Will Eisner, the comic book and graphic novel legend, died on Monday. I only met him once, at a book signing at an American Book Expo where he graciously personalized a copy of Dropsie Avenue for me, but I miss him. He was a master of the sequential art form and did more to bring it respectability and literary weight …
Worlds of D&D
I’ve been spending some time on a new forum set up at WorldsofDnD.com. There’s not too much traffic yet, but a good number of Wizards novelists stop by to post. If you’re interested in discussing Dungeons & Dragons novels with other fans and asking questions of some of your favorite authors, stop by to give it a look.
Currency Matters
My friends at Guardians of Order (publishers of The Authority RPG, of which I wrote the player’s chapter for them) just announced that they had a rotten 2004, mostly due to the plummeting value of the American dollar versus their Canadian version. Because of this, they’re asking people for help by purchasing some of their excellent games now. If you …
Dead Wicked Games
My good friends at the Wicked Dead Brewing Company (John Wick, Jared Sorenson, and Annie Rush) recently gave me a load of their games, and they’re all great. My favorites are InSpectres (a Ghostbusters-style RPG with some really cool mechanics), Necromonopoly (a Lovecraftian boardgame in which the last sane player wins), and Run Robot Red (a dystopian RPG in which …
New Alliterates Site
The new website is up for the Alliterates, the group of friends and published writers to which I proudly belong. Lester Smith, Rob King, and Steve Sullivan did a bang-up job with the thing, so be sure to stop by and check it out. The “history of the Alliterates” section is drop-dead hilarious. The front page of the site offers …
Happy New Year!
Whew! We’re only five days into 2005, and it already seems like it’s flying by. I managed to complete the outlines for my next four novels (which is staggering to think about), and now I’m waiting to hear back from Wizards about the outline for my next Eberron book so I can get to actually writing it. I’m looking forward …
Marked for Death in Game Trade Magazine
I just spotted the blurb for Marked for Death, the first in my upcoming Eberron trilogy of novels, on page 37 of Game Trade Magazine. This means it’s available for retailers to preorder now through their favorite distributor. If you plan to buy the book, please let your friendly local gaming store or book store know so they can get …
Holiday Update
I finished the first draft of my Blood Bowl novel yesterday, just in time to take a few days off for Christmas. Whew! Next up, I’m revising my outline for the second book in my Eberron trilogy. Then I’ll revise the outlines for my next two books in the Knights of the Silver Dragon series. After that, it’s the outline …
Bloody Holidays
I know, I know. It’s been deathly quiet around here lately. My New Year’s resolution last year for weekly updates hasn’t been 100% successful, but it seems that I might be able to slide through with a solid B. I spent a week in LA in early December, doing some consulting for a company that shall currently remain nameless. They …
Marked for Death Update
In an effort to clear the decks before kicking out the rest of my Blood Bowl novel, this week I took care of some details for Marked for Death, the first in my upcoming Eberron trilogy. I got the galleys (final author’s proofs) in late last week and turned them around right away. Reading through the book again, I’m pretty …