Panel - Writing for Games

I've been invited to sit on a panel on the subject of Writing for Games. I'm really excited by this and am sure that it will be a fabulous evening. If you're anywhere near London why not come along?

The event even has it's own Facebook page, so it's sure to be a roaring success. :)

Writing Awards

The Writers Guild of America announced last year that it would be creating a new award aimed at game writers. More recently it announced the shortlist, amongst which was the game The Witcher. But because I am not a member of the WGA or its New Media Caucus I was not included in the list of writers nominated.

Now, I have nothing against the other talented writers who were nominated, but it seems like the WGA are taking my share of the credit and alocating it to the writers who are their members. I realise that the awards are for their members, but in a world where we all thrive, professionally, on our credits, this seems a little wrong.

If my work had been less significant I wouldn't even give it a a second thought, but as I edited and re-wrote over 90,000 words of dialogue I think that my contribution is not something that should be glossed over.

I don't expect this post to change anything, but I felt like letting off a little steam (in a polite way).

Competition - Writing for Video Games book

Writers News is running an online competition with my book, Writing for Video Games as the prize. If you haven't yet bought it and would like the chance of winning a free copy, hurry over to the site and take part. The draw for the competition winner takes place on 15th April. Good luck!

Writers' Forum

I just received two copies of the March edition of Writers' Forum in the post. I wrote a full-page article for them, which was designed to help promote my book, Writing for Video Games. When I set out to write the article I actually found it a little hard to approach - how do you put over the subject matter of a whole book in 800 words? The article had to act as both taster and overview, which was a pretty tall order, but I think I managed to pull it off.

Also in the magazine was an advertisement for the book with a special offer on it which gives the readers the opportunity to buy it at the reduced price of ten pounds - nearly a three pound saving! Unfortunately, they printed the advert slightly wrongly and left off the publisher's website, so to make amends they're printing the advert again in the next issue. Swings and roundabouts...

It's been pouring down with rain here and the post person clearly hadn't been keeping the letters covered. The envelope the magazines game it was soaking and the edges of the magazines are wet. If they don't dry out properly I may have to buy another copy to keep for my records. :(