Ghosts is Nominated for a Scribe Award!

I'm taking a short break in our romp through the old games bin to announce that Ghosts of Ascalon, by the talented Matt Forbeck and yours truly, has been nominated for a Scribe Award. Here's the announcement:

The International Association of Media Tie-in Writers is proud to announce the 2011 Scribe Award nominees for excellence in licensed tie-in writing -- novels based on TV shows, movies, and games ...

Our 2011 Scribe Nominees are:

GENERAL ORIGINAL
CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION: SHOCK TREATMENT by Greg Cox
BURN NOTICE: The Giveaway by Tod Goldberg
MIKE HAMMER: THE BIG BANG by Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane
MURDER SHE WROTE: The Queen's Jewels by Donald Bain
PSYCH: The Call of the Mild by William Rabkin
SAVING GRACE: TOUGH LOVE by Nancy Holder

SPECULATIVE ORIGINAL
GUILD WARS: GHOSTS OF ASCALON by Matt Forbeck and Jeff Grubb
STAR TREK: MIRROR UNIVERSE: THE SORROWS OF EMPIRE by David Mack
STAR WARS: FORCE UNLEASHED II by Sean Williams
SUPERNATURAL: HEART OF THE DRAGON by Keith R. A. DeCandido
WARHAMMER: BLOODBORN: ULRIKA THE VAMPIRE by Nathan Long

BEST ADAPTATION

FINAL CRISIS by Greg Cox
GOD OF WAR by Matthew Stover & Robert E. Vardeman
THE WOLFMAN by Jonathan Maberry

BEST YOUNG ADULT

ALPHA & OMEGA: THE JUNIOR NOVEL by Aaron Rosenberg
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: ALDWYNS ACADEMY by Nathan Meyer
THUNDERBIRDS: SITUATION CRITICAL by Joan Marie Yerba

The Fifth Annual Scribe Awards will be given at a ceremony and panel discussion held during Comic Con International in San Diego in July 2011. 

Grandmaster will be Peter David, who in addition to a lot of original fiction,comics, Star Treks and you know, stuff, also wrote a Spider-Man Pick-A-Path book for TSR back in the day.


I am delighted by the nomination, adn congratulate both fellow author Matt Forbeck and all the other nominees. 


We now return to you to your regularly scheduled blog, with the long-awaited "E".


More later,