I have been doing a review of my writing year since 2009. That year I had two books published, but wrote five. This year I have worked on seven different projects (not all of which are finished) and had five things published in the UK.
Two of those 'things' were Fighting Fantasy-related - YOU ARE THE HERO: An Interactive History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks and MAGIC REALMS: The Art of Fighting Fantasy - and this year also saw Fighting Fantasy Fest 5 take place in September, featuring Guests of Honour Sir Ian Livingstone and Iain McCaig.
As well as FFF5, I also attended the Cannes Festival International des Jeux in February, the UK Games Expo at the end of May, and Dragonmeet at the end of November.
However, this year will go down as the Year of Arkham Horror, because two of my published projects were Arkham Horror gamebooks - The Darkness Over Arkham and The Magpie and the Bat - I wrote another one - The Tides of Innsmouth - and I've been plotting yet another to (hopefully) be published before the end of 2025.
One of the things I've been working on recently hasn't been announced yet while the final two were both ACE Gamebooks-related - Shakespeare Vs. Cthulhu: What Dreams May Come (which is still accepting Late Pledges) and the very recently released The Box of Delights - The Roleplaying Game.
I also published 5th anniversary collector's hardbacks of Beowulf Beastslayer and 'TWAS: The Krampus Night Before Christmas (which are both still available).
Foreign editions of my books have continued to come out this year, including Dracula: Curse of the Vampire, NEVERLAND: Here Be Monsters! and Secrets of Salamonis in Brazil, The Darkness Over Arkham in Spain, Howl of the Werewolf in Denmark, and, finally, RONIN 47 and Dracula: Curse of the Vampire in the Czech Republic.
Next year I have four gamebooks to write already, but I'm sure I will end up squeezing in some other projects as well. I will also be attending an event I've not been to before - Airecon at the Harrogate Convention Centre, from Friday 14th to Sunday 16th March 2025.
Conker the Cavapoo has continued to keep me company in my office this year, as well as forcing me to stretch my legs several times a day taking him for walks, so I'll end with the now obligatory dog photo.
Here's wishing you and yours a very Happy New Year! See you in 2025!
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