Take my buddy Myke, for example, who came up to visit for ComicCon. He just e-mailed me the first entry in the Homemade Heroes Contest: —–Original Message—– From: Myke To: Peat Brett Sent: Mon, Oct 11, 2010 11:59 am Subject: Homegrown hero for your contest It’s apple core Jardir: note the tostito shield, fork spear, […]
Oh, It Is ON
The Homemade Heroes Contest, that is. So get out your modeling paint and X-Acto knives, because the prize is seriously fucking awesome. As I mentioned on the blog a few months ago, Homemade Heroes was a column that used to run in Wizard magazine, where comic book fans would cannibalize other toys and use modeling […]
TDS Q & A
I’ve been talking to Del Rey books about bonus materials for the mass market paperback (mmpb) version of The Desert Spear, coming out on my birthday next year (Feb. 8, 2011). It is standard practice to include some extra goodies in the mmpb to encourage readers, and it’s something I have always enjoyed as a […]
Forum Testers Wanted
Hi, this is Peat’s friend and webmaster David here. Over the past few weeks, Peat and I have been working on a prototype version of a forum for this site. We’ve decided that it’s finally ready for beta testers. What we’re releasing today is an imperfect work, with the idea being for it to be […]
Foreshadowing
So the Warding Contest is finally over. This is a mixed blessing. On one hand, there is no sense of endless wonder every time I log in to get my e-mail, but there is also no sense of impending dread as judgment day approaches and I have to pick a handful of winners from an […]