My pal Robin Laws is heading up a new fiction venture called Stone Skin Press, a division of the well-respected game publisher Pelgrane Press, run by another friend, Simon Rogers. Robin asked me to contribute to a couple of his upcoming anthologies, and I jumped at the chance to work with him again. The covers for the two books I’m …
Kicking a Kickstarter
I’ve wanted to write something about how the 12 for ’12 Kickstarter drives have been going – and what’s made each of them different – for a while. Then I woke up to find out that Steve Jackson had personally plugged the Dangerous Games Kickstarter in an update for his phenomenally successful Kickstarter for his Ogre Designer’s Edition. Last night, we …
Reddit AMA on Sunday
This Sunday, May 27, I’ll be taking part in an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on Reddit. The thread should be up in the RPG section early Sunday afternoon. Just jump in and start shooting out questions, and I’ll stop by to answer them in between writing sprints on the Leverage novel I’m writing. I’ve never done one of these …
Why Do Ebooks Sometimes Cost More?
It seems crazy, but sometimes you can find ebooks on Amazon and other online stores for more than you’d pay for the hardcover. Case in point: I Am A Pole (And So Can You!), the new kids’ book by Stephen Colbert. As I write this, the price for the ebook is $9.99, yet you can grab the hardcover for $9.59. So why …
Magic #4 Preview
Magic: The Gathering #4 came out on Wednesday. If you don’t already have your hands on a copy, you can read a free preview below. You can also grab a copy at your local friendly comic shop or download it through Comixology too. Open publication – Free publishing – More idw publishing
What a Week!
Yesterday marked the end of the first full week of the Dangerous Games Kickstarter, and we’re already up to 68% 70% of our goal! I can’t tell you how thrilled that makes me, and yet humbled at the same time. I want to thank each and every one of my backers, and I want to give a special shout-out to David …
Magic #4 on Sale Today!
Magic: The Gathering #4 – the final issue for the first miniseries I wrote based on the hit CCG – hits shelves today. Dack finally gets to have it out with his nemesis Sifa Grent, with the fate of an entire town in the balance. You can read a free preview of the issue over at MTV Geek, and you …
Marvelous News
I’m now cleared to report that I spent some time last year writing for the Marvel Heroes MMO! Many thanks to Andy Collins who assembled the team, which included Monte Cook,Mike Selinker, Will McDermott, Logan Bonner, Ari Marmell, Stan!, and Brian Michael Bendis, who – along with Andy – tackled the bulk of the work, including most of the stories in the game. I wrote much of …
More Kickstarters to Check Out
As you probably know if you follow me on Twitter (@mforbeck), I’m a huge fan of Kickstarter, and not just because I’m using it to fund my 12 for ’12 plan. (Check out my latest for the Dangerous Games trilogy!) At last count, I’ve backed 66 projects myself, not all of which succeeded. I’d like to see what I can do …
The Real Way Ebooks Save Publishers
Part of my 12 for ’12 plan involves moving into self-publishing. This is the first of (I hope) a series of posts about why I decided to do this and how being an indie publisher works. If you’ve been following the ebook revolution, you’ll often hear publishers justify higher prices for ebooks by claiming that it doesn’t cost much less …