I’d really like for my next contest to be "Use your favorite RPG system to stat up your favorite character from either The Conqueror’s Shadow or Agents of Artifice." But my contests so far haven’t had huge numbers of entrants, so I’m not sure that there would be enough interest in something so esoteric–or (believe it or not) that there’s enough overlap between fans of my fiction and RPG gamers.
What do you folks think? Any interest?
I’ve been seeing a certain phrase used online a lot lately, and it bugs me.
People are saying "Oh, I read the audio version of [Book Title]."
No, you didn’t. You listened to it. You didn’t read it.
There’s nothing wrong with listening to an audio book; I’m not denigrating that at all. But use the proper verb. You didn’t "read" an audio book, any more than you "heard" a printed book, or "watched" a song on the radio.
Got a new interview up at Innsmouth Free Press. There’s a lot of stuff here, and I think that whether you’re interested in my fiction or my RPG work (or both, one might hope), you’ll find something here.
So, my latest EN World column is up. In it, I ruminate a bit–with all love and respect to designers throughout the years 😉 –on something that I think no edition of D&D has ever entirely done to my satisfaction. (This despite the fact that I have barely the vaguest notion of how it should.)
And in which I also take a moment to doff my hat to Phil Athans, and thank him for the years of hard work he put in at WotC–and the opportunities he offered me personally.
And a new Suvudu column for your entertainment, edification, and enlightenment. (It also cures athlete’s foot and improves gas mileage. Results not guaranteed.) Today, I talk about secondary worlds, point out an area of fantasy where they’re not only not dominant, but almost utterly absent, and ponder a bit on why that is.
Best. New Who finale. Ever.
Yes, there are some holes, but not nearly enough to ruin my appreciation of the episode. And it’s got me absolutely hyped for next season.
More like this, please.
(More in-depth discussion, with spoilers, somewhere down the road.)
