Progress is made

[Kevin]

Progress is made

When I left the office around 9:00 PM, I had put in a solid day of writing and rewriting and Chuck Walton was still working away on the cover to Rifts®: Path of the Storm™. It was looking outstanding.

Another day of good sales This morning I was greeted by a third day in a row of strong online sales. Awesome. I just hope we are through the slump and sales keep going up and up throughout the holiday season. Fingers crossed!

Today is shaping up to be another darn good day. I got started at 7:30 this morning and have been rockin’ n’ rollin’ ever since. I took care of some bills, X-Mas Grab Bags, emails, signed a pile of books, wrote this Murmur and now I’m going back to work on Rifts® Lemuria. I’m adding a bunch of Biomancy spells to the magic section. Good stuff.

Wayne is finishing up our Distributor Update and then it's time to lay out Robotech® New Generation™.

Robotech® New Generation™ is about to see layout as we have now received all but one, I think, section of text approval, so we are go for layout. Robotech® New Generation™ has mecha from all eras of Robotech® in one setting for the first time ever! Veritech Fighters, Destroids, Battloids, Hover Tanks, Cyclones, and something called “Frankenmecha” – giant robots combined with the limbs, weapons and body parts of two or more mecha. Rules for creating Frankenmecha, new weapons and vehicles, seven new resistance fighter character classes, Invid Hives, key characters from the TV show, world overview and more. 8½ x 11 book format (not manga size), 96 pages.

Rifts®: Path of the Storm™ – one writer's vision for the Rifts movie, is going to be terrific. I’ve got Matthew working on a few additional sets of stats. The book includes his full screenplay (a fun read), plus an introduction about Rifts® & Hollywood by me, plus stats for 3 new demons, a few villains and the heroes from the script. A lot of fun for the holidays. Cat. No. 305, 96 pages. Available by the end of November. Should go into layout right after Robotech®!

Dead Reign™ Sourcebook 3: Endless Dead™ is next. Cover artist, E.M. Gist says this cover is his personal favorite of them all, and some of the interior art coming in is jaw-dropping amazing. Nick Bradshaw is a mad man. Mike Mumah has taken his art to a new level. And the new source material? Wow. Zombies like you have never seen them, 7 new types, 5 new survivor O.C.C.s including the Wheelman and Zombie Hunter, vehicle armor rules, many encounter tables, adventure tables, what the military is doing and more. 96 pages of gruesome goodness.

Chuck Walton should be arriving any minute to finish work on the Rifts®: Path of the Storm™ cover. He figures he should have it finished by tonight or tomorrow. I really hope gamers buy this book, because it has been a labor of love by everyone involved and because I think people will enjoy it very much.

Mark Dudley is popping in this evening to discuss Palladium’s comic book project, so I better get back to Rifts® Lemuria while I have the time to get in 4-5 hours of solid writing.

Keep those imaginations burning bright. New books are coming in just a couple of weeks.

Sincerely,
Kevin Siembieda
Publisher, Writer, Game Designer and Surrogate Santa

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