I don’t normally participate in memes, but I’ve seen this one on quite a few author blogs and it’s definitely topical.
1. According to my mother, I came home after the first day of kindergarten, plopped down on the couch with a book, and started to cry after only a few moments of flipping through pages. [...]

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“Boxed” would be more accurate, but doesn’t make as catchy a title. Patience, I will explain.
The desk on which my computer sits, the desk where I do my writing, has two sets of shelves, bracketing the space where the monitor sits. The set of shelves on the right is divided in half vertically (so as [...]

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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 book [...]

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Looks like I won’t have any input on the cover this time. It will be done by the same artist who has done the first two books. In Phil’s words, the cover is “very creepy, and very cool.” I can’t wait to see it!
As far as my continued relationship with WotC, Phil told me that [...]

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One of the guidelines in the open call was that iconic characters, i.e., NPCs that held positions of import or impact withing the Realms, were not to be killed or even made an integral part of the story. In my attempt to adhere to that rule, I chose Luthcheq as my setting, because none of [...]

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