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W20: Changing Breeds is out of editing and in Chaney’s hands. This is a beast of a book — no pun intended. The original outline was for 90,000 words. That didn’t last very long. I talked to Rich about upping that to 120,000 words. We ended up at near as damnit 135,000 words — fully half as much again as the original wordcount. And now my eyes are bleeding.

In celebration of completing the Editing Pass of Doom™, I’ve included the introduction to the Ajaba below the jump.

In other news, I’m going to be a guest at Conpulsion in Edinburgh — an easy con to get to as it’s right on my doorstep. I’ll be running some Werewolf: The Apocalypse, including an exclusive sneak preview of the Skinner SAS! Hope to see some local Werewolf fans there!

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New Release: Mummy: The Curse

Imagine being both dead and deathless at the same time. Imagine being cradled in the arms of death for years, sometimes decades on end, but all the while knowing that you will eventually not only arise again, but awaken to an unfamiliar world that mostly fears and hates you. Now imagine that your purpose, your … Read more

An Absurdly Long Day

An ABSURDLY long day buried in a pile of books, cross-referencing like a motherfucker, yields about 3500 more words for Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition’s fourth chapter – specifically, for a timeline of Mage history that reveals a ton of material… some of it never before revealed… about the world of M:tA. I haz a … Read more

Mage20 Authors Revealed

From the Mage20 Facebook Page: And now that contracts are signed and turned in, I can also announce the rest of the Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition writing crew: Brian Campbell (“Secret Agent John Courage”) will return with his usual brilliance to the Technocracy. Kathleen Ryan (“Marauder Girl”) will be crafting a new Amanda story, and writing about … Read more

The Index Is Done

And it’s going into W20 now! AS Rich mentions in the latest Kickstarter update, the Index is going into the book now. Once that’s done, every Kickstarter backer gets a PDF to make sure that their name is in right. At the same time, we get files sent off to the PoD and Deluxe printers. … Read more