Erin Roberts

Finally got around to updating ye olde profile page with some fun news: I’ve joined Wizards of the Coast as a Game Designer for Dungeons & Dragons. Much love to everyone who has been part of my journey through TTRPG writing and design land so far – excited to see what this new chapter brings!

1 - Get someone to name drop both.
2- Convince someone the two are part of an ongoing conspiracy.
3 - Explain why anyone who likes both things is a straight-up traitor.
4 - Use each in a genuine compliment to a different person.
5 - Incorporate both into your 2026 resolutions.
6 - All of the above.

Write down a "thing you did the most" from every company that sent you their version of a year-end Unwrapped post, on separate slips of paper. Draw 2 at random and roll a D6. At the next social gathering you attend, you must....

1. This Christmas - Donny Hathaway
2. Silent Night - The Temptations
3. The Mistletoe Jam - Luther Vandross

I named my fists Rhythm and Blues, 'cause I'm always ready to dance.

Oh NFL, how I have missed you.

Talking about writing with smart people is such a freaking delight.

My desire to see fun people is currently winning out over my general fear of the internet, which is a long way of saying - hey y'all, I'm at Gen Con!

What a cool way of thinking about long-form writing. Definitely one I want to mull over for myself - always good to have more tools for the toolbox!

a man with long hair is wearing a white shirt with a blue collar and looking at the camera . Alt: a man with long hair is wearing a white shirt with a blue collar and looking at the camera, saying "It's time."

IT'S TIME!

Here's the ConCurrent panel schedule, threaded. Schedule, registration, and donation links all at the end of the thread. Oh yeah, and registration is now open.

1/

Yay! So glad you're excited - hope you enjoy!

What a night! My heart is full. Congratulations to all the Nebula winners, finalists, staff, and volunteers for creating an amazing moment, night, and story.

Thank you so much and congratulations!! That is such high praise coming from you - loved your words this year, both written and spoken.

It's almost time, y'all! I can't wait to celebrate all of these incredible writers with you!

Congrats!

Thanks so much for the shout out to Godsbreath! I feel like we're now in such a great time for Black Southern Gothic in Fantasy - happy to be even the smallest part of it.

Thank you!!!

Thank you! I am so excited!!

I still can't quite believe it, but it's true - I will be hosting the 60th(!) annual Nebula Awards!!

Bannerless Games Tabletop RPG Grant Hi there! My name is Ken Lowery, and I'm an award-winning tabletop RPG designer who operates under the name Bannerless Games. If you've heard of me at all, it's likely for my solo games: Lighthouse at...

Hi there, tabletop RPG designers! I'm opening up the first Bannerless Games Tabletop RPG Grant. I'm looking to award up to 5 designers $250 to help create their games and/or set up their businesses.

Applications open today and run through the end of the month. Enter here! bannerless.games/grant

I had such a wonderful time reading and listening last night! Check out the recording for an hour of storytelling around a virtual campfire.

Thank you so much! It was such a joy to get to hear you read - can't wait for the next time!

We did it! So great reading with you and getting to hear your amazing story! Now I know what I want my next pet to be...

Breaking: Cory Booker has officially delivered the longest Senate floor speech in US history, surpassing Strom Thurmond’s filibuster against the Civil Rights Act.

Want to hear a story about art and isolation and many many (many) shades of gray? You're in luck! Wednesday night at 7 PM PDT I'll be making my Story Hour debut alongside the amazing Effie Seiberg and sharing a story that's out of print but still of my heart. Join us! www.storyhour2020.com

To read this? Coming from you? Wow. No words, honestly, except these - I'm honored. Truly. :)

Want to know the difference between writing a character hiding the truth from the reader and one hiding the truth from themselves? Wondering how to let your readers know what's true when your narrator can't stop lying? Let's get into it this Monday with a deep dive on writing unreliable narrators!

Afrosurrealism Special Issue: Submissions Call The editors for the AfroSurrealism Special invite you to submit fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.

Calling poets, prose writers, & essayists to submit to the
AfroSurrealist Special Issue of @strangehorizons.bsky.social! Eds. @yvettel.bsky.social & Shingai Njeri Kagunda are seeking worlds that slip b/t mundane, uncanny, ghostly, & futuristic.

Submissions window is April 15 to April 30.

Survival is always chaotic, as am I. :)

Games I may one day make when I have time #247:
The Creek Keeps Rising

Gameplay: Struggling to get basic things done as the world goes downhill around you. You know it's the end(ish) times but you still gotta plan Davita's birthday.

Genre: Mundane Survival