This is the cover for Antagonists, which is scheduled for early 2013. A group of us have another book coming out before then, but I wanted to share this. I like it, although the technique is very different to the woodcut style of many other Ars covers. Just a quick note about the upcoming books.…
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The Habits of The Witches of Thessaly
What were Trianoma’s ancestresses doing before they joined the Order? Here’s a quote from the Golden Ass, in which the witches do many other magical things. The text comes from Project Gutenberg. When I was a young man I…fortuned in an evil hour to come to the City Larissa, where while I went up and…
Read MoreJust a quick note to mention the cover of the new book
Brace youself for some seriously cool art.
Read MoreNot Dead, Just Sleepng
Hi! No updates for three months, but don’t worry, the blog’s not dead. Basically I’ve been commissioned to write four book contributions, split between two publishers. That’s at the upper edge of what I can manage, with my current writing time. I have been tackling it and two are in the bag, and one is…
Read MoreLegends of Hermes page now up
Some spare material, and thoughts on the writing process, for my newest book. Basically, when I was designing this, I hit a roadblock which stopped my initial plans, but recovered from that. I think the work I did the second time around is better than the first. It suits the setting better and doesn’t need…
Read MoreA scratchpad for some ideas, so I don’t forget them
So, I had this idea for a convention one-shot scenario. I’m writing it up here because there’s no chance I’ll work on it this year, and I don’t want to forget the elements which have started to congeal in my mind. The background of it works like this: the Criamon cosmology contains a couple of apocalyptic…
Read MoreQuick rumor control post
I mentioned an upcoming event on a webpage for an Australian convention, and I’ve had some questions in the various fora I participate in, so: Yes, Linda and I are expecting our first child soonish, and so I have not volunteered to run anything at AusCon in May. If it turns out that fatherhood is substantially…
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Ars Magica Note: There are No Nosferatu
Interesting note: the term “nosferatu”, which is widely believed to be Romanian for vampire, comes into English through a book called “The Land Beyond the Forest”, which Bram Stoker used as a source for his research for “Dracula”. The Romanian term for vampire is, however, vampir. The word nosferatu does not exist before it appears…
Read MoreStuffed crocodilles in the laboratory, a pre-Pratchettian source
While writing Covenants, and describing the laboratories of magicians, some of us wanted to include a bonus for having a stuffed crocodille hanging from the ceiling. That didn’t come through, but now I can prove it comes from a public domain source, which means you can use it in your games, and if told you…
Read MoreHi! Are you sure you have the right site?
I noticed a group of people started following Games From Folktales today. Hi! If you came here mostly because of my recent discussions about the Australian Women Writers Challenge, then perhaps you’d prefer to follow book coasters (gcbooks.wordpress.com), which is my work blog, where I review books. This site’s mostly about my own writing, so its…
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