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June 11, 2010
Brave New World & InSpectres at Gen Con
In that last post about my Gen Con schedule, I buried a notation about this year's Gen Con event from Reactor 88 Studios. According to the official listing:
Come see what Reactor 88 Studios is working on. We will be showing updates on the development of Matt Forbeck's Brave New World, and we will also be be offering a first look at the film based on Jared A. Sorensen's InSpectres, which is currently in production. We will talk about the processes of production as well as showcase some new...
My Gen Con Schedule
Gen Con just posted the schedule for the Industry Insider Guests of Honor. Once again, I'm honored to be such a guest, and a number of fantastic are joining me, namely Steven Charbonneau, Michael Elliott, Steven Ellis, Mike Gray, David Hill, Eric Lang, Brian Lewis, Stan!, Owen K.C. Stephens, Jeff Tidball, and Bryan Tillman.
Combine this with the stuff I already have set up, and I have ten events scheduled at the show. I'll be all over the place, so be sure to hunt me down and say hi!
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June 9, 2010
Gibson on Futures and Writing
William Gibson (author of Neuromancer among many other fantastic books) spoke at this year's BEA about how the Future as we once knew it is over. We caught up with it and live in an eternal and evolving now.
In science-fiction — the great harbinger of the Future — stories about the Future rarely have really been. As he notes, "[I:]maginary futures are always, regardless of what the authors might think, about the day in which they're written." You can't comment on things that are in the distant ...
June 8, 2010
Reactor 88 Takes on King Kong
My pals at Reactor 88 Studios recently put together this Zooppa ad for the new King Kong 360/3D experience debuting at Universal Studios this summer. Peter Jackson produced the ride, based on his film.
I had nothing to do with this, so I can brag freely on what a fine job the R88 crew did. Check it out.
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June 4, 2010
Gen Con Writers' Symposium
My Gen Con schedule is starting to fill up. Besides my duties as an Industry Insider Guest of Honor, I'll also be helping out with the Writer's Symposium and hopefully something cool with my friends at Reactor 88 Studios. At the moment, you can find me at:
Friday, August 6, 1pm: The Short and Long of Writing Fiction
Saturday, August 7, 1pm: How to Make a Living as a Writer
Saturday, August 7, 3pm: This Pen's For Hire
Hope to see you there!
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June 3, 2010
The Art of Writing Tie-In Fiction
My latest column is up at The Escapist. In "The Art of Writing Tie-In Fiction," I discuss some of the differences between tie-in and original fiction. Stop on by for a read — it's free — and let me know what you think.
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May 27, 2010
The Guild Wars Collaboration
Over on Booklife, Jeremy L. C. Jones is running a series of short author interviews about collaborating on fiction. In the latest installment, he hit Jeff Grubb and me up to chat about how we worked together on our upcoming novel Ghosts of Ascalon, based on the Guild Wars 2 MMO. Be sure to check it out.
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Them Bones
My friends over at Gameplaywright.net have just opened up pre-orders for the special edition of The Bones, a book of essays about everyone's favorite random number generators: dice. It features pieces by some of the brightest lights in the gaming industry, including Keith Baker, Jason L Blair, Greg Costikyan, Ray Fawkes, Pat Harrigan, Jess Hartley, Fred Hicks, Will Hindmarch, Kenneth Hite, John Kovalic, James Lowder, Russ Pitts, Jesse Scoble, Mike Selinker, Jared Sorensen, Paul Tevis, Jeff...
May 20, 2010
Plans Change at Storytellers Unplugged
Over at Storytellers Unplugged, I just posted a note called "Plans Change." It's about what the change in Angry Robot's publishing schedule means for me. Go check it out.
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May 19, 2010
Amortals and Vegas Knights Dates
The downside of Angry Robot moving from HarperCollins to Osprey is that they won't be releasing any books for a few months during the transition. This includes both Amortals and Vegas Knights, which were slated for shelves in the UK this spring and the US this summer. The new schedule for the UK looks like this:
Amortals: November 2010
Vegas Knights: March 2011
The US schedule isn't as firm quite yet, but the books should be out shortly after their respective debuts in the UK. The books will be ...
