As of this morning, the Kickstarter drive for the BNW trilogy of novels for my 12 for ’12 project stands at over 140% of our original goal! Thanks to each and every one of you who backed the project to make that happen. I can’t tell you how thrilled this makes me. That also puts us at well over halfway toward …
1st Kickstarter Goal Smashed!
Wow, wow, wow. Just a little while ago, the Kickstarter drive for the first trilogy the 12 for ’12 project–novels based on my Brave New World RPG–shattered its first goal of $3,000. That means I’m going to spend January writing the first book in the Brave New World trilogy! I can’t tell you how thrilled I am about that, especially since …
Carpathia Picked
The folks at Fantasy Faction asked the editors at many of the top genre fiction publishers to pick the top five books they’re most excited about bringing out in 2012. Angry Robot skirted the issue of having to pick favorites by choosing five of its novels with interesting stories about them. They highlighted Adam Christopher’s Empire State, Chuck Wendig’s Blackbirds, …
BNW Trilogy Kickstarter is Live!
I just launched the first Kickstarter drive for my 12 for ’12 project! This is for the trilogy of novels I plan to write set in the same world as my Brave New World Roleplaying Game. Kickstarter is a fantastic crowdfunding service that helps creators (like me) take pre-orders for new projects from readers (like you!). The best part about …
The BNW Kickstarter Rewards
I was all set to launch the Kickstarter for the first of the 12 for ’12 trilogies today, but I’ve been sidetracked by delays in Amazon Payments verifying my bank account. I love my small-town bank (1st National Bank of Beloit), but there are times that it would be easier to be one with one of the nationals instead. With …
Dorkland Raves over Amortals
Over at Dorkland, reviewer Chris Helton loved Amortals. He starts out calling it a “a cross between Robert Heinlein and Rudy Rucker,” and he winds up saying: If Matt Forbeck’s Amortals had come out in 1986, I would have been grouping it along side of some of the greats of the cyberpunk movement. I think this is a book that can stand beside …
First 12 for ’12 Trilogy: Brave New World
I’ve been wrestling with how I want to run 12 for ’12, and I’ve decided that the best way is to set it up as four groups of books. At least three of these will be trilogies, while the fourth might be a set of standalone books instead. Like most writers, I have loads of ideas for books, so the …
New 12 for ’12 Logo
My pal Jim Pinto of Postworld Games saw my post about 12 for ’12 the other day and got so excited about it that he went and made me a new logo for it. I think it’s pretty sharp, so I’m going to make good use of it. Thanks, Jim! Jim also created the card art and graphics for Gorilla …
More Magic Covers
Over the past week, IDW released two more covers for the Magic: The Gathering comic book series I’m writing for them. The first is by Christopher Moeller, whose artwork I’ve loved for years. It features our hero, Dack Fayden, running for his life. This is, I believe, the third cover for the Magic: The Gathering #1. Like many publishers, IDW gives out copies …
Announcing 12 for ’12
Earlier this year, I had this insane idea, and I’ve been trying to talk myself out of it ever since. I call it “12 for ’12.” It’s a year-long project in which I plan to write a novel every month in 2012. Yeah, I know. It’s nuts, but I can’t get it out of my head. It may not be …