We recently sold German translation rights to The Hammer and the Blade(with A Discourse in Steel soon to follow hopefully) and today I happened to see the cover art for the German version.

Somehow the boys from Dur Follin look very German in this art, which is, I suppose, the point.  I put the original art here too, so you can compare if you like.

Egil ist ein Deutscher! 🙂

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Seems that at least some folks are interested in catching up on the Erevis Cale stories before they dive into The Godborn.  Excellent!  You can see a complete list and ordering of the Cale stories here, but one of the stories that’s very hard to find is Another Name for Dawn, which is Cale’s origin story.  It appeared originally in Dragon #277.  I reproduce it here for those who’ve been unable to … Read the rest

Doctor Who Eve got me to thinking about the series, the way it tells stories, and most importantly, the mood it sets in telling them.  It also got me to thinking what it did for my own storytelling.

In the past, when it came to the kind of stories I liked, it’s safe to say I preferred dark (very dark) dramas and the like to anything else.  I detested comedies (I still dislike most comedies, … Read the rest

I’m pleased to announce that I’ve sold two more Egil and Nix novels, A Conversation in Blood and Ass Kicking Sword and Sorcery IV: This Time it’s Personal (not the actual title; but really, shouldn’t it be?) to Del Rey. Here’s the link to the announcement.  As you can see, I’ll be working with the most excellent Frank Parisi, with whom I’ve had several gun duels and two whiskey-drinking contests.  Oh, and he also … Read the rest