The IAMTW and the Scribe Awards

Last year, Lee Goldberg and Max Allan Collins formed the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers (IAMTW). This year, the organization is giving out its first Scribe Awards for the best novels in this field.

If you’re a tie-in writer, you should check this out. I joined last year, just to support the organization and its aims. I also submitted books in two of the Scribes categories this year. You don’t have to join to join to take part in the free mailing list though. If you’re a tie-in writer who might be interested, contact me, and I’ll wrangle you an invitation.

You also don’t have to be a member of the IAMTW to submit novels for the Scribes (although it’s free if you are). The organization needs more submissions, especially in certain categories, as you can see from the latest list of entries. If you have such a book, or know someone who does, please get involved. Thanks!

White Wolf and CCP Merge

According to White Wolf‘s website, the company just merged with CCP, the developers of the EVE Online RPG and tabletop CCG. That’s some big news.

Although I had no inside knowledge of this, I’m not surprised at all. I saw members of the two companies spending an awful lot of time together at Gen Con this summer. Also, the EVE booth featured a full, staffed bar in its upper level, where principals in the two companies hung out, so I’d guess the two corporate cultures will merge nicely.

A Good Turnout

Yesterday, I got the kids to school and then reported in to the Democratic HQ here in Beloit. They sent me out on a lit drop, and I hit every house in the northern part of the Town of Beloit with door hangers that reminded people just where their polling place was.
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Go Vote

I spent the day Saturday canvassing part of one of the wards here in Beloit with my eldest son, on behalf of the local Democratic Party. We had a wonderful time, despite the weather. We skipped lunch and walked for over four hours before we finished our assignment, and he barely complained a peep because he knew we were doing something important. I couldn’t have been prouder.

Tomorrow, I’ll drop the kids off at school, go vote, then volunteer to help again. I’ve done this every election day since I moved back to Wisconsin. To vote is one thing, but to put some real effort into mobilizing others to vote means just as much to me.

If you can at all (and happen to be an American citizen eligible to do so), be sure to vote tomorrow. Make your voice heard. No matter what else I might do here locally to get people to vote the way I think they should, there’s only one vote that I can be absolutely confident will be cast exactly the way I want it, mine.

Do that for yourself. Your country deserves it, and so do you.

Tidying Up

You may notice a few different things on the site. I took advantage of upgrading to the latest release of WordPress to tinker with the site a bit. I made a few cosmetic changes, and I also added links under the “Subscribe” header to my Amazon plog and MySpace pages.

I’m not sure I’m sold on the all-white background, although it makes things look cleaner. What do you think?