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| Alaundo |
Posted - 12 Feb 2004 : 19:08:51
Well met
This being a collective scroll of any questions the Scribes and visitors of Candlekeep wish to put to a renowned author of the Realms, namely - Richard Lee Byers, whos works include: Dissolution, The Shattered Mask, The Black Bouquet and the upcoming Year of Rogue Dragons Trilogy.
Present your questions herein and check back to see what news may also come forth from the quill of this author. |
| 30 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Italian Archmage Karsus |
Posted - 12 Aug 2022 : 00:27:37
quote:
Originally posted by Richard Lee Byers
I'm very sorry, but I wrote this too long ago and have written too many things since. I no longer remember.
Oh! I honestly didn't expect you to answer so soon. Sorry I didn't check on this thread before.
It's okay if you don't remember, and let me thank you for taking the time to reply even though this thread is so old. |
| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 10 Aug 2022 : 13:58:29
I'm very sorry, but I wrote this too long ago and have written too many things since. I no longer remember. |
| Italian Archmage Karsus |
Posted - 10 Aug 2022 : 01:22:01
If I may be so bold,
I was reading through the threads and noticed that Zethrindor does not have a game-equivalent for his Disintegrate Area spell (thanks for saying it out loud! I really looked everywhere for it, even magic items, epic spells, item-item interaction exceptions!). I thought maybe Firefingers, too, was an ad-hoc with his flame redirection ability, maybe from being an old pyromaniac, but in the tail-end of the Ruin, both Firefingers and Scattercloak use that ability to redirect ironwyrm drolem breath. I've been sifting through every spell out there and couldn't figure out what spell it was. Given the extensive attention the series put to such things, I still suspect that I might be missing something.
Was there a specific spell you had in mind, or was it actually a freestyle? |
| EricMinde |
Posted - 02 Mar 2022 : 04:19:11
I think it does. Thank you very much. |
| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 01 Mar 2022 : 13:55:14
It's been so long since I wrote the book or had any involvement with the Realms at all that I no longer have a clear memory of what I had in mind. You might glean more from reading the novel than from anything I say here.
I do recall that Stedd was a fledgling Chosen, as it were, not yet come into all the powers he would have when mature. That meant I could punt on defining what exactly those powers would be, and it gives you a good deal of latitude on deciding what they ought to be.
I think I projected that the mature Stedd would have the full range of clerical magic at his disposal plus special abilities that reflected the nature of his patron deity.
Hope this helps at least a little. |
| EricMinde |
Posted - 01 Mar 2022 : 01:14:05
From what I understand Stedd Whitehorn was one of your characters and you wrote him as a chosen and prophet of Lathander. I think your opinion on what a chosen of Lathander would have for abilities and skills could help guide what I would like to do with a character I'm making. Any thoughts would be appreciated. |
| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 23 Sep 2020 : 14:51:27
I am not doing them all although I do hope there will be more from me after this first one. I'm pretty sure there is not a finite number of them that Aconyte Books intends to do and then, no more. I think that perspective would actually be antithetical to their ambitions. They hope the line will prosper and there will be many more books for years to come.
They're doing books set in the non-Asgardian parts of the Marvel Universe, too, although I'm not involved in those series as of yet. In all cases, authors are supposed to look to the Marvel Comics Universe as opposed to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with regard to continuity issues, etc. |
| sleyvas |
Posted - 21 Sep 2020 : 16:27:26
quote:
Originally posted by Richard Lee Byers
My novel MARVEL LEGENDS OF ASGARD: THE HEAD OF MIMIR is out in a couple more weeks (Oct. 6, specifically), but you can preorder it now. This is a story that connects to the Marvel Comics Universe. But at the same time, it's an unabashed heroic fantasy novel, so if you like my Forgotten Realms books, I think you'll like this one as well.
https://www.amazon.com/Head-Mimir-Marvel-Legends-Asgard/dp/183908054X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2FBD68HS8J0XP&dchild=1&keywords=marvel+legends+of+asgard+the+head+of+mimir&qid=1600611281&sprefix=marvel+legends+of+as%2Caps%2C160&sr=8-1
Hey Richard,
I don't follow the marketing for marvel much, though over the past 6 years I've read more Thor comics than you can shake a stick at (getting a lot of past compendiums off amazon, etc..)... and I do try to keep up with the current Thor comics... so I'm both surprised and happy to hear that Marvel's doing some "legends of Asgard" novel series. Are you doing them all? Do you know how many they might be roughly doing or anything more about their plans that you can reveal? Is this the first one? |
| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 21 Sep 2020 : 14:37:26
Glad to hear it, Wooly!
