What is NEW?
>Here at Grub Street in Boston, I am involved in launching and co-teacing a unique year-long Non-Fiction Career Lab: Your First Book And Beyond program, for those who want to develop a book-length work of non-fiction and build professional careers as non-fiction writers. Application deadline is April 25. More info.
>Thanks for coming to my events at Pax East (this one and this one). Great to see you and I appreciate the support and interest in my D&D-related activities.
>Radio show archive: my appearance on the NPR/WGBH Callie Crossley Show talking about Pax East
>At left, hanging with Viggo Mortensen. Read my Boston Globe story: "Viggo Mortensen sees through the eyes of an outsider"
and here are Viggo's heroes (what a list!)
>My spring term one-day and weekend classes at Grub Street (Boston) now live and ready for sign-up: Freelance Writing Essentials, Crafting the Pitch Letter for Nonfiction Projects, Writing the Dark Messy Matter, Guerrilla Book Promotion, and Find Your Memoir
>We are geeks. We are rolling dice. We are playing D&D. Yes, it's 1981 and this is a Super 8 film I shot of my old D&D gang. Enjoy! and read my wired.com post on it here.
>Me and Curt Schilling, former World Series-winning Red Sox pitcher. Here's my NY Times story about his video game companty, 38 Studios. More celebrity pix here.
>My GeekDad posts at wired.com about a why the new Star Wars Volkswagen Super Bowl ad is a travesty, How to Walk (and Write) like Bilbo, a lifesize stormtrooper cake, a kid battling an illness whose wish for a castle in his backyard is granted, a teen center teaching D&D that needs your help, Mitt Romney as a D&D character, and more.
[photo: Stanley Dankoski]>Photos from the sold-out Mortified: Boston show. We had fun sharing our teenage dirt. Thank you for coming out!
>My New York Times article about the future of the game Dungeons & Dragons
>Read my profile in the Boston Globe of fantasy writer R.A. Salvatore
>This life-saving D&D-themed teen center needs your help ...
>Geek wisdom goes mainstream: My article for the Christian Science Montor
>My stories about The Muppets and the new Stephen King book in the Boston Globe
>Writing classes I'm teaching this winter at Boston's Grub Street.
>"Quite a fascinating ride": the kind reviews of FF&GG keep coming in, two years later. Thank you. This one from 8bitrocket.com
>"The girl I stole from my best friend" -- an essay on Salon.com
>A story about the BBF in the Boston Herald mentions me.
>Did you hear about "PerambuLit: A Back Bay Create Your Own Adventure Story"? Eight writers (including me) created an audio story for Boston Book Festival that you can listen to on your smart phone ss you walk the streets around Copley Square in Boston, or from your computer on the Broadcastr site (search "perambulit"). Choose your path and decide the outcome of the fictional narrative. Cool, huh? Listen to the WBUR radio story.
>My Boston Globe reviews of the films Puncture (legal battle with syringe and drug-binges), Creature (half-alligator man chomps chumps) and Road to Freedom (Khmer Rouge nabs naive photojournalists)
>My Boston Globe review of the new Neal Stephenson novel Reamde.
>Brush with greatness: On the right, Seth Rogen. On the left, screenwriter of the new film 50/50 Will Reiser. In the middle, me. Here's my story on 50/50 in the Boston Globe.
>My profile/interview of Guillermo del Toro in the Boston Globe: "For me, [horror is] not a stepping stone, it’s a cathedral.’’
>And the uncut Q&A with del Toro: Part I. Part II is here.
>Thank you Gen Con! I had a blast meeting you all who came by to the Old School Renaissance Group/Gygax Memorial Fund booth to donate, say hi, and geek out with me. You can still donate to the Gygax Memorial Fund. Below, watch my testimonial to Gary. Other testimonials here
>Uh, clearly I need to study up on my Gygaxian trivia
Ethan Gilsdorf took the Hardest Gary Gygax Quiz in the World and got 40%! You are a Gary Gygax Hero. You know much of Gary Gygax. You are probably the DM of your game group (but you might insist on being called 'referee').
Paladin Code: You completed this quiz without using Google.
>I hope you'll read, enjoy, share and "like" "My summer of Dungeons & Dragons" another essay of mine in Salon.com
>My post "Video Games and Kids: How Young Is Too Young?"got picked up by CNN.com
>Watch "Six Hours or Less," a film I helped make as part of the Boston 48 Hour Film Project
>D&D Haiku, Tolkien on Crack, and Other Mischief: Check out the latest Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks e-mail newsletter
>Legolas looks more like a crime-fighting Robin than elf, Aragorn wields an ax, Tom Bombadil is sporting some groovy bellbottoms, and Frodo resembles a pig on crack. Tolkien hippie stickers resurface
>Choose your unique fantasy name here! Get your magic items here!
>"What began as an investigation into misfits addressing monster fears turned into a study on humans desire to grow": Nice review of FF&GG in Brevity Magazine
>Listen to the radio program "The Ascent of Geek Culture" with me on WGBH's Callie Crossley show
>Nice video book review of FF&GG on TheOneRing.net
>Nick Frost and Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) and now the alien road trip movie Paul help me shill my book. Read my epic interview with them for wired.com/Geek Dad and my Boston Globe feature.
>Pax East picture gallery on Boston.com/Boston Globe I helped put together. Short Pax preview story on WBUR's Morning Edition.
>How Dungeons & Dragons changed my life: Read my Salon.com essay here
>New radio interviews on CBC's "Definitely Not the Opera" and PRI's "To The Best of Our Knowledge"
>New dedicated playlist of FF&GG videos on Tolkien fansite TheOneRing.Net's YouTube channel
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Celebrity endorsement from Guillermo del Toro!
(you know, the director of Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy I & II, Mimic, Cronos)
Nick Frost and Simon Pegg and my book
More endorsements: The Farrelly Brothers, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, Wil Wheaton @ PAX, R.A. Salvatore, TheOneRing.net, The Tolkien Society, Henry Jenkins, Wizards of the Coast (D&D), etc
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>Nice things nice people wrote about my book
[more nice things here]
“For anyone who has ever spent time within imaginary realms, the book will speak volumes. For those who have not, it will educate and enlighten.” —Wired.com | Geek Dad
“Gandalf’s got nothing on Ethan Gilsdorf, except for maybe the monster white beard."—Boston Globe
“Imagine this: Lord of the Rings meets Jack Kerouac’s On the Road….”—National Public Radio’s “Around and About"
“What does it mean to be a geek? . . . Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks tackles that question with strength and dexterity. . . . part personal odyssey, part medieval mid-life crisis, and part wide-ranging survey of all things freaky and geeky"—Huffington Post
>Wil Wheaton uses FF&GG to pummel player at PAX celebrity D&D game (start at minute 8:00)
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>"If you want him, come and claim him!" My LOTR New Zealand location mash-up movie
>Is Steampunk the new Goth? Read my feature article
>My picks for the top 16 books to get for GEEKS
>Video game violence is good for you... read my op-ed
>Do you agree with my list of "Top 10 Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks of All Time"?
>What's this whole steampunk thing about? Read my Boston Globe article
