Sadly, I had to cancel my trip to the GAMA Trade Show in Las Vegas this week. Too many deadlines have piled up like a 16-car accident on a slick, foggy day in front of me, so I need to clear through those before I can take that much time out of the office with a clear conscience. I understand …
ComicMix Interview Up
The very kind Jenifer Rosenberg (wife of my pal Aaron Rosenberg) recently interviewed me for ComicMix.com. Our chat covered my work from games to novels to comics and all points between and beyond. Be sure to check it out!
Dave Arneson Dies
As I mentioned earlier this week, Dave Arneson was terminally ill with cancer. He apparently had entered hospice, and his death had been falsely reported a few different times this week. Now, with confirmation from people I trust, we know that Dave died last night. Dave was one of the two people credited with designing Dungeons & Dragons, the game …
The 2009 Scribe Awards Nominations
The IAMTW just announced the nominees for its 2009 Scribe Awards, which are for the best tie-novels of the year. The awards committees were kind enough to nominate my Mutant Chronicles novelization for two awards: Best Speculative Fiction Adapted and Special Gaming Scribe – Best Adapted. See below for the full list nominees, many of which were written by good …
Nuclear Ronin Interview
Chris O’Kennon was kind enough to interview me for the first issue of his brand-new magazine, Nuclear Ronin. The magazine also features an article on cosplay, a profile of model and writer Sun Karma, and fiction by Chris, among other things. If you like, you can order it in PDF or hard copy format.
Work on the Conduit
My name recently came up in public about this, so I suppose it’s finally time to share. Last fall, I helped out my friends at High Voltage with the backstory of their upcoming game The Conduit. As usual, I had a blast working with the team down there. They have an amazing group of people coming up with some incredible …
Keith Herber, RIP
I just found out Keith Herber died this morning. Among many other accomplishments, he wrote some of the best RPG supplements every made, most notably several of the finest books created for Call of Cthulhu. I only met Keith once that I recall, outside the Fleetwood Diner in Ann Arbor, Michigan, back when I was going to college there. At …
Freelancing and Taxes
A friend asked me about taxes and freelancing recently. This crops up often enough that I thought I’d share my answers with the rest of the world–well, really the US, as that’s where I pay my taxes. I’ve run freelancing business seminars that have covered this in the past, so this is going to be the encapsulated version. Note that …
How to Branch Out from Writing RPGs
A friend of mine who writes roleplaying games (RPGs) asked if I had any advice for someone who wanted to branch out of that and into fiction or comics. Since I get similar questions from others, I thought I’d share my answer here. I think branching out of gaming work–or at least diversifying into other fields–is a good move for …
A World of Warcraft Survey
My friend Liz Danforth sent me the following email about a research survey being done with players of World of Warcraft. If you’ r, see what you can do to give her a hand.