The Wondrous Worlds of Terry Brooks

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Con-Version Pictures

Terry attended the 2009 Con-Version 25 convention. Here are some pictures taken by an excited fan of Terry's!

Labels: Events, Pictures

A New Interview

Terry did a few interviews while attending the 2009 San Diego Comic Con.

HERE is one of those interviews, conducted by Strange Horizons and Mark Newheiser.

Labels: Events, Interview

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Want To Know What Terry Knows?

Want to know what Terry knows about the business and craft of writing?

Here is your chance!

Terry will be taking part in Wired Writers!

Wired Writers is a website dedicated to the support of everyone who has the goal and drive to write their best. They are here to help you improve your craft, from teaching the techniques of fiction — including how you can uplift nonfiction material — to live online webinars and a unique writers group/writing course. Subscribers have constant access to information, instruction, and inspiration to help them overcome the obstacles all authors face. Wired Writers mean to see you meet all challenges and reach your highest level of accomplishment.

Your goal is whatever your heart and mind declare it to be.

The goal of Wired Writers is to help you achieve it.

Terry will be conducting a live webinar on whatever questions are thrown his way. He and Wired Writers will be posting more information about it soon, but space is very limited. I figure those of you interested can sign up for the Wired Writers newsletter to be given the fastest information when it becomes available about Terry's involvement in this unique opportunity.

More soon! Stay tuned!

Labels: Events

New Release Day!!

Today is August 18th, and that means it is the United States release day for A Princess of Landover!!

It is also the release day for the two Landover omnibuses that collect the first five books of the series into two trade paperbacks, as well as the release day for the updated and revised hardcover The World of Shannara!

Swing by your favorite store and pick up these books! They had better be there!

For those of you who ordered via The Signed Page, Terry will be signing the copies on August 27th and 28th when he returns from his trip to Canada and Con-Version 25!

Yay! Happy Release Day Everyone! And on a person note, be sure to check out my dedication in the book and know without you guys it would not exist! So thanks!

Labels: A Princess of Landover, Landover

Friday, August 14, 2009

Back Cover: Princess

Terry usually has wraparound cover art for most of his dust jackets in the US.

Here is the full dust jacket art for A Princess of Landover, done by the very talented Steve Stone:

Click for a larger image.

Is that... a cat... walking on the wall above the demonic face...? Hmm...

Labels: A Princess of Landover, Covers

Thursday, August 13, 2009

The End of The Gypsy Morph Chap. 25

The website has been receiving a lot of mail (again, now that the paperback is out) concerning The Gypsy Morph and the end of Chapter 25.

The chapter ends in mid-thought, with no punctuation.

Terry planned this. It is in the original manuscript and it is in every other book out there. It is not a misprint or typo or error.

I repeat: It is not an error.

For those who want to know exactly what happened to that character, Terry asks you to go back and re-read the last few paragraphs leading up to the last sentence. It should become apparent what happened to that character. If it does not become apparent, feel free to visit the Forum where it is being discussed right now and learn the fate of that character and why the chapter ends as it does: The End of Chapter 25.

Labels: The Gypsy Morph

Genesis #4 Finished

Terry has finished his first draft on Book #4 of Genesis of Shannara. As reported earlier, Book #4 has a tentative title that won't be released until it is finalized. The story is the first book in a planned two-book set that takes place hundreds of years after the events of The Gypsy Morph.

Terry finished Book #4 late last week and Judine gave an edit Terry has gone over it one more time. He has now given it to his editor, his agent and to his webmaster. Once he has done another solid edit and puts the book to bed for next year's publication, Terry will immediately jump into writing Book #5 in the series.

If you want a taste of Book #4, you don't have long to wait. Terry is doing a short tour this year for the release of A Princess of Landover, and at those events he will be reading a chapter from Book #4 of Genesis.

Click HERE to view his Events schedule!

Labels: A Princess of Landover, Events, Genesis of Shannara

Monday, August 10, 2009

Terry Brooks Online Signing

Here is an update on the forthcoming Terry Brooks The Signed Page online signing.

I hope to get all of the books later this week, as bookstores will start selling them on August 18th. I will then set them up as soon as I get them and notify Terry they are in and ready for his autographs. Since Terry is traveling to Con Version soon, he may not be able to sign the books before he leaves. If that happens, he will sign them when he returns from the convention, around August 27th.

Also, those of you who are wishing signed copies, you better order them soon at The Signed Page. I won't be buying more copies after I do my initial pick-up later this week.

Labels: A Princess of Landover, Events, Tour

The New Landover Map

I am a huge fan of maps. Always have been. There is something intrinsic about fantasy and the quest-type journey that demands a map to highlight where characters travel and events transpire.

Del Rey, for the release of A Princess of Landover, decided to update the map for the world of Landover. And I love it. It is another Russ Charpentier map. Russ has been doing professional mapping for long years, and he brings a beauty to his work that is almost unmatched in the business.

Decide for yourself:

Map by Russ Charpentier
What do you think? Like it? As I said, I think it is brilliant.

And on Friday I am going to post the back cover to A Princess of Landover, in preparation for the August 18th release—a back cover I think many will find very intriguing indeed!

Labels: A Princess of Landover, Landover

Friday, August 7, 2009

Monday, August 3, 2009

July Ask Terry Updated

Terry has answered your July 2009 Ask Terry questions! Visit Ask Terry to read the new set of questions and answers, as well as ask your questions for August!

And since Terry will be on tour for late August / early September, the August answers won't be posted until after Terry returns to Seattle in mid-September.

Labels: Ask Terry

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Princess Tour Additions

Terry sent an email this morning with two or three new additions to his upcoming tour. They include an event in Idaho, as well as an event in Utah! One more might trickle in from him about Idaho, but this is pretty much the tour he will be going on.

Click HERE for that list.

If you are within a two hour drive of one of these events, definitely go! Meeting Terry is always fun and he always signs all books brought him and answers all questions posed him. And, on top of that, he will be reading from Book #4 of Genesis! All the more reason to travel to see him!

And you can travel to see him. Because for this tour Terry is driving to all of these events. If he can drive to Utah from Seattle to see his fans there, you can drive to one of his events too! :) And I expect pictures taken and sent into the website! Yes, my precious, picturessss!

Labels: A Princess of Landover, Events, Landover, Tour

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