WordFire Press is pleased to release the novel based on the forthcoming major fantasy film, THE CROWN AND THE DRAGON. The novel was written by one of our writing students and Superstars alumni John D. Payne.  For fans of high fantasy and epic fantasy—the start of the Paladin Cycle. The land of Deira burns. Two decades of war have laid waste to this once-green paradise ... but even more destructive than rampaging armies is the wrath of the dragon—an uncontrollable living weapon unleashed by the invaders. Some brave rebels struggle against impossible odds. Others turn outlaw just to stay alive....
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It's my 25th anniversary!  A quarter century ago my very first novel, RESURRECTION, INC., was published in paperback by Signet Books.  It was just a mass-market original, got nominated for the Bram Stoker Award, garnered good critical acclaim, but went out of print before long. Then Overlook Connection Press published a hardcover 10th Anniversary Edition with a new Bob Eggleton cover, which also sold out.  Eventually, we reissued the novel at WordFire Press in eBook and print format. Now, ECW—the publishers of the fine, full-color hardcover of CLOCKWORK ANGELS last year—will be issuing a new hardcover 25th anniversary edition of...
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As a great cap for the summer season, Tim and I drove down to the mining town of Silverton deep in the San Juan Mountains to do two more segments on the Colorado Trail, 20 miles and 11 miles, two days in a row. It was spectacular. We arrived in the rain and fog, and the weather report didn't look great...but it took a lot of timing and planning to set this up, so we were going one way or another. Besides, my previous two weekends had been swamped with lots of people—75,000 at DragonCon and 80,000 at Salt Lake...
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Twenty-two years ago I married Rebecca Moesta, a fellow technical editor at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, who was also the president of the science fiction club at the Lab.  Because I had two books published (RESURRECTION, INC. and GAMEARTH), Rebecca had invited me to speak to their group.  When I met Rebecca at the doorway to the auditorium, it was love at first sight (that's my story, and I'm sticking to it).  The rest, as they say, is history. We dated for more than a year, before I proposed by giving her a note and leading her on a...
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