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- Today I will finally open a checking account for the National Buy a Book Day Foundation. This has languished long enough! 14 hours ago
- I can't spell but I can print real big! 15 hours ago
- Have you seen the great list of fantasy e-books by @sarah_zettel now available from @PrologueBooks ? 15 hours ago
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Arron of the Black Forest
- Dragon's Cliff Dungeon Tips: Joe Kushner on using The Haunting of Dragon’s Cliff in your D&D game.
- The Haunting of Dragon's Cliff KINDLE: Arron of the Black Forest, Book I, a new sword & sorcery e-book co-written with Mel Odom, on sale now for the Kindle!
- Arron Review: A great review of The Haunting of Dragon’s Cliff.
- Arron of the Black Forest Blog: Keep up on the series and learn more about the world of Arron of the Black Forest.
- The Haunting of Dragon's Cliff NOOK Edition: Arron of the Black Forest, Book I is now on sale for the Nook!
- Post Modern Pulps on Arron: A thoughtful review of The Haunting of Dragon’s Cliff.
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Buy My Books
- BUY DIRECT from Adams Media.
- SONY READER Buy my books in e-book form from the Sony Reader Library.
- Diesel eBook Store E-books in EPub, Palm, and Mobi formats.
- Australians, Buy Here! Order from Boomerang Books in Australia.
- Google eBookstore Buy ebooks for various readers.
- WHSmith: For our friends in the United Kingdom.
- BooksOnBoard: Another fine ebook retailer.
- Completely Broken for the Nook B&N Nook users rejoice!
- Completely Broken Ebook Available Now on Kindle! Buy direct from Amazon for your Kindle for only $2.99!
- The Haunting of Dragon's Cliff NOOK Edition: Arron of the Black Forest, Book I is now on sale for the Nook!
- Completely Broken Ebook Available Now from Smashwords! Buy now for only $2.99 in multiple formats!
- Warhammer: Age of Legends Edited by Christian Dunn, and featuring “The City is Theirs” by your truly!
- The Haunting of Dragon's Cliff KINDLE: Arron of the Black Forest, Book I, a new sword & sorcery e-book co-written with Mel Odom, on sale now for the Kindle!
- Stories in the Ether #3: Featuring my story “I Made a Friend.”
- POWELL'S: Powell’s Books is a Portland, OR landmark. Support the independents!
- BARNES & NOBLE: Online and in-store!
- AMAZON: Look at all those books on an Amazon page. I’ve been busy!
Communicate With Me
- LINKEDIN: Here’s my public profile on LinkedIn.
- Athans & Associates Creative consulting services from an IP development pro.
- Facebook: Eventually, it happens to us all.
- FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: Admit it, you need to keep up with me at least a couple times a day.
Gamasutra
- The Case for In-house Publishing My featured post at Gamasutra, which includes a TSR history lesson.
- There Has Been a Reckoning On the subject of a friend’s new game.
- Is IGDA Membership Worth It? Turns out, not really.
- A Little Respect: Writers deserve respect. There, I said it.
- The Gaming Revolution Will Be…Read? My case for more video game tie-in novels.
Grasping for the Wind
- Content is King: My Grasping for the Wind swan song. Be a CONTENT PROVIDER!
- ROBOT IS THE NEW VAMPIRE Read my first column on Grasping for the Wind!
- THE WORLDS THAT OUTGREW THEIR STORIES September Column: Two Roads to Intellectual Property Success
- THROW YOUR BOOK A PARTY Advice for Authors on Signings and In-store Events
- Five Things Every Aspiring Author Should Know Don’t say I never warned you!
- Is Science Fiction Bad for Us? My December 2010 column on the desensitizing effect of SF.
- Convention Etiquette for Professionals and Panelists Tips for conventioneers with help from Jack Emmert, Richard Garfield, James Minz, Matthew Stover, and Kristine Katheryn Rusch
- Pile on the Huge: In which I discuss scale in SF books and movies.
- The Knee-jerk Reductionism of our Ill-considered Bloggers I jump in on the debate: Is fantasy morally bankrupt?
- Why I Read Five Books at Once The method to my (reading) madness.
- Been There, Survived That: Notes from the “bookpocalypse” as seen from the “recordmaggedon.”
- SEPTEMBER 7: NATIONAL BUY A BOOK DAY Go to Grasping for the Wind, read my column, then buy a book on September 7!
Interviews and Other Stuff
- Pat's Fantasy Hotlist Review of The Guide to Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction!
- Celebrity Game Table: A detailed look at my Tegel Manor Campaign from 2003.
- Publisher's Weekly “Is the Universe Expanding or Contracting?”
- FANTASY BOOK CRITIC reviews The Guide to Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction
- Qwiki: This kinda freaked me out. It’s a little out of date, and I don’t turn 47 till September 7!
- Guys Can Read: Wondercon 2011 podcast interview.
- RebellionLab: “Christopher Moore, Philip Athans Talk Ebooks at Wondercon 2011
- SFSignal Interview: I chat with SFSignal’s Patrick Hester about all sorts of fun stuff!
- Nevermet Press Interview, Part 1: Jonathan Jacobs and I discuss SF/Fantasy, and publishing in 2011.
