There are Amazon reviews for both RotD2 and MoP. You can follow the links on the Library page to see them. Overall, Maiden has gotten mixed results. I’ve heard everything from disappointment to average to raves. It’s interesting to talk with other authors about fan reviews. I’m pretty thick-skinned, having been part of critique groups [...]
Reviews
Filed under Writing Journal on June 29, 2005
Tagged: Amazon.com, Maiden of Pain, Reviews
My first book signing
Filed under Events on June 20, 2005
Tagged: book signing, Maiden of Pain
The signing was a modest success. A total of 7 people stopped by, but one guy just wanted to know where the bathroom was and another was simply curious what was going on. Of the remaining 5, four of them were friends or co-workers. I signed 9 books and sold 7. Numbers aside, I had [...]
Putting words in my mouth
Filed under Writing Journal on June 6, 2005
Tagged: Forgotten Realms, Maiden of Pain, Realms of the Dragons II
As many of you probably already noticed, I scheduled a book signing at the local Borders. Check out the Events page for details. Last year, while writing “How Burlmarr . . .”, I held a contest to come up with the draconic word for “lightning.” I picked three finalists from the entries. Now that the [...]
Local press
Filed under Writing Journal on May 24, 2005
Tagged: Dungeons & Dragons, Maiden of Pain
The interview I did with the local newspaper a couple weeks ago came out yesterday. I bought a couple extra copies for the folks. I’m so excited, but there are a couple of misquotes. First, the stories I wrote in the third grade were not based on my D&D adventures. Second, I never dressed up [...]
A mile a minute
Filed under Writing Journal on April 28, 2005
Tagged: Maiden of Pain
Things are happening so fast. As I mentioned in my comment on yesterday’s blog entry, one of the newspapers contacted me to schedule an interview. I’ll be chatting with their columnist tomorrow. The piece will focus more on me as the local boy making it big, but Maiden of Pain (and probably RotD2) will definitely [...]
