To help kick off my hunt for kind words in advance of the publication of Amortals, the publishing director at Angry Robot – Marc Gascoigne – sent me a starter blurb from Dan Abnett. It reads: “Matt Forbeck does near-future so well, I think he’s been there. Actually, I think he designed it. Then he kicked its ass.” – Dan …
Gathering Blurbs
I’ve had a dozen novels published to date, but everyone of them has been a tie-in. That means that the marketing for them has mostly on the strength of the brand to which the novel is tied. With my upcoming Guild Wars 2: Ghosts of Ascalon novel, for instance, Simon & Shuster is betting that the players who have ponied …
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 …
Amortals Away!
It’s been a long time coming–longer than I thought it would be–but I finally finished Amortals and shipped it off to the fine folks at Angry Robot. It seems like this fall has been a rigorous series of disruptions designed to throw me off track, but the book is done and in the hands of Marc Gascoigne and Lee Harris, …
Novels for 2010
The fine people at Angry Robot have announced the release dates for both Amortals and Vegas Knights, my first two original novels. Amortals should be out in the UK and Australia in April 2010 and in the US and the rest of the world in June 2010. Vegas Knights is slated to hit the UK and Australia in June 2010 …
Be an Angry Robot
My friends (and publishers) at Angry Robot have helpfully provided a solution for all your Halloween costuming needs: the Angry Robot mask. Just print, cut, strap (or staple, glue, weld, etc.), and you’re all set to scare the simpering souls out of your fleshy, free-willed friends. Better yet, the Angry Robots promise the nebulous award of “prizes” for the best …
Amortals: Delays for the Better
I’m now told that Amortals, my first original novel, will be delayed until the spring. For various reasons, the Angry Robots decided that this would be a better launch window for the novel. That means you can expect to see it in the UK in April and the US in June. I would love to have the book out now, …
Angry Robot at Forbidden Planet
Angry Robot, the new imprint from HarperCollins that happens to be publishing two of my novels next year, is having its official UK launch party on October 10th, 2009, at the London Megastore location of Forbidden Planet. Come on out and meet authors Dan Abnett, Andy Remic, and Colin Harvey, plus the triumvirate of Angry Robots themselves: Marc Gascoigne, Lee …
PAX, the Flu, and Delays
I had a fantastic time at PAX (the Penny Arcade Expo) last weekend. Unfortunately, since then I’ve been laid up with some evil con crud, and that’s substantially changed a few things in my schedule. Allow me to explain.