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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
Posted - 25 Oct 2015 : 22:57:15
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In Episode 28 of the Side Project Podcast, Ed Greenwood, Erik Scott de Bie, and Chris A, Jackson discuss the new Ed Greenwood Group, publisher of new fiction/gaming shared universes, in general and Hellmaw, the urban fantasy/horror milieu that is the first of those settings, in particular. You can listen here:
http://www.sideprojectpodcast.com |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36799 Posts |
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
5402 Posts |
Posted - 10 Nov 2015 : 03:09:00
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Really enjoyed Murder in Corvis, and I have really wanted Privateer to produce some more novel length material. Good news all around! |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
Posted - 11 Nov 2015 : 14:18:57
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Thanks, guys. I'm glad you're interested. |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
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xaeyruudh
Master of Realmslore
USA
1853 Posts |
Posted - 16 Nov 2015 : 22:36:15
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Posthumanity, eh? Looks cool! |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
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Hippo
Acolyte
USA
16 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jan 2016 : 06:48:13
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Stoked about Black Dogs. Will be coming out around my bday!
Will you still be contributing to the novellas and short stories? |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jan 2016 : 14:11:25
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Hi, Hippo, glad you're looking forward to BLACK DOGS. Hope you enjoy it.
If Privateer asks for more short fiction and I can fit it into my schedule, then I will certainly do more, but at the moment, we're focused on the novels. They do have one little short story they commissioned a while back that has not been published yet. Presumably that will turn up in one of the mini-anthologies at some point, but I don't know which one or when. |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
Posted - 01 Feb 2016 : 17:33:10
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Check out the Kickstarter for AARON ALLSTON'S STRIKE FORCE, a new edition of a terrific superhero RPG campaign sourcebook.
You'll notice that one of the Stretch Goals is an anthology with stories by excellent authors including Elaine Cunningham, Dave Gross, Jaym Gates, Mel Odom, and Michael Stackpole. Plus, you'll get something new from me.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2000633882/aaron-allstons-strike-force |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36799 Posts |
Posted - 01 Feb 2016 : 20:02:39
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quote: Originally posted by Richard Lee Byers
Check out the Kickstarter for AARON ALLSTON'S STRIKE FORCE, a new edition of a terrific superhero RPG campaign sourcebook.
You'll notice that one of the Stretch Goals is an anthology with stories by excellent authors including Elaine Cunningham, Dave Gross, Jaym Gates, Mel Odom, and Michael Stackpole. Plus, you'll get something new from me.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2000633882/aaron-allstons-strike-force
I'll be looking into this one, just based on that list of authors. |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
Posted - 09 Mar 2016 : 17:57:17
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A while back, Nonbinary Review ran a story of mine that connects to the seminal horror work THE KING IN YELLOW and stars the real-life fencing master Aldo Nadi. Previously, you couldn't read the story unless you could access the Lithomobilus platform, but now the issue is online. So if you missed the yarn before, you can find it here:
http://nonbinaryreview.com/archive-2/issue-5-the-king-in-yellow/ |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
Posted - 15 Apr 2016 : 14:13:00
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ONDER Magazine #1 from The Ed Greenwood Group is now available! Among other stuff, it contains work from Ed himself (including his thoughts on a new beginning for the Forgotten Realms) and Gabrielle Harbowy and new short stories by Chris A. Jackson and me. My story is set in the Hellmaw universe and stars a character who will also star in a novel I'll be writing by and by. Check it all out here:
http://onderlibrum.com/onder-magazine/ |
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Clegane
Seeker
65 Posts |
Posted - 15 Apr 2016 : 16:21:45
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Thank you! Just finished reading the intro piece and Q & A with ED. It has me excited for the Realms and look forward to reading the rest of issue. |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
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Adhriva
Learned Scribe
USA
147 Posts |
Posted - 16 May 2016 : 15:47:02
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I enjoyed the blog post and have a related question to writing in a shared world. Namely, how do you handle characters created by other authors, especially if those former heroes they created have the potential for betrayal and/or death in your script. A good example are the hero vs hero stories that have populated recent cinema narratives. |
Professional illustrator and comic book artist. Portfolio |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
Posted - 17 May 2016 : 14:26:04
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Hi, Adhriva. Glad you enjoyed the post.
To answer your question, in my Forgotten Realms work, I have pretty much steered clear of characters created in other novels or short stories. I have felt somewhat freer to use characters created in the gaming sourcebooks. The way this works is that if I tell me editor what I have in mind, and the editor says yes or no. This all happens in the outline approval stage, so there's no danger that I will do something with a character in the course of actually writing a story and only find out afterward that it's a no go.
I try to be consistent with what the creator of the character had in mind. You may or may not like my portrayal of Sammaster in YEAR OF ROGUE DRAGONS, but I made him an evil nut job with a dragon and dracolich obsession.. That's what the original material said he is.
Generally speaking, the more important a character is, the less likely it is that the publisher will let you change him significantly. The change needs to be a key part of a good story that can only be told if the change happens, and even then, you can't do it if it has long-term implications for the profitability of the setting. Back when I was working for WotC, I could have pitched the FR equivalent of HAMLET, and if it had involved croaking Drizzt and Elminster, there's no way it would have been green-lit. (Just an example, there. I would never, ever consider doing that even if I thought I could get away with it because it would be grossly disrespectful to Bob and Ed.)
There are times when the publisher actually decides a big change is in order and commissions the writer to bring it about in the context of a work of fiction. In THE HAUNTED LAND, there are big changes to the land of Thay. WotC decided they wanted Thay to evolve in that way, then asked me to write the trilogy where it happened.
A lot of the big apparent changes you see in stories have back doors built into the situations that will allow them to be undone. For example, the change that comes to the status of Captain America and the heroes who side with him in the new movie is clearly something the film makers can change back when it suits them. Stories involving comic-book superheroes and super-villains are very often like this, to the extent that we feel that nobody stays dead in the Marvel and DC Universes. |
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Madpig
Learned Scribe
Finland
148 Posts |
Posted - 02 Jun 2016 : 11:53:07
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Hi Richard. What is your current standing with WotC? Is there even tinyest chance we could get more Aoth and the company novels in anywhere in near future? |
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