Bow to the dark god, ye minions. Here’s some of what’s coming in book 2: The dogmen of Toth and their maulers The Ungar and the one they call Ruin The tanglewoods of the woodikin Firesteeds Gloryweaves Nashrud the hunter And last, but not least, the Orange-eyed priest of Mungo The end is in sight on
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Well, I’m less than 300 words from my original estimate of 140,000 words. The problem is that estimates are notoriously unreliable. Especially when most of the invention comes during the draft phase. It appears I have 20-30k more words. So I’m back down in the 80% finished range. But here’s my goal for completing. I hope to
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You’ll note the word count on CODG is steadily rising. Today, I experienced a delightful AND maddening turn. I find outlines to be immensely useful tools for story development. Of course, there are many more tools in the box–outlines can’t do everything. For example, there are times when you’re drafting a story that you write something and
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BTW, I talked to Stacy Hague-Hill today and got the release and due dates. Book 1 Revisions due May 15th, 2008 Final due July 1, 2008 Hardcover release Sept 2009 Paperback release Aug 2010 She said because it’s my first novel and because it’s a trilogy they want to make sure they properly lay the
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On Feb 1, 2008 my wonderful agent, Caitlin Blasdell of Liza Dawson Associates, informed me that the details are all finalized and I can shout it to the world. Tor books (an imprint of St. Martins) has given me a very nice deal (as categorized on Publisher’s Marketplace) for a 3-book, traditional epic fantasy series.
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