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FANTASY NOVELS
Tales of Sevrin: Thorn trilogy
Forgotten Realms
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Songs & Swords series
Starlight & Shadows trilogy
Counselors & Kings trilogy
Other Forgotten Realms books
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SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS
EDITING CREDITS
Elaine,
Looking forward to seeing you speak at Unicorn Writers’ Conference in March. I’m very curious to know how you got into writing for Forgotten Realms and Star Wars. I know that someone can’t just write a novel and submit it, that there’s additional complications with copyright, permissions, etc. I’m sure there is a process that is a bit different than traditional querying. I’m also curious to know how writing for a franchise with an established fan base differs from writing in a world completely your own.
Best,
Catherine Grant
Hi, Catherine.
The conference is right around the corner, isn’t it? Glad to hear you’re interested in this topic, as writing for licensed settings is one of the topics I plan to cover.
Best,
ec
Hi dear Elaine!
I’m Pauliina, 13 years old girl from Finland. (by the way, I don’t speak Eglish so much, but I hope you understand what I’m trying to say.) I just read your book Elfshadow and I totally love it! It is so magical and wonderful. But what is the point with that Forgotten realms thing? I tried to find out something about it, but it didn’t work out very well. Is it some kind of fantasy world? And who created it? Anyway, I think your books are unbelievable great, thanks for writing them!
Best wishes, Pauliina
Hi, Pauliina. Thanks for your note, and for your kind words. The Forgotten Realms is a fantasy world created by Ed Greenwood. It was purchased by a company called TSR (which is now owned by Wizards of the Coast) as a setting for the Dungeons & Dragons game. If you’re interested in learning more about this fantasy world, stop by http://www.wizards.com, the company’s website, or visit the fan forum Candlekeep at http://www.candlekeep.com.
Best,
ec
I started by reading the dark elf trilogy by bob Salvatore. Then I found your trilogy and what a difference. I have been writing my own book about the Underdark, but sadly I do not think it will ever get into print. My goal I guess would be to have just one copy of it in print. Sadly publishers do not come cheaply. Until then I will continue to write as I enjoy it. Thank you for the inspiration.
Thanks for the kind words, Rachael. There’s nothing wrong with writing in a setting you enjoy just for the fun of it. It’s great practice, and you’ve probably heard Malcolm Gladwell’s claim that 10,000 hours of practice is necessary to master a skill. Yes, publishing a single copy of a manuscript can be pricey, but rather than focusing on publication, enjoy writing Underdark stories and hone your craft, and you may find that publisher will pay YOU to publish your stories, rather than the other way around.
Hi Elaine!
I really enjoy your Forgotten Realms novels and have most of them in my vast book collection. I especially love how you portray Khelben Arunsun as he is one of my favorite characters in the Realms. You certainly know how to make characters come to life beyond the pages (e.g. Elaith). They have such amazing journeys and history! I was wondering… do you plan to write any more novels for FR? I would love to see how Elaith has turned out since the Spellplague.
Thanks for the great reads!
Thanks, Josh! I would love to return to the Realms, and I’d be particularly interested in seeing what happened to Elaith.
I red elfshodow-elfsong-silver shodow and torn hold and i want to say that they were perfect. Thank you for writing such good books.
Thanks, Asuman! Glad to hear you enjoyed these stories.
I totally loved evermeet and the elfshadow series. Was chatting with some of my D&D group and they mentioned it as required reading for learning about elves.
Thanks, Paul! I’ll be interested to see what changes Fifth Edition brings to the Forgotten Realms elves.
Hi
I wondered if any of your books are ever likely to be released in Audiobook format. I do an awful lot of travelling (driving) so my AB collection is growing rapidly but is sadly lacking any of your books.
Jim
Jim, I believe that Dark Journey, my Star Wars novel, is the only book available in audiobook format. I’m not aware of any plans to release my Forgotten Realms novels as audiobooks, but one of my goals for 2013 is to release my Sevrin stories in audio.
I’m a big time Forgotten realms reader and one of my favourite trilogies is ‘Councilors & Kings’. I admit I’ve read it quite a few times. Fantastic story line & characters so absorbing that you want to know more about what happens next in their lives.
Which is the whole point of my letter. Is there a chance another book or even trilogy will be somewhere on the horizen involving Tzigone & Matteo and their adventures in Halruaa? Please let it be yes. I’m not too proud to beg.
Hi, Mal. Thanks for the kind word.
Unfortunately, it seems unlikely that Matteo and Tzigone’s adventures will continue. As you may know, the fourth edition D&D rules reboot brought a lot of changes to the Forgotten Realms, including the catastrophic magical “Spellplague” destroyed most of Halruaa–and by destroyed, I mean the land mass is no longer there. Also, the timeline was advanced by a century. Since both characters are human, it’s unlikely that they would have survived either, much as both, of those events.
Wish I had better news!
I second Mal’s opinion, Councelors and Kings were one of my favorites in FG, it’s a tragedy that the reboot closes the door on so many of our favorite human characters, but isn’t there a possibility of writing a story set before, or during the timeskip?
Or is that strictly verboten?
