I’m a few days late, but I wanted to remind everyone that the Red Aegis kickstarter is now live. Go to the link below for more information:

http://loremaster.org/RedAegis/SupportRedAegis.html

See announcement from Matt + Brian James here – http://www.loremaster.org/content.php?304-Press-Release-Veteran-game-designer-Eytan-Bernstein-joins-the-Red-Aegis-project-team

I just discovered that I have an additional design credit on Mordenkainen’s Magnificent Emporium. I don’t remember working on this, but I do a lot of work. It’s possible that some items from another project got taken from the cutting floor and put here or maybe I actually did this work and just forgot about it. It pleases me endlessly to know that I’ve gotten to contribute at least a little bit to all of the main magic item books for 4e (as well as the 3.5 Magic Item Compendium). 

I keep chugging along, slowly but surely. I think that’s the key to finishing this. I can’t write so furiously that I get burnt out. If you write small amounts regularly, its easier to maintain your tone and pacing than if you write a huge amount at one time, then don’t come back to it for a while.

And besides, I have to write at intervals. For the first time in a while, I actually have numerous projects all happening simultaneously, on both the writing and editing front.

I like looking at the map that shows where all the viewers of my website are from. There are tons in North America and most of the countries in Europe, as well as a smattering of countries throughout Asia. But I’m saddened not to have received a single view from China or Africa. Greenland I get – there just aren’t all that many people there. But there are these huge swaths of territory that aren’t filled in with colors. So if you’re in China, Africa, or Greenland (or anywhere else), come see my site!

I know there are a lot of people out there that write fiction faster than I do. In general, I consider myself a fairly fast writer, but my full-time job is as an editor in educational publishing, so I can only write when I’m not doing that. At the moment, I’m averaging 3,000-7,000 words of fiction a week. I know the novel will get done eventually. I’ve written some scenes that I think have incredible potential, though just about everything needs one of those awesome baking-soda-mint blasting machines orthodontists and dentists use to polish your teeth.

In other news, working on some things I can’t talk about right now for a couple of things for a couple of different companies. I can say that they are RPG related, one in the general sphere of D&D and the other somewhat more system independent. My Foreshadows Novelette – “Destroy.Consume.Erase.” – should be any imminently (wink, nudge, push, Jeff LaSala).

I made it to the 20% milestone in my urban fantasy vampire novel. It’s true that I have no idea what the final wordcount will be, but I want it to be somewhere between 80,000 – 120,000 words, so I am 20-25% complete.

I’ve created a new page on my menu for podcasts, interviews, shout outs and other press about me.

This Sunday, I’ll be moving out the Manhattan apartment in which I’ve lived for the last 5 years. I’m going to spend some time on Long Island, but intend to relocate in about a year or so, though I’m not sure where. I’ll still be accessible at the same email, phone, facebook, and webpage.

There is a French language RPG website called Legrog.org that has bios of a lot of game designers (mine seems to have been translated from my website). It also contains a bibliography. Who knew!?

http://www.legrog.org/biographies/eytan-bernstein