I’m doing it the hard way.

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*Slow build of background sound, Zeppelin’s Battle of Evermore*

[Close up of sallow skin, so close you see only pores and pockmarks]

*Slight increase in volume. The mandolin’s notes are like screams, growing louder*

[Slow pullback of camera, facial features filling the screen, a man’s features.]

*Plant’s voice rises, soft, but audible over the mandolin: Dance in the dark of night, sing to the morning light.*

[Eyes … Read the rest

The Godborn releases in a week.  Uhhh, holy shit.

That is all.  Carry on.… Read the rest

I’ve been getting a lot of email about this recently, so I’m going to change my usual MO for e-signings and go ahead and start The Godborn e-signing now.  If you choose to participate, I will mail your signed copy of The Godborn as soon as I have some copies in hand.  I’m hoping to have some from the warehouse soon, but it’s conceivable that I won’t have any until on or just after the … Read the rest

My next Forgotten Realms novel,The Godborn, releases in a bit over two weeks. Very excited!  You’ve already read about my wager with my editor, yes?  If not, please do.  🙂

So Wizards of the Coast has posted the prologue to the novel and you can read it here. I think it’s the best opening I’ve ever written, surpassing the openings of Shadowbred and Riptide, which used to be my top … Read the rest

I’ve been getting this question a lot.

The short answer:  Yes, The Godborn is a standalone novel.

The long answer:  Yes, but if you want to get a full view of the events of The Sundering, you’ll want to read all of the Sundering novels (and you should read them, because they’re excellent).  And, while The Godbornis standalone, I think readers will get a little more out of it if they’ve at least … Read the rest

I had my sense of shame surgically removed in my youth, so I have no fear of getting a little egg on my face. Accordingly, I want to let you in on a little wager I made and enlist your help, if you’re willing.

As you know my next Forgotten Realms novel, The Godborn, releases in under a month, on October 1st. See the counter over there to the right? You already knew this … Read the rest