I enjoyed GenghisCon 2015 so much that I was inspired to volunteer for two positions for GenghisCon 2016: running a Killer game, and co-programmer of panels.

More details of the Killer game will be released closer to the time of the con, but I will say that it's based on John Carpenter's The Thing. Right now, I'm looking for panel suggestions and ( Read more... )

True, in the past 48 hours, fantasy artists Patrick Woodroffe and H. R. Giger died, and bullshit artists Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey didn't presented us with an abominable budget that might have inspired Edvard Munch or Francisco Goya... okay, maybe that wasn't a particularly inspiring introduction. I'll try again ( Read more... )

I've been marking assignments, which is not quite the same thing; for one thing, it's only temporary. I've also been breathing, washing, eating, sleeping, going to Swancon and other events, making plans to go to Continuum 8, donating to a Kickstarter project to revive the Shadowrun computer game, seeing a few movies, waiting and hoping (in vain, so ( Read more... )

Ancient Evil, a Villains & Vigilantes adventure I wrote and ran in 1986/87, will finally be published on August 31st.

Having reached the peak of my mountain of marking and begun the careful descent on the other side, I've finally had time to begin NaNoWriMo and to review October.

Writing and publishing wise, it hasn't been stellar. Submitted: two short reviews. Published: four short reviews, and whatever contribution I made to GURPS Low Tech. One acceptance (a ( Read more... )

Not an especially productive month, writing-wise - finished and submitted one article to Pyramid and three reviews to The West Australian.

Slightly better for publications - one article in Pyramid, four reviews in The West Australian, and an article on thrillers on their website. Two sales: a Villains & Vigilantes adventure and one Aftermath! ( Read more... )

Not a stellar month, writing-wise: wrote and submitted five short reviews and an article. Publications: four short reviews and a piece in Pyramid. No acceptances, no rejections, no Honorable Mentions in The Year's Best Science Fiction (hardly astonishing, considering my output last year, but still something of a blow). One interview published at ( Read more... )

Just seen the cover for the Shadowrun anthology Spells and Chrome, featuring my story 'Wetwork'.

DriveThruRPG (which I always think of as DriveByRPG, but that's just me) are running a Doctors Without Borders Haiti Earthquake Response Appeal.

Donate $20 Dollars and you get $1400 worth of Roleplaying product: PDFs, music files, maps, Diana : Warrior Princess, adventure seeds, the Serenity RPG, etc etc etc. The money goes to Doctors Without ( Read more... )

Good advice from Nick Mamatas on reasons for writing and publishing short stories.

And the wish list for the next sixteen issues of Pyramid is now online.