Over at the Eloquent Page, Pablo Cheesecake gives Vegas Knights a rave review. He remarks on a couple fun, spoilery details but adroitly avoids any of the big reveals. (To be absolutely fair, the back of the book likely reveals more.) He writes: If Hollywood is listening, someone needs to snap up the rights to the movie version of this sharpish. It’s a sure …
Mind Meld: Surprising SF Films
The folks over at SF Signal ran a new “Mind Meld” column and asked me to join in. This time around, they asked “What was the last science fiction film that surprised you in a good way? What about in a bad way? Explain why.” Click on over to read my answer, along with ones from Tobias S. Buckell, Lucius …
Plotting at the Big Thrill
Over at the Big Thrill–the International Thriller Writers webzine–I joined in on this week’s roundtable. The question of the week is “Do you plot, plan, or outline? Or, do you just go where your characters lead you? Why?” A good dozen of us are pitching in answers this week, and you can join in with your own. Those of you …
Stone Skin Press Launches
My friends over at Pelgrane Press–who are stalwart sponsors of the Diana Jones Award ceremony, among their many other good deeds–just announced that they’re launching a new fiction imprint called Stone Skin Press. Tabletop RPG legend Robin Laws heads up the new operation as its creative director, ensuring some high-quality tales. Stone Skin also announced its first three titles: New …
Taking Risks at Booklife
Over at Booklife, Jeremy L. C. Jones asked a bunch of contributors to The Bones about what it means to roll the dice and take some risks with your writing. He posted my answers (along with a terribly kind introduction) today. It may be the only time you hear writing being compared with downhill skiing today.
Puppy Tweets
It’s been so long since I worked on this one that I almost forgot about it. Mattel has a new toy out for the holiday season called Puppy Tweets. It’s a tag that you attach to your dog’s collar, and it communicates with your computer via a USB dongle. Through that it contacts Twitter and sends out tweets related to …
Help Jim Ward
During the second era of TSR – the one that started after Gary Gygax had been forced out of the company he’d founded – Jim Ward served as the vice president of the company. He’d been there almost since the very start, having written Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes, one of the first D&D supplements. He later wrote Deities & Demigods, with …
Lyndi Interviews Me
Over at her site, author Lyndi Alexander interviews me about how I got into writing novels and how Amortals came to be. Be sure to check it out and let me know what you think.
Becoming a Freelancer
My friend Louis Porter Jr. – the man behind Louis Porter Jr. Design – asked me to write a guest post for his blog about becoming a freelance writer. Head on over there and check it out at your earliest convenience, please, and let him (and me) know what you think.
Listen to Amortals
At the suggestion of my overlords publishers at Angry Robot, I sat down the other day, taught myself how to use Garageband, and read the first chapter of Amortals to my laptop. Give it a listen, and tell all your friends and neighbors! I hope you enjoy what you hear. Matt Forbeck’s Amortals: Chapter One As I find myself saying a …