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| The Red Walker |
Posted - 13 Apr 2011 : 15:56:26
Great news concerning a fellow scribe and friend to all here at the 'keep.
Our own Brian Cortijo, aka Garen Thal, is on the roster of authors for a new anthology, When The Hero Comes Home, edited by Ed Greenwood and Gabrielle Harbowy.
Is is set to contain One and Twenty Summers by Brian Cortijo. Which will be his first published work of fiction!
Along with friend Brian, the authors also include, Ed, Rosemary Jones and Erik Scott de Bie. So many reasons to support this work!!
http://www.gabrielle-edits.com/2011/04/09/toc-when-the-hero-comes-home/
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| Gabrielle_H |
Posted - 07 Jun 2011 : 20:18:39
August comes early around these parts!
WHEN THE HERO COMES HOME is now available for presale in ebook/Kindle formats on the Dragon Moon Press website. http://bit.ly/kTKhCe
I also hear a rumor that it'll show up on Amazon well before the official release date, in Kindle and trade paperback.
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| Gabrielle_H |
Posted - 06 Jun 2011 : 23:15:12
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Originally posted by Garen Thal
Looks like the book will even have a cover!
The book cover has been revealed! http://www.gabrielle-edits.com/2011/06/06/hero-cover/
With art by Scott Purdy, who has done some great work for Paizo and for Dragon Moon Press.
Getting closer... The ebook files are being created as we speak! Or, uh...type. |
| Garen Thal |
Posted - 06 Jun 2011 : 20:04:24
Looks like the book will even have a cover! |
| Erik Scott de Bie |
Posted - 06 May 2011 : 15:18:21
quote:
Originally posted by Dennis
I happen to like that song, Erik. And Dead Memories, too.
I listened to that one a lot as well. 
My current Pandora station is mostly Stone Sour, Slipknot, and Rise Against, with some Tool, Disturbed, Seether, etc., thrown in for additional color.
Cheers |
| Dennis |
Posted - 06 May 2011 : 01:36:43
I happen to like that song, Erik. And Dead Memories, too. |
| Erik Scott de Bie |
Posted - 05 May 2011 : 22:27:07
quote:
Originally posted by The Red Walker
quote:
Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
I know for a fact *my* story is rather dark. (Surprised, anyone?)
ok....what was your "soundtrack" for writing said story?
Ah, how well you know me.
Well, the song I most associate with writing this particular story is this one: "Snuff", by Slipknot
The song alone is pretty awesome, though you should watch the official video too, if you want. It's darkly brilliant.
Cheers |
| The Red Walker |
Posted - 04 May 2011 : 16:52:17
quote:
Originally posted by Rosemary Jones
And while it is unlikely that I will be going to GenCon, I'll happy send out the infamous bookplate so you can add my signature to your collection!
Oh I gotta get one of those in my hands! I havent missed one yet, and would hate to stop the streak |
| The Red Walker |
Posted - 04 May 2011 : 16:51:18
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
I know for a fact *my* story is rather dark. (Surprised, anyone?)
I'm looking forward to reading the others, when I get my current FR novel project out the way.
Actually, I better get back to tha--
ok....what was your "soundtrack" for writing said story? |
| Erik Scott de Bie |
Posted - 04 May 2011 : 16:09:39
I know for a fact *my* story is rather dark. (Surprised, anyone?)
I'm looking forward to reading the others, when I get my current FR novel project out the way.
Actually, I better get back to tha-- |
| Gabrielle_H |
Posted - 04 May 2011 : 05:01:48
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Originally posted by Garen Thal
I was actually going strictly by page count from the Table of Contents. Perhaps I used words-too-big? Page-breaks aplenty? Ellipsis overdose?
More scene breaks, perhaps, or more dialogue?
At any rate, your pride is entirely justified, good sir. And thank you for the welcome! |
| Garen Thal |
Posted - 04 May 2011 : 04:25:41
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Originally posted by Gabrielle_H
quote:
Originally posted by Garen Thal
I found it incredibly satisfying that the three longest stories in the book came from Rosemary, Erik, and me. Not Realms tales, but fans of the Realms will be most pleased with the number of pages occupied by Realms favorites (oh, and me, too!).
This sent me back to my spreadsheet to verify. Ha! I hadn't noticed, but Erik and Rosemary do clock in with top word-count. Brian, a couple of the other stories are just a bit longer than yours...but you're close.
Curses!
I was actually going strictly by page count from the Table of Contents. Perhaps I used words-too-big? Page-breaks aplenty? Ellipsis overdose?
