Amortals is due out in the UK on April 1, 2010, not even two weeks away. With that and Vegas Knights and Guild Wars 2: Ghosts of Ascalon coming down the pike this summer, I thought it was time to give the website a new look with a bit more spit and polish. I don’t normally pimp things too hard here, …
2010 Scribe Nominees Announced
The nominees for this year’s Scribe Awards – given out by the IAMTW for the best tie-in novels of the previous year – have been announced. The awards will be given out at Comic-Con International this July. Congratulations to all the nominees, especially to my pals Nathan Long, Jeff Mariotte, and Aaron Rosenberg. I’m glad to see such great work …
The Future of Publishing
Here’s a brilliant little presentation that DK (publishers of The Marvel Encyclopedia I revised last year) put together for an internal sales conference in February, as Penguin’s blog tells it. It’s a clever piece about the end of publishing as we know it and the hope that gleams straight through that. Be sure to watch it all the way through. …
Tools I Use: Scrivener
One of my favorite programs over the past few years is the Mac-only writing program Scrivener. If you’re doing any kind of creative writing, give it a try. I raved about it on my Twitter feed a couple weeks back, and David Johnson – the sales and marketing man and chief tea-maker for the program’s publisher, Literature & Latte – …
Gary Con 2 This Weekend
My son Marty and I will be heading up to Lake Geneva for Gary Con 2 this weekend. The current plan is to spend Saturday afternoon and evening there. If you’re in the area and up for some old-school type gaming, come on out and join us!
Family Games: Writers and Games Announced
Family Games: The 100 Best – the sequel to the award-winning Hobby Games: The 100 Best – should be in stores sometime next week. If you can’t find it at your friendly local gaming store, you can pre-order it through Green Ronin‘s site, and they’ll offer you their Walk the Plank game for only $5 (about $10 off). Editor Jim …
The Leverage RPG
If you’ve been reading my Twitter feed, you probably know that I’m a huge fan of the TV show Leverage. The acting is sharp, the stories are great, and it looks fantastic. I’ve known the series’ co-creator, John Rogers, for a few years, and the love he has for Leverage shows through in every episode. My son Marty has started …
Vegas Knights Away!
Late last Thursday night/Friday morning, I finished the Vegas Knights death march and submitted the manuscript to my publisher, Angry Robot. The book is slated to appear in the UK this June, and in the US in July, so I cut it awfully short. I’m pretty happy with the book though. It combines many of my favorite topics: gambling, Las …
Amortals Cover and First Review
The fine folks at Angry Robot are gearing up their diesel-powered PR machine for the impending debut of Amortals. Check out the snazzy action-movie-style cover on the left for a good gander at their graphic-design chops. I’m in total love with it and have been staring at it as my computer’s desktop background for months. I have a lot more …
Ghosts of Ascalon
More news about my upcoming Guild Wars 2 novel is finally official. The book is done and should be out sometime this summer. The title has been changed from Fall of Ascalon to the far better Ghosts of Ascalon, which rings truer on multiple levels. The biggest change is the addition of a co-author to the marquee: Jeff Grubb. Jeff’s …