Bent on total word domination
The first issue of the Magic: The Gathering comic book I’m writing for IDW hits stores today. Be sure to hustle down to your local comic shop to grab yourself a copy, which comes with a playable, alternate-art card for the bestselling Magic: The Gathering collectible card game, on which the comic is based. If you [...]
My historical horror novel Carpathia is due out at the end of the month. It hits most of the world on February 28, which is the release date for the ebook edition as well. The UK print edition reaches shelves a couple days later on March 1. There’s also an audiobook edition in the works for [...]
Last night at about 10:45 PM, I put the finishing touches on the first draft of Matt Forbeck’s Brave New World: Revolution, the first book in my 12 for ’12 plan. That cut it a bit close to the end of the month, but it means I’m still on track for the year, and I [...]
Throughout the month of February, I’m taking part in a huge multi-author contest set to give away dozens of free books. It’s the brainchild of my friend Ari Marmell, and it’s called Crossing the Streams. Each participating author (like me), is going to run a contest and give away a couple of books. For myself, [...]
Where do you draw the line in using terms with proper-name origins in an alternate world setting?I recall the anecdote about a Ravenloft author inventing the term “air moss” because “Spanish moss” was right out. This past week’s word-of-the-day list in…
Elaine Cunningham has released the second in her Tales of Sevrin novellas. Check out Honor Bound in Kindle format, or start from the beginning with Honor Among Thieves. Also available at Smashwords: .MOBI versions of Honor Among Thieves and H…
By Mystra! I’ve found Rob King!Still busy, and it doesn’t look like it is going to get un-busy for a while. This means I will not be part of the A to Z Challenge this year. But I want to share this.Back when I worked for TSR, my face appeared a co…
Adamant Entertainment’s Far West Kickstarter campaign was so successful (ending up with nearly ten times the original goal) that Gareth-Michael Skarka began adding additional rewards for supporters. One of the first was the fiction anthology Tales of t…
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I’ve got a lot on my plate at the moment, so please accept this set of meme-questions from Zak’s D&D with Porn Stars blog. The blog is tucked behind an “Adult Subject Matter” wall (so be aware), but is no more salacious than, say, that old copy of …