Tyler Tinsley writes to ask: I just listened to a recording of a freelancing seminar you had at GAMA. I just wanted to say thanks. While I have been sending games to companies for a few years, I just got my first gig as a freelance game designer and hearing your words have helped. I want to start going to …

James Mishler reports that Bob Bledsaw, founder of the Judges Guild, died in the morning of Saturday, April 19. He passed away in his home in Decatur, Illinois, after a battle with cancer. The Judges Guild site has an excellent obituary. I never met Bob, but I loved his work. He published the first-ever third-party adventures for Dungeons & Dragons, …

My latest post at Storytellers Unplugged is up, and it’s the opening day of the GAMA Trade Show, which I’m still not at. How do the two intersect in my head? Read the post to find out.

Sadly, I am not going to make it to the GAMA Trade Show next week. I love the convention and encourage anyone interested in making or selling tabletop games to attend. It’s a wonderful experience, and I’ll miss being there–as well as the too-rare chance to see so many good friends.

If you noticed it’s been quiet around here, that’s because I just spent the last week in Stockholm, working on a new video game for Avalanche Studios. I can’t say much more about the game than that at the moment, but I’m having a ball working on it, and most of that has to do with the hospitality and creativity …

Sterling has a full listing for the Lost Worlds: Egyptians book I’m working on right now. It currently lists a different name for the author, but that should change soon I believe. I’m having fun working on the book. Researching a subject and then writing all about it reminds me of writing papers in school. This time, though, I’m doing …

My latest essay is up at Storytellers Unplugged. It’s all about the different sorts of writing I do and how that makes me a different and hopefully better writer. While we’re at it, here’s the Amazon listing for the book I’m writing right now: Lost Worlds: Egyptians. More about that after I, um, finish it.

The guys at Kenzer and Co. took some photos of Gary Gygax‘s funeral. They caught me in a few of them. In the second, I’m talking with Brian Jelke and Chris Clark, and in the third, that’s me between Brian and Monte Cook. Some folks reported from ENWorld videotaped the ceremony and the gathering afterward too, with the family’s kind …

Patch Products, a top mass-market game publisher here in Beloit, is hiring. They’re looking for a Product Designer (someone to design games) and a Job Sourcing Agent (someone to find all the components for a game at the best quality and price). I’ve not worked with Patch in the past, other than to playtest some of their upcoming games. However, …

Just handling a little housekeeping around here. I don’t know if anyone but me noticed, but the link to the Downloads (now Freebies) page was broken. I fixed that and revised the About page and put up a new photo there. I also put a new photo in the header. That’s me in Monteverde, Costa Rica, last summer, crossing a …