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The Grand Crusade in French

The Grand Crusade in French

I always get a huge thrill out of holding a copy of a book of mine which has been translated into another language. The Grand Crusade is a September release in France through Milady. Marc Simonetti again provided a gorgeous cover, and Sebastien Baert did the translation. Translating me not a task I’d envy anyone. […]

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Missing The Point

Missing The Point

A WIRED story coming out of Book Expo America once again reveals the gap between reality and what some of the leaders in publishing think. Susan Petersen Kennedy, president of Penguin Group USA, said publishers will not make the same mistakes as the music industry, which had an epic struggle over electronic distribution and piracy […]

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Names have power…

One of the things I love the most about creating new worlds is figuring out what my naming conventions will be. Sometimes they are loose, but not very often, precisely because names and how they are used help set the tone for a story. First and foremost, they point you to characters who are strong […]

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C'est tres bon!

C'est tres bon!

Just got back from the Post Office, picking up a package. The clerk asked if I’d ordered cigarettes from France! (Do they get a lot of that, I wonder?) What I got was copies of Fortress Draconis en francais. My French is pretty rusty, but the translation looks quite faithful to me. The translator is […]

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Perchance to Dream

Perchance to Dream

Perchance to Dream is the first piece of stand alone fiction from the DragonCrown War world. It chronicles Princess Alexia’s Dream Raid. The exiles from Okrannel determined that as their children came of age, they should spend one night on their native soil. The dreams they had that night were thought to be prophetic, and […]

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Fortress Draconis: The Podcast Chapters Seventeen through Twenty

Fortress Draconis: The Podcast Chapters Seventeen through Twenty

Okay, so I’ve been remiss in updating the blog here. I’ve been on the road and, even as I am typing this, I’m in Orlando at AssimilationCon. In the dealer’s room. In the corner. And having a lot of fun. I’ve been uploading chapters all the way along, with the links below. Chapter Twenty is […]

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Fortress Draconis: The Podcast Chapters Fifteen and Sixteen

Fortress Draconis: The Podcast Chapters Fifteen and Sixteen

Chapters Fifteen and Sixteen of Fortress Draconis: The Podcast are now live. In Fifteen, Will, Crow and Resolute are on the run and find a new friend. In Sixteen, Princess Alexia brings her troops east to help raise the siege on the town of Porasena. Chapter Fifteen is available with a click. Chapter Sixteen will […]

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