Lauren Beukes – author of the excellent Moxyland and Zoo City, and fellow Angry Robot author – is due for a rare visit to London from her home in South Africa. During this, she has a signing at Forbidden Planet on July 29, from 6—7 PM. For this, you can order one of a limited edition of 100 hardcovers of Zoo …
Kickstarting Terrible Character Portraits
My friend Jeff Preston has a new Kickstarter project: 60 Terrible Character Portraits for Creative Commons Release. Despite the title, Jeff’s artwork is the opposite of terrible. Check it out and chip in if it tickles you.
I’m a Cheap/Dream Date
To help raise money for the ENnie Awards given out at Gen Con for the year’s best tabletop roleplaying games, the award committee asked me to serve as one of a slate of “dream dates” for the pre-ceremony VIP cocktail reception. This runs from 6:30 to 7:30 PM in the Westin Hotel Grand Ballroom IV. Because of the Reactor 88 …
Stuck at Great America
Yesterday, Ann and I took the kids to Great America, along with their uncle Nick Kolinsky, who was down for a long weekend. The kids had each earned a free ticket to the park through a reading program at school, so it didn’t cost us much at all, and they always have a wonderful time there. Last year, Nick and …
Gen Con Party
The fine folks at Reactor 88 Studios have lined up an afterparty following their big event at Gen Con: Reactor 88 Studios: Behind the Scenes. With luck, we should have a rough-cut of the InSpectres proof-of-concept to show there. In that, you’ll see me in all my gory-zombie goodness. Come to the event if you can and then join us …
Shadowrun: Spells & Chrome E-Book Out
Sometime back in May, Catalyst Game Labs released its first new fiction anthology for Shadowrun, entitled Spells & Chrome. John Helfers edited the book, and it includes stories from Jason Hardy, Jason Schmetzer, Jean Rabe, Phaedra Weldon, Kevin Killiany, Steven Mohan Jr., Bradley P. Beaulieu, Steve Kenson, Dan C. Duval, Stephen Dedman, Marc Tassin, Jennifer J. Harding, William H. Keith, …
I, Zombie
Last Saturday, I ran down to Bolingbrook, Illinois, to join the Reactor 88 Studios team in the first day of shooting for the InSpectres proof-of-concept short. I had been asked to play a zombie. I spent the first couple hours at the Reactor 88 office, sitting for makeup. The talented and lovely Margret Ebert labored over me to make me …
Ghosts of Ascalon on iBooks
My iPhone 4 arrived Wednesday, and I spent a lot of time poking around in it. One thing I discovered is that Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon is available for pre-order through iBooks. The best part about it is that you can download a free sample of the book right now. As a bonus, it goes all the way into …
Massive Guild Wars News and the First Review
Jeff Grubb – my co-writer for Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon – has been all over the place these days, promoting the book. Since it’s due to hit shelves on July 27, less than two weeks away, now’s the time, and I appreciate the help. ArenaNet updated their page for the book. Head over there, and you can read a …
Angry Robot on the Air!
I have the coolest publishers. The Angry Robot podcast launched today, hosted by the excellent and talented Mur Lafferty. Listen in and hear Mur interview the Angry Robots themselves: Marc Gascoigne and Lee Harris. Also be sure to check out the official Angry Robot theme song by John Anealio, which heads off the episode.