My pride over the matter stands, madam. I hope you don't mind.
quote:
I don't want to hijack any of our scribes' scrolls, but I might drop more hints here and there...
Hijack away! Anything that brings a closer eye on the book is all right with me. |
| Gabrielle_H |
Posted - 04 May 2011 : 01:25:25
quote:
Originally posted by Garen Thal
I found it incredibly satisfying that the three longest stories in the book came from Rosemary, Erik, and me. Not Realms tales, but fans of the Realms will be most pleased with the number of pages occupied by Realms favorites (oh, and me, too!).
This sent me back to my spreadsheet to verify. Ha! I hadn't noticed, but Erik and Rosemary do clock in with top word-count. Brian, a couple of the other stories are just a bit longer than yours...but you're close.
Strong fantasy definitely dominates the book. There are five stories I'd call science fiction (including mine), a little urban fantasy, and a few that are harder to classify. A lot of dark stories, some dark humor and some light humor. Hopefully you'll enjoy the contributions from some of our newer voices, as well as the ones from folks you already know. :)
Steve Bornstein gave me a teaser line to post from his story:
"The prince was a greedy oaf of a man, strong enough to replace a pair of oxen in the field and smart enough to replace a pair of oxen in the schoolhouse."
I don't want to hijack any of our scribes' scrolls, but I might drop more hints here and there...
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| Garen Thal |
Posted - 03 May 2011 : 18:18:16
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Originally posted by Rosemary Jones
And a very big THANK YOU to Ed and Gabrielle (our other fantastic editor) for letting me stretch the word limits and tell this tale of Red Molly and Turtle.
I found it incredibly satisfying that the three longest stories in the book came from Rosemary, Erik, and me. Not Realms tales, but fans of the Realms will be most pleased with the number of pages occupied by Realms favorites (oh, and me, too!). |
| Kajehase |
Posted - 03 May 2011 : 16:59:52
Oh I like that line. It's not quite up there with the one Lindsey Davis used to start of her Falco-series, but pretty darn close. |
| Rosemary Jones |
Posted - 03 May 2011 : 05:55:15
And while it is unlikely that I will be going to GenCon, I'll happy send out the infamous bookplate so you can add my signature to your collection!
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| Rosemary Jones |
Posted - 03 May 2011 : 05:53:26
We're all thrilled to be hanging together in this anthology. I had a wonderful time with my story == when I got the invitation, I suddenly had a home for the opening line that had been hanging out in my head for some time: Red Molly spun windershins in the ash and the cinders as the trains rumbled blindly past.
And a very big THANK YOU to Ed and Gabrielle (our other fantastic editor) for letting me stretch the word limits and tell this tale of Red Molly and Turtle.
BTW there's some fantastic science fiction in this anthology as well as high fantasy.
Regards,
Rosemary
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| Garen Thal |
Posted - 27 Apr 2011 : 03:57:04
Apologies for the delay. Holidays, and all that....
Certainly, Erik. Let us see what we can do about that, shall we? |
| Erik Scott de Bie |
Posted - 17 Apr 2011 : 19:01:26
That's a really good idea, TRW. I'll have to think about that. Brian? Eh?
Cheers |
| The Red Walker |
Posted - 15 Apr 2011 : 15:18:03
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
There is some CRAZY talent in this anthology (seriously, Jim Hines, anyone?), and I for one highly look forward to seeing it in print.
I believe it should be available at GenCon, and you'd have the opportunity to get at least three of those signatures.
(I'm still trying to convince Rosemary to go one of these years. wink wink!)
Cheers
Erik, how about a donation to the charity of your choice for a copy with the realms authors? Like $40 if you get all 4 and say am extra $5 for any of the additional authors/editor? |
| Garen Thal |
Posted - 14 Apr 2011 : 23:22:18
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
quote:
Originally posted by Blueblade
And as for intriguing, Dennis, someone asked Ed and Erik Buchanan and another author who's in the book (I THINK it was JM Frey, but I'm not sure what she looks like, so it might have been someone else) to say out just one sentence, from memory, from their stories in HERO, and they did, and the results were VERY intriguing.
That's a great teaser idea. In fact . . .
"Victory fell, as it so often did, to a single man with a single blade--one that slipped unseen between would-be shields and saved a thousand lives by taking one."
Cheers
Hmm. A teaser quote. Let's give one that I know will tease a few palates, not least of all Erik's:
"It turned his stomach still, after twenty digs." |
| Erik Scott de Bie |
Posted - 14 Apr 2011 : 22:32:55
quote:
Originally posted by Blueblade
And as for intriguing, Dennis, someone asked Ed and Erik Buchanan and another author who's in the book (I THINK it was JM Frey, but I'm not sure what she looks like, so it might have been someone else) to say out just one sentence, from memory, from their stories in HERO, and they did, and the results were VERY intriguing.
