This year, I was one of the judges for the young adult (YA) categories for the Scribe Awards. from the IAMTW. The organization has just announced the nominees (and a couple winners), as you can see in the press release below. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners, especially to my pals Steve Sullivan, Tim Waggoner, and Paul Crilley.

Fellow IAMTW member James Reasoner, his wife Livia, and their family lost their home to fire last Tuesday. The Western Writers of America have set up a fund to help out, and Livia’s agent has offered to gather books to help restock the Reasoners’ lost library. Details (by way of my pal Jeff Mariotte) after the cut.

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 …

The latest issue of the newsletter from the IAMTW features an article I wrote about how I became a game designer and a novelist. Every writer takes a different path to publication. There’s the short version of mine. Just stop by the newsletter page and click on the link for the April/May 2007 issue. While you’re at it, sign up …