Sayonara Banzai

After much painful deliberation and schedule rearranging, I emailed Gene Seabolt about the upcoming GURPS WWII: Banzai project and told him I wasn't sure I could hold up my end of the deal (20k words due Feb 1) and do a decent job. In the end, he relented, though not without a bit of resistance. Glad to know I'm wanted, at least. So Banzai is now off my plate and fully in the capable hands of Gene Seabolt, Hans-Christian Vortish, and Shawn Fisher. As much as I was looking forward to co-authoring with them, I know they'll do a great job... and I might actually survive the next three months.

Sean Punch, GURPS line editor, emailed me a day or two ago and said they're setting up the 2004-2006 schedule and wanted to know how free I'd be to write. That's a tough question, since I'm so busy from Jan-Apr, but have no clue what the rest of the next couple years will bring. I'll probably give him a qualified "busy, but would like to write some" answer and see what he comes up with. I'm really hoping to get through this school/training crap and get some part-time work so I can get back to writing stuff I really want to write, which includes a lot of fiction and even a GURPS book now and then.

I'll keep you posted.