A few days ago I delivered the final, thoroughly edited and revised, eighth-draft manuscript for the second “Terra Incognita” novel, THE MAP OF ALL THINGS.  704 pages, 177,000 words, with a summary of Book 1 and a complete glossary, as well as a marvelous new map drawn by Richard Ware. Many of you have written to ask how long it takes to write a novel.  I outlined THE MAP OF ALL THINGS during our Panama Canal cruise in November 2008 (and you’ll see some of those details in the novel).  I had all the first draft chapters dictated by early...
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Taking a break from editing Hellhole chapters to do a quick summary of the things that kept me too busy to post blogs since I wrapped up The Winds of Dune tour in mid-August. As a pleasant change of pace after I came home, Rebecca and I had a chance to meet James LaBrie in person. James is the lead vocalist for Dream Theater, and he also sings on our Roswell Six/Terra Incognita CD, the character of Omra in the tracks “Ishalem,” “I Am the Point,” and “Anchored.” We had dinner at the Wynkoop Brewery in downtown Denver just after...
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I just realized it’s been more than a month since my last blog. I’ve been busy promoting almost non-stop from April through Labor Day in September. Enemies & Allies (Morrow, May), Terra Incognita: The Edge of the World (Orbit, June) and the accompanying rock CD Terra Incognita: Beyond the Horizon (ProgRock Records, June), and The Winds of Dune (Tor, August) as well as Paul of Dune (Tor paperback, August). Nearly a hundred radio, TV, print, and online interviews, four convention appearances, and an 18-day US and Canada book-signing tour. When I came home from DragonCon in Atlanta on Sept 7,...
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THE WINDS OF DUNE is now on its second week on the New York Times Bestseller List, and the newly released paperback of PAUL OF DUNE also debuts on the NYT mass-market bestseller list.  WINDS is also on the Publisher's Weekly bestseller list, and we just received word that it is #8 on the Australian SF/F list. For those of you who couldn't attend one of our book signings and still want to get an autographed copy, you may want to try contacting the stores on our tour; Brian and I sign additional stock before we leave, and the stores...
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