I feel like we are getting a lot done and moving forward.
The initial editing and writing of Robotech® New Generation™ is done. It is an excellent book. Now, I’m waiting on editing by Wayne for the last half of the book and final approval from Harmony Gold. I’ve started to assign out artwork, and an October release is looking good.
Apollo Okamura is putting the finishing touches on the Robotech® New Generation cover.
E.M. Gist just agreed to do the next Dead Reign sourcebook™ cover.
John Zeleznik is kicking around ideas and sketches for the Rifts® Black Market cover.
Mark Evans asked if we have a cover for him soon. I’m thinking the cover to a little project put together by Taylor White slated for Chaos Earth™ early next year.
Matthew Clements is cruising on the writing for Rifts® Northern Gun and he and I have been working on developing a few other projects.
I’m already plotting product for 2012 release, including books for Beyond the Supernatural™, Palladium Fantasy®, Chaos Earth™ and Dead Reign™.
I’ve made my final arrangements for the Alliance Trade Show today and took care of some convention support.
I’ve also been trying to plot our display and product range for the Detroit FanFare convention. It’s only 10 days away! September 24 and 25.
http://www.detroitfanfare.com/
Alex continues to plug away at rebuilding my online store. It offers mostly toys and collectibles from my personal collection. We’ll be adding some Palladium game books and collectibles and out of print items too, probably by the weekend.
http://stores.ebay.com/kevinstoys-artan ... 4340.l2563
Kathy Simmon’s NEW Queen of Ghouls Website looks awesome (thank you, Rex Barkdoll) and you NEED to see her Halloween videos. Wow.
http://queenofghouls.com/
I still need to call my old pal Wayne Breaux Jr. It has been waaaay too long since we’ve spoken and he has hinted he’d like to do some new work for Palladium.
I also need to call Mike Majestic and a few other Palladium artists and writers to touch base and update them on things.
I’m diving back into Rifts® Lemuria later tonight and assigning The Rifter #56 artwork tomorrow.
Creatively, everything is coming together and there are great books getting closer to October and November release!
The only downside has been sluggish September sales. Grrrr. That should change with new releases, but it hurts right now.
Hey, don’t forget about the Prelude to Lemuria sale going on right now. Rifts® Underseas and Rifts® Coalition Navy™ for only $25.15
http://palladium-store.com/1001/product ... -Sale.html
I’m sure there is other stuff to report, but that’s all that comes to mind at the moment. Just wanted to keep you in the loop. October and the rest of the year is going to be one exciting release after another. Oh yeah.
Sincerely,
Kevin Siembieda
Publisher, Writer and Game Designer
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