OLD News

I’ve just realized that this December will mark the 10th anniversary of my very first RPG freelance writing contract. 😯

This should feel like an accomplishment, but somehow, it’s just making me feel horrifyingly old.

Tonight, George (my wife, for those of you who don’t know me and haven’t read my "about me" section) and I started what is supposed to be the first of our nightly–or at least, almost nightly–exercise routine.

This will not be the first time I’ve started an exercise routine. I hope that this one actually sticks.

It’s not just that I’m inherently lazy when it comes to physical stuff (though I’m that, too). It’s that I hate doing anything I really, really suck at. And boy, am I in pathetic shape. I mean, really. If I told you how long I was able to go on the eliptical and then the treadmill, before I had to stop, you’d be horrified. I know this, because I’m horrified. 😥

And I find it very hard to stick with stuff I’m bad at. I don’t deliberately quit; I just conveniently forget, or let myself get distracted. And "I’ll get back to it tomorrow" becomes "I’ll get back to it next week" becomes "I should have gotten back to it a month ago, shouldn’t I?"

I’m really going to try to stick with it this time. I know that I desperately need to. But then, I knew that last time, and the time before… Blargh. Someone just needs to invent Workout-in-a-Pill already.

I just came up with an idea for a forthcoming WotC assignment that involves some adventure writing. Inspiration for said idea came–via a truly bewildering train of "logic"–from my socks.

Yes, really.

I think I’m going to save this story for the next time I get the dreaded "Where do you get your ideas?" question…

It’s been a few months since I’ve written any of my weekend articles for Suvudu. And I’d like to start contributing more regularly to the Pyr house blog as well.

So, good people (and the rest of you)… What do you want to see? What topics would–related to the fantasy genre, gaming (but in a general sense, not something that’s more appropriate to my ENWorld column), the writing process, or anything else even remotely relevant–would you like to see me cover over the next few months?

It’s been a few months since I’ve written any of my weekend articles for Suvudu. And I’d like to start contributing more regularly to the Pyr house blog as well.

So, good people (and the rest of you)… What do you want to see? What topics would–related to the fantasy genre, gaming (but in a general sense, not something that’s more appropriate to my ENWorld column), the writing process, or anything else even remotely relevant–would you like to see me cover over the next few months?

There are some days where "writing" really is nothing but a code word for "waiting and fretting." 😛