Chapter Sixteen: From the Shadows So, last weekend I was at JordanCon as the toastmaster. While my opening ceremonies (watchable here) were well in the tradition of past years, that is to say, completely zany and awesome, I did leave a bit at the end for a serious speech (which is the better part of [...]

So, I had the wonderful opportunity to read the Towers of Midnight a few days before it actually hit the shelves. And yes, there are plenty of reviews out there about the book, and I pretty well agree with all the fan reviews I’ve read vis-à-vis tor.com, dragonmount.com, and theoryland.com. There are a few key [...]

First: I am blogging up a storm with interviews on Tor.com over the coming weeks. I won’t post each and every, so just check here occasionally. About a year ago, I had the honor of getting to meet Tom Doherty, the publisher and top dog of Tor books. In the course of the conversation, I [...]

So I was really busy this past weekend. Yup, I went down to Atlanta and had a hootin’ hollerin’ good time. Read all about it in the link. In other news, I noticed Terry Goodkind has signed a three-book deal with Tor for more Sword of Truth type novels. That breaks my heart. I’ll explain [...]

So, one thing I always think about when I’m coming up with a world to write in, and the story I want to write in it, is what kind of civilization is there?  I’m not much a fan of the video-game disparity much of fantasy and SFF genre has.  It’s like, they had so much [...]