For some reason, the folks at Nextcat (a networking site for people in various entertainment fields) have placed me on their featured people page for the gaming category. Steve Ince, who I’ve met online through the IGDA Writers SIG, headlines the page, while I share the bottom ranks with the likes of John Tynes, who makes for no shabby company …
“Getting Your Game Published” via Podcast
The fine folks at Pulp Gamer recently posted a podcast featuring Aldo Ghiozzi of Impressions and myself blathering on about games publishing at last year’s GAMA Trade Show. I had a great time working with Aldo, especially since he and I come at the question of “Getting Your Game Published” from different angles. I often handle seminars like this on …
The New Novel Deal
Just today, I signed a contract for my next fantasy novel with Wizards of the Coast. This will be my 12th mass-market novel, and it should hit shelves sometime in 2009. That’s all I’m at liberty to share right now, but I had to share the good news.
Happy 2008!
We’re going to have a houseful of kids (over and beyond the five who live with us) to help us ring in the New Year tonight. Some of them might not be able to stay awake until the event actually hits our time zone, but they’ll manage to celebrate the event when it happens somewhere farther to the east, I’m …
Smaller World Every Day
My son Marty has a good friend Thomas who now only lives three doors down from us in our new place. They’re both in third grade and Cub Scouts together, and Thomas often comes over to play games after school. Thomas calls today and says that he’s just found out that his cousin–actually his cousin’s husband–is a friend of mine, …
Erick Wujick Is Dying
Erick Wujick is dying of cancer and apparently doesn’t have many days before him. In the tabletop games industry, we know him best as the creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness RPG and Amber Diceless Roleplaying. He’s spent the last few years in the computer gaming industry, currently with Totally Games. No matter where he’s been, …
Storytellers Again
My latest post on the Storytellers Unplugged site is up and awaiting your kind attention. This month I talk about negotiations, both with myself and my publishers. I hope you enjoy it. Feel free to comment either here or there.
Writing Late
I was up until 4:30 AM working on the final bits for The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Superheroes and Villains, Illustrated (which I’m working on with Yair Herrera for IDW and Alpha). I ran the spellchecker, sent off the files, and collapsed into bed for a couple hours before I had to get up to get the kids ready for …
Comic-Book Writing
I’ve written a number of comics over the years, and it always stuns me what a different discipline it is from any other kind of writing. In a film, play, novel, game, or whatever, you have a bit of wiggle room as to the time you can take up or the number of pages. Comics, though, have a far more …
Storytellers Unplugged
My latest essay is up at Storytellers Unplugged. Stop by and read all about “The Working Writer’s Dilemma.”