I will be attending Balticon in Baltimore, Maryland from May 25th through the 28th. Over Memorial Day weekend I’ll be celebrating the release of Redwing’s Gambit, a science-fiction novella I wrote for the Bulldogs! RPG published by Galileo Games.
For more about Redwing’s Gambit and this appearance, please visit:
Thanks to A Room of One’s Own for hosting the reading. Fun was had, books were signed, and stories were read!
I don’t know about you, but I had a fantastic Halloween! So, my day started off by giving a “treat” to interested readers. A free copy of The Queen of Crows from DriveThruFiction.com. Sending out those e-mails today; I hope those of you who signed up for a copy enjoy it!
Later that night, we had our first reading of HAUNTED: 11 Tales of Ghostly Horror at a library. First? Librarians are awesome. They put out a bunch of treats for the reading and made up a huge poster of the event. So, combined with my bags o’ goodies, there was a lot of sugar to be had.
When I got home? A five star review!
The editing is sharp and the flow of stories is good throughout. I like to be able to digest a story after reading it but found myself turning to read the next story, so whether you like the genre or if you fancy a break from the latest glut of average books then I can highly recommend this one. — HAUNTED Review on GoodReads
I’m happy that readers are really digging this one. So thank you a whole bunch for contributing to a very memorable Halloween!
GenCon 2011 was a lot of work. Prior to the show, Matt and I were dodging bullets and putting in extra hours for the first DriveThruRPG partnership with White Wolf Publishing and select games from Malhavoc Press, Open Design, Nocturnal, Eden Studios and Abstract Nova.
Even with the booth location at the back of a very large and very huge hall… This venture was a runaway hit. The quality of the new books is really awesome. And the fans? The ones who practically wept with joy seeing Vampire: the Masquerade back in print? Or how about the guy that seriously demanded to know when his copy of the twentieth anniversary edition will be sitting in his mailbox because he loves that game so much.
Besides the already scheduled signings, Jim Zubkavich offered to sign the Exalted comic, Greg Stolze was happy to drop off signed excerpts of his Vampire: the Requiem novel, A Hunger Like Fire, and Jason Vey took time to sign All Flesh Must be Eaten books with me from Eden Studios.
Oh, and did I mention we sold out of Ptolus on Saturday morning?
The booth’s success was due to the efforts of the fine people working the booth. Chuck, Mike, Pauline, Sean, Matt, Steve, Corinne, Ken, Steve, Luke, Carol and myself. We came, we sweated, we had meetings, we ate, we sweated some more…
I had a ridiculously busy schedule, but had some help getting through it with my friend Jack Daniels. By the time Monday rolled around, I was “deep fried” and happy to be home.
However…
DOM DOM DOM…
All that squeezing and pushing and cracking heads prior to the show leaves me with? NO STRESS. NO DRAMA. I have forward momentum on many irons in the fire that I’ve been developing for some time.
And some new ones, too! Which are… awesome… In many ways… Of course, probably the best update I have is that we’re scheduling a vacation. Well, that and the awesome, awesome meetings I had. All of which went swimmingly well.
Hee.
More updates and news will be released as it happens. I’m happy to be focusing on the creative aspects of my work, my jewelry design and my art and thrilled I’m working with such excellent and admirable hobbits people.
Life, quite frankly, is made out of awesome. Although my fridge is a little… Well… empty…
I have an author signing! Sadly, there won’t be any cake, but there will be shiny new brochures and some promo cards for The Queen of Crows with artwork by illustrator Leanne Buckley.
I’ve got something else planned, too, but time is running short. I’m hoping to finish a scrapbook filled with photos and more information about my work. If it’s not done in time, then you’ll just have to wait until the next show. Sounds like I’ll have a couple of my books and games on hand, too.
Truthfully, I’m still working on the whole “Hey, how can I inform people about my work without sounding like a complete diva?” angle, which is why I like doing these things. I’m expecting attendance to be hit-or-miss, as it usually is when I share a spot with the Guest-of-Honor. This year’s honorable author is Anton Strout.
The line will form on the left and the right. A part of me wishes we could be like those door knockers from the Labyrinth. Of course, I would be the one that only told the truth…