- Nevermet Press Interview, Part 2: More inside information surrounding “I Made a Friend.”
- Bolthole Interview: I talk Warhammer, writing, and more with a great Games Workshop fan site.
- I Made A Friend: A new short story by me, published by Nevermet Press!
- SFFWRCHT: The transcript of a wild-and-wooly Twitter chat session.
- Age of Legends Review: Positive words for “The City is Theirs.”
- 10 Questions with…ME! I get grilled by Ryan Schneider.
- Omnivoracious Interview: I talk with Susan Morris on the subject of worldbuilding.
- Chicks with Crossbows on Villains: A nice report on our ECCC panel, even if she spelled my name wrong!
- MAKE-BELIEVE MONDAYS INTERVIEW: Debra Parmley’s Make-Believe Mondays is a must-read blog for SF/Fantasy fans, and she’s interviewed lil’ ol’ me!
- WIZARDS.COM INTERVIEW: Philip Athans, interviewed on wizards.com.
- CLARKESWORLD INTERVIEW 2: Read the rest of the editors roundtable in Clarkesworld.
- CLARKESWORLD INTERVIEW 1: I took part in a roundtable interview with other speculative fiction editors.
- I'VE BEEN WIKIPEDIAD: Don’t believe everything they say about me!
NEW!
- Prologue Books: I’m acting as acquisitions editor/curator for SF and fantasy at this new e-book imprint from Adams Media!
- SF Signal Mind Meld: Aliens I join other SF/F authors and editors on the subject of what makes a good alien.
Resources
- SF SIGNAL: A great source of news, opinions, and links for all things SF.
- New York Times Books: Reviews, news, and so on from the Old School.
- GAMASUTRA: News and opinions from the video game universe.
- LOCUS Online: SF’s magazine of record.
- McSWEENEY'S INTERNET TENDENCY: Because it’s frickin’ awesome.
The Fathomless Abyss
- Mel Odom Arron of the Black Forest & The Fathomless Abyss!
- Jay Lake That Which Rises Ever Upward
- J.M. McDermott It’s Mine
- Mike Resnick The Ascent (with Brad R. Torgersen)
- Brad R. Torgersen The Ascent (with Mike Resnick)
- Cat Rambo A Querulous Flute of Bone
- Cat Rambo on The Fathomless Abyss The Collective Speaks!
- Tales From The Fathomless Abyss Kindle e-book available now from Amazon!
- Tales From The Fathomless Abyss Available now for the Nook from Barnes & Noble!
- Abyss Review: A short review of Tales From The Fathomless Abyss by James Reasoner.
- Writers of the Future: WotF reports on Tales From The Fathomless Abyss.
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Past Posts
Monthly Archives: February 2012
DETAILS, DETAILS, DETAILS
I was going to talk about villain motivation today, and though I expressed some hesitation about that on Twitter this morning after yesterday’s events in Ohio, I still will do that—probably next week. But then something happened this morning that … Continue reading
Posted in Books, creative team, intellectual property development, Publishing Business, Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels, SF and Fantasy Authors, Writing, Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy
Tagged author, authors, Books, creative process, editor, Fantasy, Fiction, Forgotten Realms, genre fiction, Philip Athans, Publishing, Publishing Business, Science Fiction, Writing, writing advice, writing process
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THE FANTASY AUTHOR’S HANDBOOK INTERVIEW: MATS MINNHAGEN
Chesley Award-winning artist Mats Minnhagen began his career as a field archaeologist, but a passion for digital art sent him back to school and archaeology’s loss became fantasy and science fiction illustration’s gain. He’s worked with major studios like EA … Continue reading
Posted in Books, creative team, intellectual property development, Publishing Business, Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels, The Fathomless Abyss, Video Games, Writing, Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy
Tagged Artist Interview, author, authors, Books, Chesley Award, cover art, creative process, Fantasy, fantasy art, fantasy artists, fantasy illustration, Fiction, Mats Minnhagen, Philip Athans, Publishing, Publishing Business, Science Fiction, Wizards of the Coast, Writing
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TO SWEAR OR NOT TO SWEAR
I know it’s Valentine’s Day and I should have written some kind of Valentine’s Day post, but I didn’t. It only actually just occurred to me, frankly (though yes, I did get little presents for my wife and kids so … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Dungeons & Dragons, horror novels, Publishing Business, Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels, SF and Fantasy Authors, Writing, Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy
Tagged author, authors, Books, children's book, creative process, editor, Fantasy, fantasy-romance, Fiction, Forgotten Realms, genre fiction, jay Lake, medieval, middle grade books, Philip Athans, Publishing, Publishing Business, Science Fiction, Wizards of the Coast, worldbuilding, Writing, writing advice, writing process
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25 YEARS AFTER MY FIRST SALE(S)
Has it been that long ago now? Have I been a “published author” for twenty-five years? Wow. You know what, the idea came to me (late today, actually and after a couple of false starts on other topics) to write … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Publishing Business, Science Fiction Story, SF and Fantasy Authors, Writing, Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy
Tagged author, authors, Books, creative process, editor, Fiction, genre fiction, Philip Athans, Publishing, Publishing Business, Science Fiction, Starshore, Writing, writing advice, writing process
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