That's a great teaser idea. In fact . . .
"Victory fell, as it so often did, to a single man with a single blade--one that slipped unseen between would-be shields and saved a thousand lives by taking one."
Cheers |
| Blueblade |
Posted - 14 Apr 2011 : 18:36:37
Heh. I'm thinking Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon will be invited to write for the next one, being as they were enthusiastically discussing story ideas with Ed during one of my eavesdroppings. I suspect Ed also asked Dave Duncan and Guy Gavriel Kay, just to name two more I saw him talking with, though I doubt either will do short stories, these days.
I also overheard Ed mentioning one (anonymous) writer who had to bow out because of his wedding, so I'm GUESSING that was George R.R. Martin - - though I could be wrong - - and I'm guessing it was this anthology (but could be wrong about that, too; after all, Ed does get involved in a lot of anthologies, magazines, and web pubs).
And as for intriguing, Dennis, someone asked Ed and Erik Buchanan and another author who's in the book (I THINK it was JM Frey, but I'm not sure what she looks like, so it might have been someone else) to say out just one sentence, from memory, from their stories in HERO, and they did, and the results were VERY intriguing. I also overheard Ed praising the tale penned by Rosemary Jones to Todd McCaffrey, as one he might want to "definitely not miss" . . . so I'm in, the moment this thing becomes available.
BB |
| The Hooded One |
Posted - 14 Apr 2011 : 15:41:04
Hi, all.
Dennis, I talked to Ed late, late Saturday night at Ad Astra (Gabrielle, exhausted from jet lag and the launch party for JM Frey's first novel, Triptych, had already hit the sack), and I can tell you this much:
All sorts of genres and lengths are represented in this anthology, from militaristic sf to whimsical humorous fantasy and near-horror. Which means no one reader is going to like every tale in the book. However, Ed was impressed even with the quality of some of the pieces they had to reject, and promises the book contains some DYNAMITE (his word) tales. His own contribution is very short, BTW. He also promises a Realms connection in the "very clever" foreword (which is, no, not written by him, but I'm not allowed to reveal who did write it, yet).
Ed and Todd are good friends, from hanging out together at two Ad Astras in a row. Ed is of course good buds with all the Realms writers and with Jim Hines, and is fast becoming friends with most of the up-and-coming Dragon Moon Press authors (who are most of the lesser-known names in the book's roster). Ed deems Gabrielle a first-rank editor, and promises "even if a story in HERO isn't to your taste, it will NOT be poorly written. We didn't invite our friends to contribute because they were our friends, but because we know well what writing they are capable of, and thought them ideal. Gabrielle and I are very proud of this book, and I think rightfully so. I suspect, years down the road, this book will be collectible because it holds the first tales or early tales of writers who have become justifiably famous."
Ed also told me sequel anthologies are very likely in 2012 and later, with more writers invited to the table.
love,
THO |
| Alisttair |
Posted - 14 Apr 2011 : 11:57:55
Very nice. Congrats. |
| Dennis |
Posted - 14 Apr 2011 : 06:07:06
The titles of the stories sound interesting [except that very long one]. But I'll reserve my final decision whether to buy this or not till I hear some more details. |
| Erik Scott de Bie |
Posted - 14 Apr 2011 : 06:05:52
There is some CRAZY talent in this anthology (seriously, Jim Hines, anyone?), and I for one highly look forward to seeing it in print.
I believe it should be available at GenCon, and you'd have the opportunity to get at least three of those signatures.
(I'm still trying to convince Rosemary to go one of these years. wink wink!)
Cheers |
| Alystra Illianniis |
Posted - 14 Apr 2011 : 04:13:33
And did mine eyes deceive?! Todd MCCafferey?! Woot! Another reason to get this book, as I just finished reading his latest Pern novel. He truly is as gifted as his mother, and the title of his tale already has me intrigued. |
| Brimstone |
Posted - 13 Apr 2011 : 23:48:00
Cool. |
| The Red Walker |
Posted - 13 Apr 2011 : 20:18:17
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Originally posted by Zireael
Oh yeah, great news, now if only that book was available in Poland soon...
I think Amazon nows ships to Europe for $3.99. Ship time to Poland is right around two weeks. |
| Zireael |
Posted - 13 Apr 2011 : 19:58:55
Oh yeah, great news, now if only that book was available in Poland soon... |
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