and I happily provided it. The regular narrative history style seemed played out to me, though, so I threw together an interview instead. Hopefully it’s a bit …
Marked for Death Book Club
If you’re interested in discussing Marked for Death, the fine people at WorldsofDnD.com host book club discussions for all of the Dungeons & Dragons-related novels, including mine. Just pop by here to check out what other people say about the book and to ask whatever burning questions about the book you may have. I check in regularly, so if you …
Marked for Death Is Here
The title says it all. Today is the official release date for Marked for Death, the first in my brand-new trilogy of Eberron novels for Wizards of the Coast. If you like pulp-flavored fantasy, be sure to sprint down to your local book or game store and pick this up!