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July 22, 2010
Tied-In Released
The IAMTW has just released its first book, Tied In: The Business, History and Craft of Media Tie-In Writing. Edited by Lee Goldberg, the book features essays about all aspects of writing tie-in novels from Donald Bain, Max Allan Collins, Tod Goldberg, Elizabeth Massie, William C. Dietz, Aaron Rosenberg, Paul Kupperberg, Jeff Mariotte, Raymond Benson, Robert Greenberger, David Spencer, Greg Cox, Burl Barer, Jeff Ayers, Nancy Holder, Brandie Tarvin, Alina Adams and William Rabkin. There...
Beukes Takes London
Lauren Beukes — author of the excellent Moxyland and Zoo City, and fellow Angry Robot author — is due for a rare visit to London from her home in South Africa. During this, she has a signing at Forbidden Planet on July 29, from 6–7 PM. For this, you can order one of a limited edition of 100 hardcovers of Zoo City that are exclusive to Forbidden Planet. This is the first ever hardcover from Angry Robot, which makes it a fine collector's item.
Lauren will also be a guest of the British Fantasy A...
Kickstarting Terrible Character Portraits
My friend Jeff Preston has a new Kickstarter project: 60 Terrible Character Portraits for Creative Commons Release. Despite the title, Jeff's artwork is the opposite of terrible. Check it out and chip in if it tickles you.
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July 20, 2010
I'm a Cheap/Dream Date
To help raise money for the ENnie Awards given out at Gen Con for the year's best tabletop roleplaying games, the award committee asked me to serve as one of a slate of "dream dates" for the pre-ceremony VIP cocktail reception. This runs from 6:30 to 7:30 PM in the Westin Hotel Grand Ballroom IV. Because of the Reactor 88 events starting at 7:30 PM, I'm going to have to miss the ceremony, but I'll be happy to hang around with the highest bidder for as much of the cocktail hour as you can...
Stuck at Great America
That's Ken's head, then Ann and Helen. Marty's in the gold shirt, next to Nick.
Yesterday, Ann and I took the kids to Great America, along with their uncle Nick Kolinsky, who was down for a long weekend. The kids had each earned a free ticket to the park through a reading program at school, so it didn't cost us much at all, and they always have a wonderful time there. Last year, Nick and Helen were just a bit too short to get on some of the bigger rides, but this time around they cleared...
July 19, 2010
Gen Con Party
The fine folks at Reactor 88 Studios have lined up an afterparty following their big event at Gen Con: Reactor 88 Studios: Behind the Scenes. With luck, we should have a rough-cut of the InSpectres proof-of-concept to show there. In that, you'll see me in all my gory-zombie goodness.
Come to the event if you can and then join us at the afterparty. It's at the SubTerra Lounge, the same place as last year, and it'll be a blast. With three excellent DJs — you may know them by the names Matt...
July 16, 2010
Shadowrun: Spells & Chrome E-Book Out
Sometime back in May, Catalyst Game Labs released its first new fiction anthology for Shadowrun, entitled Spells & Chrome. John Helfers edited the book, and it includes stories from Jason Hardy, Jason Schmetzer, Jean Rabe, Phaedra Weldon, Kevin Killiany, Steven Mohan Jr., Bradley P. Beaulieu, Steve Kenson, Dan C. Duval, Stephen Dedman, Marc Tassin, Jennifer J. Harding, William H. Keith, Ilsa Bick, and Mike Stackpole. Oh, and I wrote a sharp little tale called "No Such Luck."
It's only...
I, Zombie
Last Saturday, I ran down to Bolingbrook, Illinois, to join the Reactor 88 Studios team in the first day of shooting for the InSpectres proof-of-concept short. I had been asked to play a zombie.
I spent the first couple hours at the Reactor 88 office, sitting for makeup. The talented and lovely Margret Ebert labored over me to make me uglier than I'd ever been, and she did a hell of a job. In advance of the shoot, she bought a suit at Goodwill and did horrible things to it, including tossing m...
Ghosts of Ascalon on iBooks
My iPhone 4 arrived Wednesday, and I spent a lot of time poking around in it. One thing I discovered is that Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon is available for pre-order through iBooks. The best part about it is that you can download a free sample of the book right now. As a bonus, it goes all the way into Chapter Three, much farther along than the free PDF you can download elsewhere. If you have an iPhone 4, be sure to check it out.
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July 15, 2010
Massive Guild Wars News and the First Review
Jeff Grubb — my co-writer for Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon — has been all over the place these days, promoting the book. Since it's due to hit shelves on July 27, less than two weeks away, now's the time, and I appreciate the help.
ArenaNet updated their page for the book. Head over there, and you can read a PDF of the first chapter of the book for free. You can also pick up a copy of a map of the world of Tyria that appears in the front of the book. On top of that, they updated the book's...
