I’ve posted this kind of thing before, but it’s always a humbling, wonderful thing to get mails like this.  I’m sharing this with permission.  I’ll point out, as I have in the past, that emails like this really make writing stories professionally a rewarding gig.

Mr. Kemp. I have to begin with saying, Thank you. Through the entire series following Erevis Cale I seem to have found my own faith. You may not have meant … Read the rest

Today’s the day.

The Godborn, which has been bumping around in my headspace for five years, hits shelves today.  On the one hand, it feels a little surreal.  On the other hand, it feels like home.  When I started writing this novel, the scenes with Riven and Mags and Brennus and Rivalen…it was like visiting with old friends (or maybe frenemies?).

Anyway, I hope you read and I hope you enjoy.  🙂

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.

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

As I mentioned here, Wizards of the Coast has authorized me to post monthly excerpts from my forthcoming novel, The Godborn (book II of the Sundering Series), in the lead up to its October 1 release.  I’m posting this excerpt a couple days early because we just had a new addition to our family and my schedule over the next few weeks is very hectic.  I have the time now so what the … Read the rest