In Spike Jonze’s new movie Her, a schlubby writer, played by Joaquin Phoenix, falls for his operating system. You can’t really blame him. For one thing, the OS is voiced by Scarlett Johansson. For another, she’s programmed to be compatible with him. To match his wants and his needs. To make his life easier and his interactions with her ( Read more... )

The new video game Storybundle is live. It includes Vaporware, as well as work from Ian Bogost, Anna Anthropy, and more. Pay what you want and get the whole kit and kaboodle, DRM-free.

Check it out here!

So my novel Vaporware is just gone on sale for 99 cents, this weekend only.

Consider the possibilities.

Which is another way of saying there's an excerpt of VAPORWARE up over at Wag the Fox, along with a contest to win an e-pub version of the book. 

As part of the launch hoopla for VAPORWARE, I did a bunch of guest posts and interviews at various sites. These include:

Chuck Wendig's TerribleMinds, which on any given day is required reading for any working writer
Suzanne Johnson's Preternatura, where I talk about being a multi-classed writer
Gnome Stew, where I talk a bit about what GMs can ( Read more... )

...on VAPORWARE from some of the folks who've read it:

Vaporware is life in the world of games, raw and real from a writer who did his time in the trenches - with a supernatural twist that'll make you think twice about late night log-ons and who is really lurking behind the avatar on your screen...

-- New York Times bestselling author James ( Read more... )

Friday, the fine folks at JournalStone will release my novel VAPORWARE. It has been described as a "video game ghost story", a sort of Fatal Attraction for the digital age where being "married to the job" means something a little different and a lot more dangerous. You can find it at the JournalStone site, or at amazon, or any number of other fine ( Read more... )

In book news, Snowbird Gothic is now available in paperback! And, if you're reading this, you know about the ongoing series of stories-behind-the-stories which appear in this same space, so I won't bend your ear about them.
We have a release date for Vaporware: May 24th. And there's still time to get in on the contest over at Goodreads, where they' ( Read more... )

• On the eve of a two-week sojourn to Toronto to put various touches (not bad, not finishing) on Splinter Cell: Blacklist. I solemnly swear that this time, I am actually going to visit the Hockey Hall of Fame, largely because, well, I haven't yet, and it seems like the sort of thing one should do. I will, however, be avoiding poutine like the very ( Read more... )

• I have been added to the list of stretch goals for James Wallis' marvelous-looking Kickstarter RPG, Alas Vegas. If he hits the In Over Your Heads stretch goal, I'll be bending my talents toward some supplemental material for the game. And let me say again, it looks marvelous. James is one of my favorite game designers, and the rogue's gallery he's ( Read more... )