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November 9, 2018
Reading in New York!
Next Tuesday, Nov. 13, I’m participating in a Serial Box All-Star reading with fabulous authors and friends Andrea Phillips, Michael R. Underwood, SL Huang, Stephen Kozeniewski, and Brian Slattery. Not only is this a rare NYC author appearance for me, but you’ll get a sneak peek at one of my secret new Serial Box projects! (Hint: If you like video games, I think you’ll like this new series.) I hope you can make it! Details below.
The New York Review of Science Fiction Readings
An Evening With...
September 15, 2018
“RWBY: After the Fall” Exclusive Cover Reveal!
If you’re curious to see the cover of my next book, RWBY: After the Fall, head over to Entertainment Weekly for an exclusive reveal! I saw some early concept sketches for this, and I really love what Rooster Teeth came up with. (Plus, it’s always a treat to see a new official illustration of Team CFVY!!!)
RWBY: After the Fall will be published this summer by Scholastic Books.
August 31, 2018
B&N 50% off sale!
Until Labor Day, Barnes & Noble is having its first “Book Haul Blowout” with 50% off many books, including my YA novels The Silence of Six, Against All Silence, and 1985–just $4.99 each!
August 8, 2018
News on my next novel!
You heard it hear last, folks! I am excited to be writing the first young adult novels in the RWBY universe, beginning with RWBY: After the Fall!
RWBY (pronounced “Ruby”) is a popular anime-inspired web series starring kickass characters kicking ass in a world overrun with vicious monsters called Creatures of Grimm. I enjoy anime and fairy tales, and especially The Wizard of Oz, and this show wears those influences and many more on its sleeve. It’s been so much fun to work with the talented w...
June 20, 2018
NYC Book Launch for A Thousand Beginnings and Endings – June 26
Please join me and five talented authors for the book launch of our new own-voices anthology of stories inspired by Asian folklore and mythology, A Thousand Beginnings and Endings!
WHEN: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 7 p.m.
WHERE: McNally Jackson Soho
52 Prince Street
New York, NY 10012
FEATURING: Sona Charaipotra, Preeti Chhibber, Melissa de la Cruz, E.C. Myers (that’s me!), Ellen Oh, and Shveta Thakrar.
About the book:
Star-crossed lovers, meddling immortals, feigned identities, battles of wits...
March 23, 2018
Gamerz Tek 8-Bit Boy Review: Now You’re Playing With Portable Power!
Game Boy and all its incarnations and successors, from the Nintendo DS to even the Switch, are wonderful, but I’ve always wanted a portable NES. Yes, there are ways to emulate NES games on phones and handheld gaming devices (I’m currently using an R4i Gold card in a DSi LL), but I wanted a self-contained, dedicated piece of hardware that accepted the bulky cartridges and had only one purpose: to play 8-bit Nintendo games on the go.
The Dream
Over the years I’ve seen Chinese knockoffs, DIY mod...
February 27, 2018
Dark City Fanfiction
In honor of the 20th anniversary of one of my all-time favorite films, Dark City, here is a coda I wrote for it in March 2005. I don’t write much fanfic, and this was never revised, published, or posted anywhere–it was written only as an exercise for an old writing group. I don’t remember what they said about it, but looking back on it, some of it makes me cringe now, and some of it still makes me smile. Be gentle, dear readers. If anything, this is a testament to how much the Clarion West Wo...
February 15, 2018
2017 in Writing
I don’t usually bother with award eligibility posts, because I figure if you haven’t already read my story you aren’t going to track it down now, and if you have and think it’s worthy of an award, you probably already have it covered. But everyone can use reminders, and it’s kind of nice for me to run down a list of what I published last year since I can use the reminder too that hey, I may not be writing a lot these days, but I’m producing some work I’m really proud of that I hope people wil...
January 3, 2018
Super MAGFest this weekend!
I will be at Super MAGFest (Music and Gaming Festival) this weekend, Jan. 4-7, Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Oxon Hill, MD, talking about two of my favorite things: writing and video games.
I will be participating in two panels:
The Retro Aesthetic and the Power of Abstraction
Friday Jan. 5, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
MAGES1 – Chesapeake G, H, I
Panelists: Vince Kuyatt, Luke Johnston, Oliver Surpless, E.C. Myers
Despite the gains in graphical capabilities, games continue to turn to th...
December 1, 2017
Revisiting the Hyperkin Cadet Controller (NES)
Back in July, I reviewed Hyperkin’s Cadet Controller, a controller in the style of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) controllers; depending on which model you purchase, the controller is designed with different cables for use on the official NES and compatible clone consoles, the NES Classic Edition (Wii connector), and computers (USB connector). I posted both a detailed video unboxing the Cadet, trying it out, and opening it up, as well as a written summary with pictures. TLDR: I loved...
