Those of you who follow me on Twitter know that we recently endured a tax audit courtesy of the IRS. I’d been meaning to post something about it but kept forgetting. The looming filing deadline for income taxes has reminded me.

Why did we get audited? Well, who knows for sure, but taking the home office deduction (that’s Schedule 8829 attached to Schedule C for you Tax code-o-philes), which we do, ensures extra IRS scrutiny. … Read the rest

I need to hire a web designer to overhaul my homepage, maybe integrate a WordPress blog that will crosspost to this LJ, and otherwise move me into the current age.  🙂  After the overhaul is done, I’d also like a brief tutorial on how I can update the new page myself (perhaps that means I need to buy a license for a content manager/site builder).

Anyway, if you or someone you know is in … Read the rest

An article in the NY Times making the rounds on Twitter (via Colleen Lindsay) makes the case for a high price point for e-books.  I responded to it on Twitter and Facebook and thought I’d repost some of that response here.

My basic critique boils down to this:  I am uncertain (because I’ve seen no data) that e-books are substitute goods for print books in the market as it exists today.  If they … Read the rest

John Jackson Miller and I are interviewed by Dave of Dave’s Fantasy and Sci Fi Review.  I endeavor to be both amusing and profound.  I will allow you to judge whether I achieved either.  🙂

Happy Bookday to friend and colleague Ari Marmell, whose novel, The Conquerer’s Shadow, is loosed upon the world this very day. I blurbed this book and said this:

“The Conqueror’s Shadow is a powerful fantasy, with well drawn heroes and delightfully wicked, yet complicated, villains. Ari Marmell has made his mark in the genre.” –Paul S. Kemp, author of The Erevis Cale Trilogy.

I believe that qualifies as an endorsement.  🙂

I’m pleased to announce that the matters I alluded to here have been resolved and that WotC and I are getting the band back together for a reunion tour.

This means that I will, in fact, be continuing the story of Riven, Mags, Cale, and his son, Vasen.  This pleases me muchly.  So much so that I think I’ll post a picture.

The announcement has gone out in various places on the web, so I can confirm that I have signed a contract with Paizo to write a novel set in the world of Golarian (in Paizo’s Pathfinder line).  Golarian is an extraordinarily cool fantasy setting and I’m looking forward to writing this book.  I hope you’re as excited as I am.

I’m joining friends and colleagues Dave Gross and Elaine Cunningham in the Pathfinder fiction line, … Read the rest

We recently returned from our sojourn to the so-called “Magic Kingdom,” demesne of the creature that calls itself “Walt Disney.”  To spare those of weak constitution, I will keep brief the tale of the dark events that befell our adventuring company there.

Upon entering the Magic Kingdom, I immediately discerned a disturbing lack of Pepsi products, such that no Diet Mountain Dew was to be found anywhere within the realm.  This roused my suspicions, since … Read the rest