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You're invited to the launch party for Red Dragon Codex by West Valley City writer Rebecca Shelley (writing as R.D. Henham), Saturday, January 12, 4-6 p.m. at the West Valley Fitness Center, 5415 West 3100 South, West Valley City. This delightful YA fantasy in the Dragonlance world (from Wizards of the Coast) is Rebecca's first book. Party plans include fun, prizes, and games for kids--bring the whole family. Details and more information on her website or the book website. Contact Rebecca at rebeccashelley@rebeccashelly.com.
Tor Books announced today that novelist Brandon Sanderson has been chosen to finish the final novel in Robert Jordan's best selling Wheel of Time fantasy series. Robert Jordan died September 16th after a battle with the rare blood disease amyloidosis.
The new novel, A Memory of Light, will be the twelfth and final book in the fantasy series which has sold over 14 million copies in North America and over 30 million copies worldwide. The last four books in the series were all #1 New York Times bestsellers, and for over decade fans have been awaiting the final novel that would bring the epic story to its conclusion.
Jordan had known the ending of the series for a long time and, according to a blog posting by his cousin, Wilson W. Grooms, Jr., had a few months ago revealed secret details about the end of the series to close members of his family which he had never discussed before.
Delivery of the manuscript is scheduled for December 2008, with a planned publication in Fall 2009.
Posted December 10, 2007; see full article at the SFWA site.
Good luck, Brandon!A quick note here--not a real newsletter--for those of you on the Brandon Sanderson mailing list. I'm on book tour on the west coast right now, and I thought I'd fire off the list of dates. I apologize for not sending this sooner; also, forgive me for blasting some of you with both this and a personal invitation. I'm not trying to spam; I just want to get the word out!
Upcoming dates:
Monday, October 8th: 7 PM: San Francisco
Borderlands Books.
866 Valencia St.
San Francisco CA 94110
Tuesday, October 9th 2 PM: California
Borders Express
6157 Sunrise Mall
Citrus Heights, CA 95610
Phone: 916.969.7877
Wednesday, October 10th 7 PM: Oregon
Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd.
Beaverton, OR 97005
Phone: 503.352.0665
Thursday, October 11th 7 PM: Washington
Borders Express
8700 NE Vancouver Mall Drive
Vancouver, WA 98662
Phone: 360.892.6677
Friday, October 12th 7 PM: Washington
University Bookstore
4326 University Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Phone: 206.634.340 Toll Free: 1.800.335.READ
Saturday, October 13th 1 PM: Washington
Barnes & Noble
5711 Main Street Southwest
Lakewood, WA 98499
Phone: 253.983.0852
Sunday, October 14th: Day Off
Monday, October 15th 7 PM: Idaho
Borders
350 N. Milwaukee St.
Boise, ID 83704
Phone: 208.322.6668
Tuesday, October 16th 4 PM: Idaho
Waldenbooks
Pine Ridge Mall
4155 Yellowstone Ave
Pocatello, ID 83202
Phone: 208.237.9785
Tuesday, October 16th 7 PM: Idaho
Barnes & Noble
Grand Teton Mall
2300 East 17th Street Suite #1101
Idaho Falls, ID 83404
Phone: 208.552.1452
Wednesday, October 17th PM: Utah
Waldenbooks
1300 N Main St
Logan, UT 84341
Phone: 435.753.2590
Wednesday, October 17th 7 PM: Utah
Borders
1050 N Main St
Logan, UT 84341
Phone: 435.787.0678
Thursday, October 18th 7 PM: Utah
Barnes & Noble
1780 Woodland Park Dr
Layton, UT 84041
Phone: 801.773.9973
Friday, October 19th 7 PM: Utah
Barnes & Noble
7157 South Plaza Center Drive
West Jordan, UT 84084
Phone: 801.282.1324
Saturday, October 20th 1 PM: Utah (Brandon only)
Barnes & Noble
University Crossings Plaza
330 East 1300 South
Orem, UT 84058
Phone: 801.229.1611
Like last year, I'm touring with author David Farland, of the Runelords series. East coast folks, I'm sorry to not make it your direction. I'm trying to get out there this Christmas season. We'll see what happens!
Best,
Brandon
and he's coming to Provo!
October 25, 7:00 PM
Borders
4801 N. University Avenue
Provo, UT 84606
801-224-2720
Spread the word and come out. Kevin wants to show his publishers
that Provo/SLC is a valuable stop for future book signing tours, so
the more people that show up, the better. (Especially if you buy a
book!)
Charlie
September 30, 2007
In this issue:
Meeting Date
Staff and Volunteers Needed
Mascot Contest
Lost and Found
Meeting Date -
Come discuss the pros and cons of Anime Banzai 07 and help us start planning for Anime Banzai 08!
Date: Saturday, October 6
Time: 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Location: Salt Lake City Main Library
210 East 400 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Room: Conference Room A
Staff and Volunteers -
The only way to keep Anime Banzai going is with the help of volunteers. We will be looking for committee heads, security and volunteers to help plan and run Anime Banzai 08. We need all the help we can get! Come to the meetings, visit the message board or e-mail us at animebanzai@gmail.com.
Mascot Contest -
Anime Banzai 2008 Mascot Contest!!
Want to see your artwork on next year's badges, program book, flyers, website, t-shirts or banner ads?
Redesign our mascots Ban (boy) and Sae (girl) in your own style. Lineart, grayscale and color accepted. 300 dpi resolution required. Limit of 3 entries per person. (if plagiarism is suspected entrant will be automatically disqualified)
Winners will get free entry to the 2008 Anime Banzai Convention.
Submit your entries to animebanzai@gmail.com with "AB08 Mascot" as the subject line
Deadline is January 31, 2008
Lost and Found -
Did you lose something at Anime Banzai 07? Check with our AB07 Head Security Ninja, 'mnpchan', on the Anime Banzai message board .
Announcing the release of the Writers' Symposium Ezine!
Each issue is dedicated to "Helping Writers Write," and will be
released quarterly via email, or it can be viewed on the web at
www.paulgenesse.com/WritersSym
articles, tips, and resources that will help you improve your writing,
or let you know about good books.
Sign up by sending email to:
WritersSymposium@paulgenesse
The Writers' Symposium is made up of twenty professional writers, game
designers, and editors listed at the end of the issue. Combined we
have sold several dozen books and short stories to major publishers,
primarily in the fantasy and science fiction genre.
The Writers' Symposium has its origins back in the 1990's when it was
founded by editor and author Jean Rabe--famous for her Dragonlance
novels. She started giving seminars on writing at the Gen Con Game
Fair in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Gen Con has moved to Indianapolis,
Indiana, but Jean and her crew are still there.
Many writers have helped her present the panels over the years and the
seminars are almost always packed with people who want to learn more
about writing. I was one of those writers who wanted to break in. By
following Jean's advice I've sold eight short stories and my first
novel is coming out in hardcover in April of 2008. This first issue is
dedicated to Jean, a fantastic person and a great writer.
The first is made up of articles titled:
From the Editor
Feature Article: Creating Characters and a link to an online article
Bio on Jean Rabe--The Founder of the Writers' Symposium
Feature Article: Writers' Groups by Don Bingle
List of Current Writers' Symposium Members & Contact Info
Final Thought and link to the Writers' Symposium Blog
Paul Genesse,
Coordinating Editor of the Writers' Symposium Ezine
Website: http://www.paulgenesse.com/
Blog: http://paulgenesse.blogspot
Author of The Golden Cord
Book One of the Iron Dragon Series
(Five Star Books, April 2008)
