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Tally Sheet

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Last year was a little bit of a lull for me, writing-wise, as I concentrated on laying the groundwork for new projects and personal matters. But, I vowed to hit the ground running in 2025, and I like to think I have done that.

So far, I have done the following:

  • Started a new job as Narrative Director at Romero Games, and I am having a blast doing so.
  • Written the bulk of the manuscript for The Video Game Writer’s Guide To Surviving an Industry That Hates You, and done edits and final proofs.
  • Finalized the concept and wrote the script for my first graphic novel, a 124 page horror comic for the French publisher Delcourt, done in conjunction with the legendary Matz.
  • Finalized the contents of a new short story collection, including an all-new Reb Palache story.
  • Wrote 7 short stories so far and counting.
  • Managed to pump out 2 essays a week on game narrative and writing over at LinkedIn
  • Laid the groundwork for a few more upcoming projects.
  • Promised to kill at least one person horribly in a story or novel for charity.

I’m now gearing up for starting another novel, and I have a few more stories in progress I need to complete. And there will be at least two big announcements coming up before the end of the year.

No rest for the wicked, or their typing fingers.

Bridgewater

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I have been a comic book fan since I was a kid. I know waaaaay too much about the mid-200s issues of Incredible Hulk, I have a complete run of the Denny O’Neil Question series, and until its mysterious disappearance, I had an original sketch of Malekith the Dark Elf by Walt Simonson gracing my office. But my efforts to actually write comics always sort of foundered. I did a couple of short pieces for White Wolf back in the day – the example of play in Wraith 2nd Edition and the opener to Corax – but mostly it was stuff like my former employer asking me to write comics scripts for tie-ins to a game I had worked on, receiving the scripts, and then claiming that they never existed in the first place and I had no idea what I was talking about.

So it gives me great pleasure to announce that coming soon from Delcourt will be my first official foray into writing a graphic novel. I am co-authoring a horror project called Bridgewater with the legendary French graphic novelist Matz. Art will be by the mighty Aurélien Morinière. And it’s going to be creepy as hell.

Looking forward to telling you more!