Seeing my name in ink
Filed under Writing Journal on August 2, 2004
Tagged: Forgotten Realms, Maiden of Pain
I went book-shopping on Saturday. I had finally finished book ten of the Wheel of Time and had a day of sitting at a garage sale ahead of me, so I thought it’d be a good time to pick up a couple new books.
I got a couple FR books I had been meaning to buy. The first was The Yellow Silk by Don Bassingwaithe, the final book in the Rogues series. I ended up finishing it that day. I could not put it down. I think both it and The Alabaster Staff were my favorite of the series.
The other book I got was Lady of Poison, book one of the Priests. This is the series that my book will conclude. I wanted also to see how other authors handled their priest characters.
Another reason I went book shopping was because I had heard that Wizards was starting to advertise Maiden in their current releases. I knew of at least one title that listed it, and figured it would also be mentioned in the first Priests book. What I didn’t know was that in some books, there was a promotional blurb along with my name and the title:
The book that Forgotten Realms novel fans have been waiting for–the result of an exhaustive international talent search. The newest star in the skies of Faerun tells a story of torture, sacrifice, and betrayal.
I nearly cried. I mean, it was cool enough just to see my name in ink, but reading even a vague description of the story, it was like the impact of realizing I’m getting my first novel published hit me all over again.
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