At this point, WotC prefers to keep stories in the present time. Perhaps at some point this will change. The StarWars extended universe has certainly proved that fans can keep track of stories written in many different time periods.
Where can I get a copy of Word of Honor? thanks
Sorry I’m sure this has been asked in the past, but are you planning on continuing the story with Danilo? I would love to see how every thing comes out in the end. What of Isabeu and such, so much left in the air. I would climg a cliff to see the end of this story.
Hi, Chuck. There are no plans at present to revist Danilo’s story, but I’d certainly welcome the opportunity. As you pointed out, there are a lot of answered questions.
Hi
I am sure I am not the only one out here who would love to see more about Danilo and Arilyn; of all the FR characters I have read these two, particularly Danilo are far and away the most entertaining and the storyline tying the two together has remained compelling and wonderful from beginning to end.
What will it take to get more about these two?
J
Thanks, Jim! I’m delighted to hear that you’ve enjoyed Dan and Arilyn’s story. Now that the Songs & Swords novels are back in print as eBooks, perhaps there will be enough reader interest to warrant revisiting these old friends.
I love your books about Arilyn i will buy the last book The Dream Spheres from Amazon or Ebay. Really good stuff. I will read your other work to.
Try to write my self hehe.
/greets from Sweden
Thanks, Samuel! Glad to hear you’ve been enjoying Arilyn’s story. Good luck with your writing!
I was pleased to see that you will write a third book in the Changeling Detective Agency series. They are really, really excellent.
Thanks, Peyton! It’ll be a while before I can get to Changeling #3, but I’ll post news as things develop.
Mrs Cunningham,
I look forward to reading the third and hopefully not the final story in this series, I have enjoyed many of your novels but keep hoping to read more of this one. I enjoy Gwen ‘s strength and your novels drew me to authors such as Kelley Armstrong and Laurell K. Hamilton.
I hope all is well,
Jacob
I still have a hope that one day I will see that you will write Blood Oath and tell the real story of what happened to Zekk. I so wanted to read that book.
Thanks for your note, Jackie. I have no plans to revisit BLOOD OATH, but who knows? Stranger things have happened.
I love all of your novels / series in the Forgotten Realms. ‘Starlight & Shadows’ trilogy is so beautifully written. So much better than Salvatore…just my opinion. Right now I’m reading ‘Counselors and Kings’ trilogy…fantastic. Whatever happened to the book ‘Reclamation’ I guess that would have been book 6 in the ‘Songs and Swords’ series. You’ve probably been asked that question alot….sorry.
Thank You for so much pleasureable reading through the years.
Cheri
Glad to hear you’ve been enjoying my FR tales.
I certainly wouldn’t say they’re better than Bob Salvatore’s, but they do have a different style and sensibility. There’s lots of variety is the Realms, which is one of the reasons I’ve enjoyed writing in the setting for so many years. Reclamation was cancelled because I was unable to finish it. Long story, details personal and, frankly, not very interesting.
Thanks for the kind words, and for taking time to post!
I red three books of Counselors & Kings serie and they were fantastic (literally). I think the most interesting thing was the changing profiles of characters. Matteo at the beginning was Tzigone in the end, they kind of changed places. And the slight emotional relationship between them was never more than enough.
I’m planning to read Songs & Swords next but I couldn’t find the first book yet (in Turkey). Thank you for such masterpieces. I think in many ways you are better than Salvatore or Weis&Hickman but they are so popular while you are not. Maybe it is better this way
We await new works, we always do.
Hi, Anil. Glad to hear you enjohyed the Counselors & Kings trilogy. It’s always a little unnerving to know that books with your name on them are being read in another language, your stories told in words chosen by another writer. So it’s reassuring to know that they stories are coming through in enjoyable fashion.
I’m not sure what plans Wizards of the Coast has for Turkish translations of other titles. If I hear news, I’ll pass it along.
Just got done reading both of the books in the Changeling Detective Series and was wondering if there is anymore or going to be anymore? I really enjoyed them but felt that the Shadows in the Starlight ending was left wide open for another.
Hi, Alex_Elf. I did have a third book in mind, but unfortuntely, it doesn’t seem likely that all the stars will align. The situation is ridiculously complicated. I share the copyright for this series with The Literary Agency. They came up with the basic concept and sold a two-book deal to Tor via acquiring editor Brian Thomsen, who brough me onboard to write the novels. So I can’t shop a third book without the approval of the TLA, and they’re not interested in continuing the series. It is frustrating–I really hate leaving readers hanging. Perhaps if Tor releases the first two books as ebooks, I might be able to work out some sort of arrangement with TLA that will permit me to wrap up the story with a direct-to-ebook novel, similar to what I’m doing with the Tales of Sevrin.
I just finished the Changeling Detective Series today & went looking for more. When I found this I mentally dropped to my knees & yelled whyyyyy! Ok so a little dramatic, (lol) but still I was really disappointed.
Amber, I need to update the Changeling FAQ. I received permission from the copyright co-owner to write the third book. Now, to schedule time to write it!
I hope that Spelljammer: Cloakmaster Cycle: The Radiant Dragon is going to go onto this list at some point.
Ack! You know, I forgot about that one. Thanks for the reminder.