Participating with @wehatebards Ennie Award nominated podcasts on a few Realms Of Fantasy games at Out Of The Box Games & Puzzles in Kentwood, MI. Update on summer writing projects and a overview of Fall 2016 coming soon.
Category Current Events
Updates on my writing, projects, and other happenings.
Christmas in July Sale
Mythopoeia Games Publications (@MythopoeiaP) is participating in DriveThruRPG’s 25% off sale, which includes three source books written by me. Great deal if you haven’t checked them out.
PS – Busy month transitioning from summer scholar back to full-time writer.
Enjoy.
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/summersale.php?manufacturers_id=8738&filters=0_0_0_0_0_31815#selectpub
(Signature work from Muskegon, MI artist Brook Anderson)
Bullets For Breakfast update
Taking a quick break from my NEH Summer Institute to share this. We now have a director attached – John Hyams. Great to be moving forward.
https://pro-labs.imdb.com/title/tt2831422?rf=cons_tt_indev_fmake1&ref_=cons_tt_indev_fmake1
Much more to share in July. Enjoy your summer.
NEH Award
It’s time to share this one. I was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities stipend for the summer institute “Teaching Beowulf in the Context of Old Norse-Icelandic Literature” that begins in one month. Great to be back at the WMU Medieval Institute Alumni and Friends again.
This four-week institute, under the Medieval Institute director Jana Schulman, together with guest lecturers in the fields of medieval archaeology, folklore and oral tradition, “Beowulf,” Old Norse-Icelandic literature, and Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon religions, will engage 25 summer scholars with more detailed background information about the culture, religions and history of Anglo-Saxon England and medieval Iceland. These noted scholars (including J. D. Fulk) will provide us with a greater and synergetic awareness of and appreciation for the literature of Anglo-Saxon England and medieval Iceland.
The institute is the first NEH Summer Institute to be held in Kalamazoo since Dr. Paul Szarmach, former director of the Medieval Institute, directed one in 1999 on Anglo-Saxon England.
An Award Nomination Announcement…
So @MythopoeiaP is in the running for The ENnie Awards nominations this year. This means possible nominations for me for writing. I am liking May so far. Check out the list and all the other great publishers and nominations. Well wishes and best of luck to all.
Beowulf at last!
On Thursday, May 12th, I’ll be presenting my paper on Beowulf for Tolkien at Kalamazoo at the 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies (K’zoo) Session #58. A long delve into stacks of research for my short 15 minutes but worth every read. Still tempted to word-tweak every sentence, but I’m ready as I’ll ever be at this point. Here’s the stack (and 8 months labor).
March Madness -The latest work is…
My second source book for Mythopoeia Games Publications, Monsters & Magic, has been unleashed into the world — or hurled into the void — enjoy!
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/179002/Realms-of-Fantasy-SII-Monsters–Magic
The next update may be a while as I sequester myself and finish a paper to debut at this years’ 51st International Congress of Medieval Studies in May — “The Christian Singer in Tolkien’s Beowulf.”
The Podcasts Are Live!
My podcasts with We Hate Bards for Mythopoeia Games Publications (@MythopoeiaP) are live. Great time working with one of the best groups in Michigan (you should see the gaming table!). See everyone Marmalade Dog 21.
http://wehatebards.blogspot.com/20…/…/realms-of-fantasy.html
Winter Podcasts 2016
Mythopoeia Games Publications (@mythopoeiaP) publisher of my role-playing campaign Realms of Fantasy RPG has been working with the http://www.wehatebards.com who’ve invited me to discuss and play the game over two sessions in January and February. The posts are on the site above, and we have room for additional players for the podcast in February (see below). Great group of inspiring gamers. Check them out.
Year End Salud
So much more I had envisioned to post this year. Yet it has been more productive than imagined. As someone who breaks “a year” into three parts – Fall Semester – Winter Semester – Summer Break – my goals for the year are at least three accomplishments. I think I got ’em.
“Bullets For Breakfast” is optioned again and going forward into 2016:
https://pro-labs.imdb.com/title/tt2831422?rf=cons_tt_indev_fmake1&ref_=cons_tt_indev_fmake1
Mythopoeia Games Publications @mythopoeiaP has released two of my role-playing game works (two more slated for 2016):
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/8738/Mythopoeia-Games-Publications?term=Mythopo
The International Congress on Medieval Studies and Tolkien At Kalamazoo have accepted my paper on Tolkien’s Beowulf – The Christian Singer in Tolkien’s Beowulf for presentation at the congress in May 2016.
http://www.wmich.edu/medievalcongress @kzooICMS
So I will leave 2015 at that.
Happy 2016 Everyone.
Michael D Miller 