Congratulations, Scribes!

One thing I missed at Comic-Con was Sunday (as well as Saturday, since I left on Friday night). On that Sunday, the IAMTW gave out its first Scribe Awards for the year’s best tie-ine novels. While my Prophecy of the Dragons was nominated for Best Young Adult Novel, I was in stiff competition against Steve Sullivan, Christina York, and Alice Henderson, all of whom I count as friends.

In the end, Alice won, and I couldn’t be more pleased for her. Just before my flight out of San Diego, I grabbed a quick bite with her and double Scribe winner Jeff Marriotte, and you couldn’t ask for a nicer, more talented person to take home the statue. Congratulations to Alice, Jeff, and all of the other winners!

For myself, I found a nice plaque in the mail when I got back from vacation. It’s on my mantel right now, sharing space with my Origins Awards and ENnies, and it looks great.

Origins 2007 Report

I’m finally back home from Comic-Con and a family vacation in the UP, and I’m already two convention reports behind. So, let’s hit this one hard and fast.

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Back Again, Off Again

Just home from Comic-Con, which is still going on. Had a wonderful time. Saw lots of old friend and made many new ones too. Off again to an undisclosed location. More later!

Comic-Con Bound

I’m off to Comic-Con first thing in the morning. I’ll only be around until Friday night, so if you’re looking for me, do so early. I don’t have any scheduled appearances, just lots of business to attend to, so contact me directly if you can. Either way, I hope to see you there!

Storytellers Unplugged

It’s that time of month again. My latest essay is up on Storytellers Unplugged. This time around I muse about muses and what keeps writers writing when they’d rather be somewhere else. Be sure to check it out.

Dansky Dares to Ask

My pal Richard Dansky just launched a new feature at his website, a series of short interviews with other authors. I’m flattered to be the first in the lineup. Rich asked some great questions, and I enjoyed responding to them as best I could. Be sure to check it out.

Rich, by the way, is a true gentleman and a connoisseur of many fine things, including incredible scotches. He’s also the head Clancy writer for Red Storm Entertainment and a cracking-good novelist to boot. Look for Firefly Rain, his first original (non-tie-in) novel–and the inaugural title–from Wizards of the Coast’s shiny new imprint for such books, in January 2008.

Kobolds and Baurs

My fellow Alliterate and friend Wolfgang Baur–he of the prolific RPG pen, including the innovative, patron-sponsored Open Design project–has just launched spanking-new magazine: Kobold Quarterly. For those of us who will dearly miss the about-to-die Dragon and Dungeon Magazines, Kobold Quarterly is like going to the funeral and running into a long-lost friend.

Wolf spent many years at both TSR and Wizards of the Coast, some of them as editors for those now-doomed publications, and he wrote extensively for them both over the years as well. Now he’s decided to harness the power of his Open Design projects, his vast and authoritative experience, and this newfangled thing called the internet to produce a quarterly gaming rag that brings us some of the best bits of both of those hallowed mags.

So, if you love D&D–and would like to see the return of Bolt & Quiver by Stan! (another Alliterate), among all sorts of other gaming goodness–do yourself a solid and check it out.