Everyone can read an excerpt from MARVE LEGENDS OF ASGARD: THE HEAD OF MIMIR here:
https://www.marvel.com/articles/culture-lifestyle/legends-of-asgard-head-mimir-heimdall-excerpt?linkId=99963301 |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 20 Sep 2020 : 18:13:05
quote:
Originally posted by Richard Lee Byers
My novel MARVEL LEGENDS OF ASGARD: THE HEAD OF MIMIR is out in a couple more weeks (Oct. 6, specifically), but you can preorder it now. This is a story that connects to the Marvel Comics Universe. But at the same time, it's an unabashed heroic fantasy novel, so if you like my Forgotten Realms books, I think you'll like this one as well.
https://www.amazon.com/Head-Mimir-Marvel-Legends-Asgard/dp/183908054X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2FBD68HS8J0XP&dchild=1&keywords=marvel+legends+of+asgard+the+head+of+mimir&qid=1600611281&sprefix=marvel+legends+of+as%2Caps%2C160&sr=8-1
Guess that answers my question... I'll be picking it up.  |
| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 20 Sep 2020 : 15:21:51
My novel MARVEL LEGENDS OF ASGARD: THE HEAD OF MIMIR is out in a couple more weeks (Oct. 6, specifically), but you can preorder it now. This is a story that connects to the Marvel Comics Universe. But at the same time, it's an unabashed heroic fantasy novel, so if you like my Forgotten Realms books, I think you'll like this one as well.
https://www.amazon.com/Head-Mimir-Marvel-Legends-Asgard/dp/183908054X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2FBD68HS8J0XP&dchild=1&keywords=marvel+legends+of+asgard+the+head+of+mimir&qid=1600611281&sprefix=marvel+legends+of+as%2Caps%2C160&sr=8-1 |
| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 28 Jul 2020 : 18:28:49
Links to this year's Gen Con Writer's Symposium panels on YouTube.
Please note that the panels will become available for viewing as per the Gen Con schedule.
Also please obtain tickets for the panels on the Gen Con site and then turn them in. Doing this provides for a robust GCWS presence at next year's Gen Con by showing that people are interested in our panels.
http://genconwriters.com/node/270 |
| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 26 Jun 2020 : 15:43:55
I wrote THE HEAD OF MIMIR, one of the two kick-off books in Aconyte Books's new line of fiction based on the Marvel Comics universe and the first Marvel Legends of Asgard novel. It comes out Oct. 6th.
Being a Marvel Legends of Asgard novel, it's both a Marvel story and very much heroic fantasy, so I think Forgotten Realms fans will like it. Follow the link to see the press release.
https://mailchi.mp/8aac8e0b1d18/marvel-aconyte-line-up-announcement?fbclid=IwAR2EdGaPXwhAp8aEwLQlnddhjmfxvinp7g-pC9Rc0RgVV9oL2K7GeC-EZbs |
| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 28 Feb 2020 : 13:52:28
I wrote a Traveller story, and you can get that now.
https://www.drivethrufiction.com/product/304808/Ghouls |
| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 08 Nov 2019 : 13:58:22
I just discovered my new heroic fantasy novella is now available. (Publishers, you really should tell your authors these things.)
If you're someone who hoped I would do something big in the vein of my Forgotten Realms novels, here it is. This is intended to be the start of a true epic fantasy, only told not in cinder-block-sized novels but in novellas that come out more frequently.
Just how soon I'll do the next one, though, depends on the response to this one since I write for a living and have to prioritize projects that make money. So I hope people will give this one a try as I'm eager to press on.
Here's where you can get it:
https://www.amazon.com/Arrival-Paladins-Book-Richard-Byers-ebook/dp/B07Z8931CK/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=arrival+the+paladins+book+1+richard+lee+byers&qid=1573220191&sr=8-1 |
| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 22 May 2019 : 14:12:01
LANCELOT, my new MUTANTS & MASTERMINDS novella from Green Ronin, is now available!
I won't say this one is pure superhero fun. I'll let you be the judge of that. But it does open with a flying superhero fighting dinosaurs at a world-famous landmark, so that indicates the vibe I was going for.
https://greenroninstore.com/collections/nisaba-press-fiction/products/lancelot-mutants-masterminds-novella-epub-mobi-pdf |
| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 23 Apr 2019 : 21:50:37
The Dead God Trilogy, sword and sorcery by me, is on sale again. So if you'd like to read it, now's a good time to score your copies.
https://www.drivethrufiction.com/product/273454/Dead-God-Trilogy-BUNDLE |
| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 16 Feb 2019 : 21:30:45
I see The Dead God Trilogy, sword-and-sorcery fantasy by yours truly, is currently on sale. You can check it out here:
https://www.drivethrufiction.com/saleguide.php?src=DTRPGTwitter |
| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 30 Jan 2019 : 14:17:58
UNDERCITY, my new novella set in the Android universe, is now available. This is cyberpunk//future noir SF, and I'm quite pleased with how it came out.
