There are a couple of “old business” items I keep forgetting to post on, so I’m going to get those out of the way before I get to the main subject I wanted to discuss today. First, a couple weeks ago I got my royalty statement from Hasbro that covers the first quarter of sales [...]
Playing catch-up
Filed under Market Report, Reviews, Writing Journal on August 8, 2005
Tagged: Ed Gentry, Jaleigh Johnson, Maiden of Pain, Realms of the Dragons II, Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
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 [...]
Burlmarr uncut
Filed under Writing Journal on May 6, 2005
Tagged: Realms of the Dragons II
I’ve been watching RotD2′s Amazon.com sales rank since it officially came out this week. It has been consistently above 10,000, peaking somewhere in the 6,000s both today and on Tuesday. No reviews yet. I have gotten some comments on the forums here, and discussion is starting to pick up with the Worlds of D&D book [...]
Release the dragons, officially
Filed under Writing Journal on May 3, 2005
Tagged: Realms of the Dragons II
Today is the day, so all those of you who have been deprived of your dragons can now march up to the counters of your local bookstores and demand your copy of Realms of the Dragons II. No more hiding them in the back storeroom, managers! Once you’ve read through all the great stories, post [...]
Dragons in my hands
Filed under Writing Journal on April 27, 2005
Tagged: Maiden of Pain, press releases, Realms of the Dragons II
I gave in. I went to Borders on my lunch and it was sitting there on the New Paperbacks table. So I bought it. I just couldn’t wait for Wizards to deliver my author’s copies. (Actually, my wife was the one who broke down and wanted to by it–not that I didn’t, but I knew [...]

