Cool stuff
Cover artist for the first edition published by Tor Books
The fabulous Raymond Swanland! I absolutely love his style, and can’t tell you how excited I was to hear he was doing my cover. Besides being a killer illustrator, he’s just a nice guy. I blogged about some of his other art here. Click the image to see a bigger view.
Cover for Curse
In this post, I show the process of creating Curse’s cover and some important lessons learned about micromanaging.
“Hunger” by Dixon Leavitt
Dixon Leavitt is an amazing artist. He recently emailed me saying: “Sometimes I just start sketching with no plan in mind. This just popped out. Thought you’d like to see it.”
Duuuuuuuuuude!
See the steps to its creation here: http://dixondoodles.blogspot.com/2011/11/creation-of-hunger-from-servant-of-dark.html. Click the image to see a larger version.
Other
Praise
“Servant delivers solid pacing, a great setting, and a smart story that breaks away from genre conventions.”
~ BRANDON SANDERSON, New York Times bestselling author
“Engrossing debut”
~ PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
“A provocative, suspenseful beginning of a new series.”
~ BOOKLIST
“A welcome addition to large-scale fantasy.”
~ LIBRARY JOURNAL (Starred Review!)
“A book that copies nothing I have read before and which goes its own way brilliantly.”
~ DAVID DRAKE, Author of the popular Hammer’s Slammers and Lord of Isles series
“I will say, in utter candor, that Servant is a work that truly stands out from other fantasy books on the market. What makes this book work so well is that it’s a story about family first, and a fantasy adventure second.”
~ ORSON SCOTT CARD’S INTERGALACTIC MEDICINE SHOW
Interviews & Articles
- 10/7/2009 interview with Bryce Dayton of the Intelli-Gent Reviews
- 10/8/2009 interview with Tia Nevitt of Fantasy Debut
- 10/12/2009 How To Get Ideas: Talk to Cows on BSC Review
- 10/13/2009 interview with Lon Prater
- 10/19/2009 interview with William Morris of A Motley Vision: Mormon Arts and Culture
- 10/20/2009 The Big Idea: John Brown on John Scalzi’s Whatever
- 10/23/2009 interview with Harry Markov of Temple Library Reviews
- 11/23/2009 interview with Donna of Fantasy Dreamer’s Ramblings
- 1/21/2011 interview with Nancy Fulda, owner of AnthologyBuilder.com
What about Servant of a Dark God?
For those wondering how this book fits with Servant of a Dark God, the Dark God series is being re-released by Blacksword Books, my own imprint. You can read about why I’m doing this here. Why I’m going indie for the next little while here. And what changes I’ve made to bring the book back to my original vision here. I think readers are going to love the author’s cut.
