I get to work on all sorts of cool things, but I often have to sit on that news for months–sometimes forever. Last week, I mentioned the Yu-Gi-Oh 5DS Figure Reader that I designed for Playmates Toys. Today, in news from the New York Toy Fair, I see that Mattel has announced another project I worked on: Puppy Tweets. This is …

I work on lots of different things, but not all of them see the light of day. Some of them die at the idea stage. Others are killed during development. Some have the plug pulled when they’re already in production. Lots of times, I can’t even talk about these because I’ve signed NDAs that prevent me from mentioning them until …

Pat Rothfuss, the author of the excellent The Name of the Wind, is running his second annual fundraiser for Heifer International, which he calls Worldbuilders. As part of this, he’s gathered together hundreds of donated items for a lottery for those who donate to the program, plus he’s auctioning off some special items that he and others have donated. I …

The always friendly Melanie Jordan interviewed Darren Orange and me recently for her Imagine Magazine. The conversation covers a lot of territory, but there’s a wealth of information about the Brave New World: Revolutions film in the works. Darren, who’s the head of Reactor 88 Studios, even teases with a few new details at the end. Be sure to check it out.

Although I’ve sold 15 novels, several nonfiction books, and countless games, I haven’t worked with an agent for any of those. I’ve considered it a lot over the years–at least for my fiction–but I usually figure that my experience in publishing and negotiating means I don’t especially need one, so I’ve managed to avoid it. (I did sign Christi Cardenas …

Matt James at Loremaster.org asked me to join him in an ongoing interview with him and the members of the site. We just got started, so if you have any burning questions to ask me in front of lots of other people, skip on over to the forum and give it a go!

Last summer, Playmates Toys hired me to design the logic system and write the script for a Star Trek toy based on the latest film. It’s called the Starfleet Command Mission Utility Belt, and it comes with a phaser, a communicator, and a belt that sends the wearer on away-team missions for Starfleet. I just saw it on the shelves …

While I was at PAX, Allan Sugarbaker of OgreCave.com asked me to sit and chat with him for a bit. He just posted the recording of our conversation in their Gaming News Update section. Stop by and listen to me ramble on about all sorts of things I either worked on or have in the works!

While I was at Gen Con, I saw a preview copy of a book for which I wrote a small bit: Descent: Quest Compendium. This is an all-star jam book of 16 brand-new quests for Descent: Journeys Into the Dark from Fantasy Flight Games. Descent, for those who don’t know it, is a monstrous board game that comes in a …

Perhaps not coincidentally, the latest issue of Game Trade Magazine features the first D&D material I’ve written in years. “Inn Peril” is an introductory adventure for five 1st-level 4E players, illustrated by the terribly talented team of Jeff Preston and Tom Martin. Pick up a copy of the magazine if you get a chance. They’re often handed out for free …