Gen Con in progress…

Just a quick note to mention that I’m at Gen Con, participating in writing panels as a member of the Writers Symposium–it’s only about halfway finished, so if you haven’t already done so and you’re in the Indianapolis area, please stop by and say hello!  My remaning appearances at the convention are posted on the […]

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Readercon is imminent!

I’ve been out in Seattle for the last few weeks visiting family, and will be heading home tomorrow just in time to turn around and head up to Boston for the first of a series of conferences over the next few months, beginning with Readercon this weekend.  This is my third time at Readercon, and […]

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Things are, er, Ascending…

I just realized I haven’t yet mentioned the work of a good friend of mine, Justin Gary, whose new game Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer is going to be officially released at GenCon.  Justin is a former Magic champion who turned his gaming prowess into a major career; he was the lead designer of the […]

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Conference Report–Ad Astra 2010

So much for the writing trick of “keeping secrets,” as Pat Rothfuss likes to put it–I think you all pretty much know what this post is about from the title, so I might as well dive in!  It’s actually going up later than I intended…we’re in the home stretch of the spring semester, and so […]

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Ad Astra 2010

Just a reminder that I’ll be at Ad Astra in Toronto this weekend–and other than leaving summer in New York for winter in Ontario, I’m really looking forward to it.  I’m on the following panels: Friday, April 9, 9:00 p.m., Salon 343–Same Old Settings, with Rick Wilber, Karina Sumner-Smith, Karl Schroeder and Derek Kunsken; Friday, […]

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Me and the media…

…so to speak!  I’m happy to announce that thanks to the work of my friend and talented webmaster Kevin Grinberg, I now have a Media section on my website (both Author and Academic sides of it, actually), where you can find interviews, readings and even video clips of panel appearances I’ve done.  Feel free to […]

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Agent interview…

My agent, Roger Williams, recently did an interview with writer Lindsay Currie; I found his answers to be insightful and interesting, though I’ll admit to an obvious bias in his favor. 🙂 You can find it reprinted here, and it’s well worth the read. Greg

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When titans collide…?

I’m assuming anyone reading an author’s blog will have heard something about this, but in case you’ve been hiding under a (oh, let’s just say it) a Super Bowl rock the last couple of weeks: Amazon and Macmillan have been having a bit of a, well, tussle over a few minor issues. Okay, they’re actually […]

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