http://www.stephendeas.com The Dragons Are Coming Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:48:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Start with the important stuff, right: There's plenty of author interviews kicking around out there, but it's not all that opften you get an interview with a muse. Check it out. Check out also the reviews for TAP... The rewrite of Thief-Taker went back to Gollancz a couple of days back. ... http://www.stephendeas.com/appearances-1032010/ Hammer 7:  It's getting rough out here. You'd have thought that we might at least have earned a good night's sleep after slaughtering slimies. You'd have thought the gods might have smiled on us for that. But maybe they thought hey, there's a band of brainless tits who think it's ... http://www.stephendeas.com/diamond-cascade-sleeping-in-the-woods-in-winter/ This week, as work on their final rewrite approaches completion, we interview Syannis and Berren, leading characters in the forth-coming Thief-Taker's Apprentice. So, guys, tell us a little about yourselves... Berren: Ok, so I'm learning to be this really cool dude who springs about the place, whacking down bad guys and ... http://www.stephendeas.com/interviews-232010/ (aka Hammer 6: A Fond Farewell to Captain Liability) ...and then, of course, the scouts of the ARMY OF DARKNESS itself creeping across the land. Against these, Diamond Cascade and his companions fought battle after battle, slaughtering goblins, orcs and even ogres in droves. Diamond Cascade himself personally slew dozens of ... http://www.stephendeas.com/diamond-cascade-ogres-and-goblins-and-orcs-oh-my/ It's a Tuesday so it must be time to witter about something. There's not much book-news to get excited about at the moment. Am rewriting the last quarter of the Order of the Scales after finally figuring out what was bothering me about it (yes, something is getting cut). Am ... http://www.stephendeas.com/research-and-e-books-23210/ Hammer 5: The Great Owlbear Fiasco Even with the 'blessing' of the foul fiend that was the lich-king, Diamond Cascade and his companions still faced many perils in crossing the Haunted Wood, from such mundane creatures as snakes and mischievous pixies to the horror of a MONSTROUS OWLBEAR... Snakes. I hate snakes. ... http://www.stephendeas.com/diamond-cascade-the-great-owlbear-fiasco/ In theory I'm supposed to be taking a couple of weeks off between completing the proof-reading of King of the Crags and launching into the last rewrite of The Thief-Taker's Apprentice and then the very-far-from-last rewrite of Order of the Scales. So I absolutely haven't started working on something else ... http://www.stephendeas.com/the-black-mausoleum-1622010/ Hammer 4: Back-Talking The Lich King The quickest route from the gnomish lands to the mountain tunnels that would lead Diamond Cascade into the nest of evil that was the under-dark led straight through nothing less than THE HAUNTED WOOD OF THE LICH-KING! Without flinching from this most unnatural of terrors, ... http://www.stephendeas.com/diamond-cascade-back-talking-the-lich-king/ Meh. There's blogs aplenty to tell you about the SFX Weekender. Here, here and here, for example. For those who had to stay overnight in the actual chalets, I offer my apologies. There was an attempt to burn them down about fifteen years ago when the place hosted Euro-Gencon, but ... http://www.stephendeas.com/sfx-weekender-8210/ Weary from battling the wicked dwarf and his fiendish friends, Diamond Cascade rested his head in a nearby gnomish inn, filled with jolly japing gnomish friends. A fine place it was, where Diamond Cascade and his brave friends were able to rest and refresh themselves and take stock of the ... http://www.stephendeas.com/hammer-2-the-inn-of-remorseless-arguing/