Current Obsessions
Yeah, so I've been kind of neglecting my blog. Work has been really crazy in the last few weeks since our biggest convention of the year, and I've been dog tired or socializing (you know, with actual humans) at night. My computer is also choking along and I can't upload images from home, which makes things a huge pain in the ass.
I've also been busy. Here's a brief list of my current projects.
1. The Dragon Article
Not sure how I got myself into writing this month's "Wormfood" article for Dragon, but it's not done yet and it should be. The lateness is at about a two-alarm level.
2. The Article for MIT Press
I'm writing a scholarly article about the history of D&D for a book that will be published by MIT press. I'm not nearly as far along as I should be. Another two alarm.
3. The Wizards of the Coast Hardcover I Was Born to Write
I won't say what it is, but I will say it's a collaboration with James Jacobs and Ed Stark. It's going to be the bestest, and will probably be my last non-magazine professional game credit in a while. I'm itching to move into other mediums and genres, and plan to take a little extra-curricular gaming sabbatical for a while after this one, which will encompass about 50,000 words of text. Status: On schedule.
4. The New Girl
Heh.
I've actually got a lot of blog posts building up and half-written in my head, and they should arrive shortly. I also promised a reader to revisit the idea of Hugo Chavez, and whether he deserves to be killed, lauded, or something in between.
You tell me.
I've also been busy. Here's a brief list of my current projects.
1. The Dragon Article
Not sure how I got myself into writing this month's "Wormfood" article for Dragon, but it's not done yet and it should be. The lateness is at about a two-alarm level.
2. The Article for MIT Press
I'm writing a scholarly article about the history of D&D for a book that will be published by MIT press. I'm not nearly as far along as I should be. Another two alarm.
3. The Wizards of the Coast Hardcover I Was Born to Write
I won't say what it is, but I will say it's a collaboration with James Jacobs and Ed Stark. It's going to be the bestest, and will probably be my last non-magazine professional game credit in a while. I'm itching to move into other mediums and genres, and plan to take a little extra-curricular gaming sabbatical for a while after this one, which will encompass about 50,000 words of text. Status: On schedule.
4. The New Girl
Heh.
I've actually got a lot of blog posts building up and half-written in my head, and they should arrive shortly. I also promised a reader to revisit the idea of Hugo Chavez, and whether he deserves to be killed, lauded, or something in between.
You tell me.
8 Comments:
The MIT article sounds interesting, Erik. What can you tell us about it and the rest of the book?
Ditto on the WotC project. If you were born to write this, is it really a GH book of some sort???
Allan.
Just to nip rumors in the bud immediately, the hardcover mentioned above is _not_ a Greyhawk product.
The article will examine how the game introduced the idea of roleplaying throughout all of its various incarnations.
Now that's a shame (smiley).
Either way, given the quality of Whispering Caern and the stuff James has been cranking out for Dragon lately, that sounds all kinds of promising.
Glad to see you're out socialising too - I read your "day in the life" post at Enworld a few weeks ago, and given that I work in the video game industry, it really struck a chord with me. Finding time to be can get mighty hard with such a workload, especially if you have to be creative. Looking forward to the next few posts.
Maybe we can compromise and killaud Mr. Chavez.
Thanks for the info Erik. Sad that it's not GH, but it sounds like you're quite excited about the book, which is great, regardless of its world :D
rats... was so hoping for a Greyhawk hardcover even if it was only by Erik...:P
Hugo Chavez is tinpot dictator and only gains attention because of the amount of oil that is pumped out of his country.
Although his sanity can be questioned, I don't think he represents a true threat to the US despite what those in the current administration might like to say about him.
Ironically his socialist agenda is simply the opposite end of the spectrum from Bush's capitalist agenda. Maybe Bush can call Venezuela and Cuba the Axis of Pinkos (The other Evil Axis).
Or Chavez is a popularly elected leader who has made some genuinely impressive changes in his country, but has (like most politicians) a tendency toward megolomania. He certainly doesn't deserve to be killed, but given that there is some interesting politics happenening down there it's worth paying attention to what he's up to.
'm assuming that the secret,born to write book is one fiends if it's not a GH hardcover. I'm not playing Dn, but I'd probably buy that if the budget allows.
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