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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Video of Terry
A fan sent in a video of her talking to Terry while attending the Surrey Writers Conference in October 2009. Terry attended the conference as a speaker and teacher, as he does from time to time.
You can read my article about it and watch the video HERE!
If any of you hopeful writers have the chance to take part in a class taught by Terry, do so. He is honest, fair, and you will learn a great deal.
Terry will be sitting down at a computer on Tuesday, December 8th at 7 pm EST / 4 pm PST to chat with this fans from around the globe. He will chat for at least an hour, although our last few chats have been closer to 1 1/2 hours.
We will be using Cover It Live. It is a great chat service that allows for a smooth moderated chat. Fans will be able to pose their question; the moderators will look at the questions and select the best ones. I will then select those that get through.
The chat will go live five minutes before the designated time. You will be able to enter the chat at that time in the portal gateway below and begin asking questions:
Terry will answer any and all questions you have so come prepared! Be sure to sign up for the chat reminder, as that might save some people from missing out on this fun opportunity!
In it, he goes into detail about the last year, what he's currently working on, the status of the movies, information on an Indomitable project, and what he plans on writing in the future.
Click What's Next? to find out the current publishing schedule; click Events to review some of Terry's forthcoming 2010 stops around the world.
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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.
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.
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.
Technology is now making the book industry truly fun to behold. Why? Because now authors can literally video themselves at super low expense, put it on the internet(s), and let fans who would never have the chance to see the author in action at an event actually watch the author!
Terry visited the San Diego Comic Con last month. While there he was videoed by Suvudu as he took part in an hour long panel.
Here is Part I of VII:
Follow THIS LINK to watch the following six videos!
Terry will also be videoed later this month when he begins his tour for A Princess of Landover.
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.
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!
Terry visited the San Diego Comic Con and had a multitude of fans waiting for him to sign. A signing that was slotted to take one hour spread into just over two hours. I was really surprised at how many fans said the only reason they bought a Comic Con ticket was to see Terry.
Other than the autographing session, Terry also took part on a panel and and interview conducted by yours truly. Terry talked about his return to Landover and dropped a few hints about what Book #4 of Genesis will be about.
Almost every year, Terry does a holiday season signing to help those who didn't order during the September signing. The 2008 Holiday Signing has now begun!
Visit The Signed Page to order signed or personalized copies of The Gypsy Morph, The Sword of Shannara Trilogy, The Heritage of Shannara and The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara!
There were a few additional tour stops up in the air that have now been settled. They are posted on the Events page, primarily two events in middle California.
Furthermore, the September 20th signing at Fort Lewis WA is only open to people with military ID badges.
