This weekend, I’m heading off to Halo Outpost Discovery in Anaheim, California. HOD is a multi-media traveling celebration of all things related to Halo, and Anaheim is the last stop of this summer’s inaugural tour. They’ve called in a bunch of special guests to help them cap everything off, including loads of Halo writers and actors like Steve Downes and …
See You at Gen Con!
This is my favorite show of the year. I never miss it. I started going when I was a kid, and this will be my 38th in a row. Better yet, it falls across my birthday once again, so there’s double reason to celebrate. If you’re a tabletop gamer of any stripe and have the time and means to make …
See You at Comic-Con!
Next week, I’m off to San Diego for Comic-Con International. I’ve been going to San Diego Comic-Con on and off since the mid-’90s, when Jim Lee used to bring me out to demo the games I helped design with WildStorm (his part of Image Comics at the time). It’s something like quintupled in size since then, but I still always …
New Endless Quest Books on the Way!
The folks at Studio Press/Candlewick Press have revealed some more information about my next two Dungeons & Dragons Endless Quest books. For those not in the know, these are pick-a-path books set in the worlds of the most popular roleplaying game in the world, Dungeons & Dragons. I had four of them come out last September, and there are another …
Endless Quest Live!
On Saturday, the folks at Candlewick Press – the US publishers of my Dungeons & Dragons Endless Quest books – hosted a playthrough of one of my upcoming books, The Mad Mage’s Academy. We recorded the entire thing live for YouTube, and we’ll have a trimmed-down highlights reel available later this summer. I read through the book, and every time …
Exalted: Circle of Protection Out Today!
Today marks the debut of Exalted: Circle of Protection, a brand-new original novel set in the world of the third edition of the Exalted tabletop roleplaying game. It’s the tale of a young woman named Palym, who leaves her village to travel to the big city – and promptly wanders into a magical disaster that nearly gets her killed. She finds herself in …
Blood Bowl Anthology Out Today!
Death on the Pitch, an anthology that collects a series of recently published Blood Bowl stories, debuts today in both paperback and ebook formats. This collection features my short story “The Hack Attack,” which centers on a sort of “Where Are They Now” show about the characters in my Blood Bowl novels, many years later. It also features stories by Josh Reynolds, Robbie MacNiven, Andy …
Talking Tie-Ins
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 …