Over at the newly refurbished IAMTW (International Association of Media Tie-In Writers) blog, my friend – bestselling author and the recently appointed president of the IAMTW – Jonathan Maberry interviewed me about being a tie-in writer. The conversation rolls all over the place, dipping back and forth throughout my career, but it’s a fun read. If you want to learn more …
A Writer’s Nightmare
I had a bit of a writer’s nightmare happen this week. I received a call from one of my editors. That alone is enough to give a veteran writer pause. I work almost exclusively via email with my editors and other clients. The only time we need to talk on the phone is when something has gone horribly wrong. There …
Cool Endless Quest Stuff
I’m hard at work writing more Endless Quest books at the moment, but the ones that came out in September are still getting all sorts of attention. This morning, for instance, my pal John Kovalic (of Apples to Apples, Munchkin, and Dork Tower fame) posted a new Dork Tower comic about his experiences with the Endless Quest books. It’s both hilarious and painfully true. Read it. If you …
Welcome to Blackwell Academy!
My latest book – Life Is Strange: Welcome to Blackwell Academy – comes out today in the USA. (The UK has to wait until October 30 instead.) It’s based on the hit video game series, Life Is Strange, developed by Dontnod and (in the case of the prequel, Life is Strange: Before the Storm) Deck Nine. As it says in the official …
Endless Quests Are Here!
I’ve had a crazy, wonderful summer packed with all sorts of fun, but now that Labor Day is over and the kids are heading back to school, it’s back to work for me. Today, I have not one but FOUR brand-new books scheduled to debut. Some folks have been able to get their hands on them early, but today is …
On the Reading Lists
Over at The Reading Lists, Phil Treagus interviewed me about the books that inspired me to become a writer and that influence my style and my craft to this day. It was different than many of the interviews I’ve done in that it made me think back to how I got to where I am, not just in terms of my …
I’m in a Wall Street Journal Video About Gerrymandering
Earlier this month, Madeline Marshall of the Wall Street Journal came out to interview me for a piece she’s doing on gerrymandering and the corrosive effects it can have on democracy. You can see the results here. I may be on the splash image, but I’m only in it for a handful of seconds. If you’re the impatient sort, my …
Summer Games Sale
My son Marty is heading off to college at the University of Wisconsin–Madison this fall, but this summer, to raise some cash, he’s cleaning out my attic and selling off a slew of my old games on eBay. You can see a bunch of them listed below. At the moment, there’s a bunch of books for Deadlands, Dungeons & Dragons, and Middle-earth …
Gaming on Stage: Of Dice and Men
Tomorrow night (May 20), join me at the Mercury Players Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin, for a performance of Of Dice and Men. I don’t have anything to do with the play itself, which was written by Cameron McNary and directed by Suzan Curry, but I’ll be there after the show for a talkback segment about games, gamers, and gaming. There’s a …
Aliens: Bug Hunt Out Now
I’ve pretty much given up on writing short stories. I love writing them, but they just take too long to work on, especially compared to the kind of progress I can make on a novel instead. Just think of all the groundwork that goes into writing a story: coming up with characters, doing research, and so on. And then you …