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/android-novels/products/undercity/?fbclid=IwAR2mFCgG8yvNawG8WLpQ3Tyqn__CFUQZIE5ymeM_P5duTuMC6iOq5jAOw7Y |
| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 16 Nov 2018 : 14:06:35
NISABA JOURNAL: ISSUE 1 is now available! This is an anthology of stories set in the worlds of Green Ronin Publishing and includes my story "The Prisoner," a MUTANTS AND MASTERMINDS superhero tale.
https://www.amazon.com/Nisaba-Journal-Issue-Michael-Matheson-ebook/dp/B07JNGZGT7/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542316434&sr=8-1&keywords=nisaba |
| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 05 Sep 2018 : 14:26:03
GraphicAudio's audio drama version of my fantasy novel BLACK DOGS is available now! (BLACK DOGS is my first full-length novel about the mercenary company the Black River Irregulars. It's sword and sorcery with a steampunk overlay set in Privateer Press's Iron Kingdoms universe.)
https://www.graphicaudio.net/the-black-river-irregulars-1-black-dogs.html |
| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 15 Aug 2018 : 14:55:37
The audio play adaptation of my fantasy novella MURDER IN CORVIS (the origin story of the Iron Kingdoms mercenary team the Black River Irregulars) is now shipping in all formats.
https://www.graphicaudio.net/the-black-river-irregulars-murder-in-corvis.html |
| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 16 Jul 2018 : 21:02:51
I just found out that the audio play version of MURDER IN CORVIS is now available. You can check it out here:
https://www.graphicaudio.net/the-black-river-irregulars-murder-in-corvis.html |
| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 03 Jul 2018 : 14:31:27
Available now: My new fantasy novel THE SHADOW GUIDE!
If you've enjoyed my other sword-and-sorcery stories, my Forgotten Realms work, for instance, I think you'll like this one, too, and I hope you'll check it out.
Just one caveat: An earlier version of this book appeared under the title THE GHOST IN THE STONE. If you bought GHOST, I wouldn't want you to buy this one under the impression you were getting something 100% new.
Although if you liked GHOST and want to see the story continue relatively quickly, you COULD buy a copy for a friend or post a review. Just a thought.
Anyway...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F6S6MWF/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530623548&sr=8-1&keywords=the+shadow+guide+richard+lee+byers |
| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 01 May 2018 : 19:33:27
Some people have asked when a print edition of THE HEP CATS OF ULTHAR AND OTHER LOVECRAFTIAN TALES would be available. The answer is, as of today!
This book from Macabre Ink (an imprint of Crossroad Press) collects many of my best Cthulhu Mythos and cosmic horror stories including three never before published. The tales range through the Middle Ages to the future and from Lovecraft's New England to the stars, and while the predominant vibe is of course horror, there's also some humor as well as some swordplay for heroic fantasy readers.
Bottom line, this is a book I'm quite proud of, and if you haven't already, I hope you'll check it out.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1948929899/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525198528&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=the+help+cats+of+ulthar+and+other+lovecraftian+tales |
| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 11 Mar 2018 : 14:18:27
I'm proud to announce the publication of THE HEP CATS OF ULTHAR AND OTHER LOVECRAFTIAN TALES. The book collects thirteen of my best stories of cosmic horror and Cthulhu Mythos shenanigans.
The title novelette and two of the short stories have never been published before.
As you probably guessed, the predominant vibe is horror, but there's also some swordplay and action for those who enjoy my heroic fantasy and even a funny story.
The eBook is available now. The paperback edition will follow shortly.
Please check it out:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BCZ1GL3/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1520776914&sr=8-1&keywords=the+hep+cats+of+ulthar
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| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 26 Jan 2018 : 14:00:49
To the best of my knowledge, I wrote the only Scarred Lands novels. |
| sleyvas |
Posted - 25 Jan 2018 : 22:50:26
Hey Richard, I just noticed that you were the author of the novels for the scarred lands setting by sword and sorcery. I was wondering to your knowledge, was any other novels for that setting ever done? |
| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 29 Dec 2017 : 20:28:25
I've got a story in the new HEROES OF HOLLOW EARTH anthology. You can check it out here:
https://www.amazon.com/James-Tucks-Heroes-Hollow-Earth/dp/1979238456/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514576842&sr=1-2&keywords=James+R.+Tuck%27s+Heroes+of+Hollow+Earthand |
| Alaundo |
Posted - 08 Dec 2017 : 14:49:22
quote:
Originally posted by Richard Lee Byers
IRE OF THE VOID, my new Lovecraftian/cosmic horror novella, is now available on the Fantasy Flight Games website.
This one ties into FFG's "Arkham Horror" game, but you don't need any familiarity with the game to read and enjoy it. Without giving away too much, the story features my take on one of my favorite classic cosmic-horror menaces, I'm pleased with how it came out, and I hope you'll give it a look.
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/12/7/ire-of-the-void/
Well met
I was very happy to see this when I checked the morning scrolls! The second Forgotten Realms author to write for the new Arkham Horror novellas. That's two out of two so far  |
