GGK doesn't have any plans to revisit the world of Fionavar in any future book. The glancing references to Fionavar in his other books are not intended as an overarching tying together of worlds, but more as a 'grace note'. To read more about them, look at the annotated ggk in the scholarship section.

Yes! I do plan to write more books set in my Kendrian world. There are too many neat characters who are asking for their stories: Ronan, Sabryn (pronounced Say-bren) and Sebastian to name a few. I've received several questions about my Bad in Boots series so I decided to start a FAQ section. If I don't answer your question here, feel free to email me at .

English-language copies of A Song for Arbonne are hard to come by just now, except in Canada, and The Lions of Al-Rassan is hard to obtain in the U.K. Until recently, The Fionavar Tapestry books were hard to come by in the U.S. All of this is not for bad reasons, but because it is standard procedure in the publishing business to let current editions slide out of print before issuing new editions. That's what is happening now. Both ROC in the States, and Simon & Schuster/Earthlight in the U.K.

No definitive information on this topic, but GGK has said in interviews that his agents are in 'chronic low-grade discussions' with Hollywood. I imagine that a lot will depend on how successful the Lord of the Rings films turn out to be. If they are hugely successful (which I think they will be) then Hollywood will be looking for similar options to capitalise on the market. And the resurgence of historical epics like Gladiator also bodes well.

of January 2002, there is way people can get signed, personalized copies of in-print Canadian editions of GGK's books. Here's how: Over the past few years, a great many readers have asked me to autograph and personalize copies of my books: for themselves, or often for friends or spouses, as gifts.

Yes! I’m working on an emotional romance ensconced within a heavy mystery right now. It introduces all new characters and will be released in May 2008.

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Stories and books have grown directly out of places that I happened to visit (my first trip to the Eastern Oregon desert led straight to The Tombs of Atuan.) If there is science in a science-fiction story I'm writing and I need to check my facts, I do. But most of my research is into the geography of my own imagination, where Earthsea, and Gethen, and Orsinia, and all my other subworlds are.

That requires a gift I don't have. Besides, I don't know children well enough to write about them--I've never had any contact with them, apart from working as a summer camp counselor when I was in college and one year of teaching at which I was not very successful.

Absolutely. I don't recall every word or every comparison, but the people in my stories become very real to me and I remember their stories and their emotional struggles.

Noooo. There are a couple I might not do again if I had my time over because of the length of research that went into them versus the actual sales meant they weren't worthwhile spending so much time on, but I'm not unhappy about any of my books circulating out there.

After getting my master's degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism, I did investigative reporting for a newspaper and then a TV station.

Not a lot. A writer gets a percentage of the money it costs to buy the book (ten per cent is one tenth of the money so you would get 30p on a book costing £3). This percentage is called a royalty. If it's a picture book or one with a lot of pictures, like Banana Books, you have to share your royalty with the artist, so you would get half that. In order to make a decent living, unless you have a big hit with a bestseller, you need to write a lot of books to make the pennies add up.

Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting by William Goldman (which contains the script to BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID). The Complete Book of Scriptwriting by J. Michael Straczynski. JMS is the creator of BABYLON 5. In addition to live-action writing, he also has chapters covering other areas of writing such as animation and interactive. The Screenwriter's Survival Guide : Or, Guerilla Meeting Tactics and Other Acts of War by Max Adams.

I get this question a lot, but it's the wrong focus to have. If you're doing this for the money, spend your time elsewhere in more lucrative endeavors. There is money to be made in books, but you'll be surprised at the amount of work it takes.

I love writing both. I've been lucky enough to adapt a number of my own books for TV such as Thief, Whizziwig and Pig-Heart Boy (the first four episodes). I've also written a couple of original dramas for children's TV. The Amazing Birthday was my first theatre play. It was performed at the Polka Theatre for six weeks in February/March 2002. I hope to write a lot more TV, film and theatre plays as well as books.

Hard to say. The current novel is always the most interesting of course, but over time one gets a longer perspective. I very much enjoyed writing the Black Lace trilogy (The Seductress, The Mistress, The Actress) as this offered me the opportunity to develop the characters of Emma, Daniel and Kitty as they matured. I never intended to write a trilogy when I wrote The Seductress, but at the end of the book the characters stayed with me and I longed to explore 'the further adventures of Emma.

I started writing way back in primary school, and I still have my story books. They all come with lots of drawings, and they were all heavily influenced by Enid Blyton! I scribbled stories on and off for most of my life until, age 40, I went back to school and did the HSC followed by a BA Communications degree at UTS. I majored in creative writing and only began, then, to take my writing seriously.

I hope so. I would like to write a book that discusses Database connectivity within VB.Net---but I suspect this book may turn out to be a book on ADO.Net. Book decisions are based on many things, but the bottom line is only books for which there is a market will be published.

There are a number of factors to consider here. The main issue to bear in mind is that an appraisal will contextualise your work within a professional framework, (that is within current publishing standards). Ideally, you need to feel ready for this and prepared for the challenge. Perhaps the best time to seek an appraisal is when you feel you have outgrown all the other available options and you don’t quite know how to push through to the next stage.

One of these days I will write the big whiny rant with all the real reasons why I gave up writing computer books. The short version is that I burned out and went nuts. I have every intention of writing books again someday, but it will probably not be in the same way that I did it before.

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you begin the process caveat emptor (let the buyer beware). There is a lot of information out there; while some of it is very good, some is misleading at best. There are many over-the-counter guides to estate planning available at bookstores. Some are pretty decent, most are not complete. If you are planning to do it yourself, be prepared to spend a fair amount of time on this project, but at least have an Attorney review your documents at a reduced cost.

In this series (The Roman Mysteries) I would like to produce 17 and a couple of volumes of short stories.

I am very happy to sign an autograph card or a bookplate, or to send you a signed photograph. I am also able to sign a copy of one of my books – if you post me the book. Just mail me with your request, enclosing the autograph card, bookplate or book, and remember to include the return postage and packing fee.

I love the way my first children's book, Let Me Hold You Longer, has touched the hearts of my readers. Yes, I have several more kids books coming out. The first two will be out in Spring, 2008. Releasing at the same time from Zonderkidz Publishing will be Let's Go on a Mommy Date, and Let's Go on a Daddy Date. Then at Christmas, 2008, also from Zonderkidz will be We Believe in Christmas. In addition, I have five more kids' titles coming out over the next five years.