August
31st, 2007
It looks like I'll be updating
my livejournal page more often than the
website, so if you haven't had a chance to
check that out, well, what are you waiting
for? Beyond that, there's a few bits
of news. The echoes of Gen Con are still
coming back - I just received the following
picture from Eberron player Dom, and given
that I'm all for being worshipped and
adored, I felt that I should post it; I want
it to be a giant statue outside the First
Church of Eberron (sadly, we don't actually
know if the god of the First Church of
Eberron is real, or if the clerics are just
drawing power from the Ring of Siberys...):
Left to Right top to bottom, Lex, Kyle,
Keith, Adrian, David, Dom.
On the home front, I'm pushing ahead on my
new Eberron novel; the first draft should be
done within two weeks. Woo hoo! And with
that in mind, it occured to me that it's
high time for another installment of
The Eberron
Casting Call. We're almost done with the
Dreaming Dark trilogy, but with The
Gates of Night, we have a new character
to consider: Xu'sasar of the Qaltiar. To
quote the book:
She was unquestionably elven, with fine
features, large almond-shaped eyes, and
long, pointed ears. Like most of the other
elves Daine had encountered, she was short
and slender
athletic, but built for speed
instead of strength. Where most elves had
light complexions, this woman's skin was
pitch black, a shade far darker than he'd
ever seen on another human. This darkness
was broken up by a web of pale white
tattoos, abstract but almost hypnotic in
their complexity. Her long hair was the
color of moonlight, silvery-white and
shimmering in the reflected flame. This
cloak of hair covered more than her actual
clothing. Vambraces made from some sort of
opalescent shell covered her forearms, and
she wore shin-guards made from the same
material. Aside from this armor, she wore a
short, dark loincloth and a few bands of
leather wrapped across her torso.
Xu'sasar is swift and deadly, and
operates under different concepts of
morality and theology that Daine and Lei.
She has grown up in a savage world, where
survival comes before everything else. Who
would you cast in the role of the drow
huntress?
Answer here!
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August 22:
Back from Gen Con!
Hey everyone! Ellen and I have returned from Gen Con, and we had
a great time. I'd like to thank everyone who attended my
seminars, especially the Saturday evening get-together, and I'd
also like to thank C.A. Suleiman for running a game for me
(unfortunately, it was Saturday night and I could barely keep my
eyes open!). By now I'm sure that people have heard about the
onset of D&D Fourth Edition, and you may be wondering what this
means for Eberron and what I think about it. Because I'm too
lazy to figure out how to edit this page myself, I've started
using
www.livejournal.com, and I suggest you check out
my journal.
There were lots of things about
Gen Con worth mentioning, but I need to get back to work on my
novel, so I'll leave you with this terrifying scene of Bossy
being attacked by a beholder. It looks grim, but all I'll
say is that the beholder should have known better than to
swallow the Hellcow.
Sunday, August 12th
Gen Con Indy is approaching, and there's lots of news here at the
Bakery. I'll begin at the end with Gen Con itself. I'm doing a
number of seminars and talks this year. I'm also planning on
finding a space to hang out from 6 PM - 8 PM Saturday evening -
where anyone who wants to talk about Gloom, Eberron, or anything
else can do so in a less structured environment. This is likely
to be in a hotel lobby, restaurant, or open game space, and I
need to scout out the area - so if you're interested, catch me
at one of the other events. Here's my schedule of events:
Thursday 2 PM 3 PM: Author's Alley
Friday 11 AM 12 PM: Eberron Meet & Greet in the WotC Novels
Area
Friday 12 PM 1 PM: Reinventing your campaign
Friday 1 PM 2 PM: Author's Alley
Friday 4 PM 6 PM: Secrets of Eberron
Saturday 9 AM 10 AM: Planes of Eberron seminar
Saturday 10 AM 11 AM: The Dreaming Dark (novel discussion)
Saturday 3 PM 4 PM: Villains of Eberron seminar
Saturday 4 PM 5 PM: Eberron Meet & Greet in the WotC Novels
Area
Saturday 6 PM: Open Chat (location TBD)
What next? Well, the biggest change is that I've left my job with
NetDevil in order to focus on my writing and freelance work. NetDevil
is a great company and they're working on some wonderful
projects, but I was stretching myself too thin trying to do my
novels, Eberron work, and a full-time job. We're still on good
terms, and I hope to do some story work for them on a freelance
basis in the future. Meanwhile, once I'm done with my current
Eberron novel, this should also mean that I'll have more time to
finally get Dragonshards and other Eberron support going again.
Finally, Ellen, Bossy, and I managed to take a vacation in lovely
Cape May in July: click
here to see pictures!
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