Here is a sneak peek at our Killer Breakfast video about Blackshore!
Eventide Damaged Book Special
Due to a broken pallet, eleven copies of Eventide were damaged during shipment. The damage to these books ranges from creases and small tears (1/8 inch) to minor damage at the base of the spine of the book in some instances. Some include minor indentations along the edges of the book cover. In every case, however, the books look perfectly fine to the casual eye and in most cases barely noticable — however, we could not possibly send damaged books to our regular subscribers … which makes for an opportunity for you.
While supplies last, you can purchase a slightly damaged copy of Eventide at the price of $38 plus our usual shipping and handling charge. These books will be numbered in sequence with the other regular subscriber’s books and also be signed by both Laura and me. However, you need to know that the books are sold as damaged (imperfect) and that we cannot guarantee the kind of damage on the book you receive.
There are ONLY eleven of these damaged copies — so if you are interested you’ll need to act quickly.
Eventide Damaged Book — $38.00*7 Copies Only: Available while stock lasts. *Utah State taxes, shipping and handling will be added during checkout. Availability will be limited and this offer will end when our first edition allotment is sold. |
Christmas Cheer…
The Eventide books have arrived! Laura and I have been preparing the shipments over the last week and we have sent out all the books to our subscribers … except for a few who, for some reason, have not answered our desperate email requests for their physical addresses. The books turned out beautifully and we are thrilled to share them with you at last.
As a result of our success, we have a very LIMITED number of additional copies available — and after a breakfast meeting that left Laura and me both in a state of considerable holiday cheer — we have decided to provide you with some special offers just in time for the holidays — and we’ll ship your Eventide novel to you right away!
Eventide Holiday Book Special
The book that started it all. Laura and I are pleased to announce that we are making a LIMITED number of our privately-printed, first-edition Eventide hardback novels available for the holidays. These beautiful books — complete with crimson book mark ribbon — are individually numbered and signed by the authors.
These books come with access to the exclusive Eventide website and forums as well as the e-book and audio book downloads.
These novels will be sold at $97 beginning January 5th but are available to you for holiday giving at a special holiday price.
Eventide Holiday Gift Book — $78.00*
Includes access to the Eventide Masters exclusive website, forums, the download audio book, the ebook download files AND the first edition hardback novel shipped to you immediately for the holidays.
Utah State taxes, shipping and handling will be added during checkout. Availability will be limited and this offer will end when our first edition allotment is sold.
Blackshore Early Subscriptions
Join us on the journey! The second novel in the Dragons Bard series takes up the story of a rough seaport town filled with scalawags, pirates and adventure — at least, that is the anticipation of Percival Taylor as he comes to the port city with the intention of going to sea. But Vestia Walters is not giving up on him so easily and the romance of the sea may not be everything that the Bard’s stories have made it out to be…
When Percival fails at convincing any of the ship captains to take him on as crew, he becomes desperate to convince a local Trader’s daughter that he is, in fact, a pirate rogue. His only recourse is to hire a down-on-their-luck pirate crew to pretend that he is their captain…
Join our crew early and experience the writing process from concept stage through the final printing of the book. Get to know the authors personally, experience the journey of writing the novel and come to know others in the Blackshore community as we take this voyage together.
Blackshore Early Subscription: $45.00*
Includes continued access to the secure website, downloads of Blackshore chapters and the exclusive, signed and numbered hardback first edition printing of Blackshores in the fall of 2011. Chapters will begin release in May of 2011.
*Utah State taxes, shipping and handling will be added during checkout. Availability will be limited and this offer will end when our first edition allotment is sold.
Holiday Gift Package
Give BOTH Eventide and Blackshore this holiday!
Who would you like to share the gift of the Dragon’s Bard with this holiday season? Laura and I are offering a LIMITED number of exclusive, holiday gift packages at a special discount to our subscribers that includes:
- One copy, signed and numbered, of our private printing hardback of ‘Eventide’: This is the same book you will be receiving as part of your original subscription. We have set aside a very limited number of these books exclusively for this gift package from our original run 500 copy limited printing.
- One early, full subscription to ‘Blackshore’: This is given in the form of a Holiday Certificate included with the book giving the recipient their log in information to the Blackshore secure website and, as with the Eventide subscription, a signed and numbered copy of Blackshore will be mailed directly to them at the conclusion of the online release.
PLEASE NOTE: We will not be able to provide gift wrapping. We will be shipping these in padded mailing envelopes with the book and the certificate. Upon purchasing your gift package, you will receive an email with instructions regarding completing your purchase and how to give us shipping directions. ALSO note that as this includes the shipping and handling for TWO books, your shipping charges will reflect the both books being sent to you.
Holiday Gift Subscription: $98**
Includes one copy of the exclusive first edition, private printing of ‘Eventide’, signed and numbered by the authors and a prepaid certificate enrolling the recipient in next year’s subscription of the second book in the series ‘Blackshore.’
**Utah State taxes, shipping and handling for BOTH books will be added during checkout. Availability will be limited and this offer will end when our first edition allotment is sold.
Fear the Boot Interview – Part II
This is the second half of Tracy Hickman’s interview on ‘Fear the Boot’ podcast this week.
- (0:19) The role of online communities in finding, building, and sustaining an audience. If you’re interested in Dragonlance, be sure to check out the Dragonlance Nexus.
- (3:44) The value of art, entertainment, and ideas on the internet. Why free may not always be the best price. Tracy’s plan for nurturing new authors in this environment.
- (14:34) Tracy’s experience of co-authoring with his wife. The importance of a continual feedback loop in the creative process. The struggles of writing and the joys of having written.
- (19:43) The Dragonlance movie. Watching other people take over your creative properties, and the “original bad deal” that gets you published.
- (25:17) Whether Tracy ever plans to do anything more that’s directly in the RPG market. His new book series, starting with Song of the Dragon.
- (29:20) What’s up with the dragons? That question leads into a discussion on the monomyth, cognitive dissonance, and the human penchant for narrative.
Hosted: Chad, Dan, Pat, Wayne.
You can visit this episode on the Fear the Boot episode web page or listen to it right here…
Tracy Hickman on Fear the Boot
Tracy Hickman was interviewed on the ‘Fear the Boot’ podcast this week, with the first half of his interview available now.
- (0:32) Who Tracy Hickman is and where you probably know him from.
- (3:41) The story of how Tracy’s wife and a missed ride got him into gaming.
- (8:25) The current trend in complexity and execution of roleplaying games. Be sure to check out both X-treme Dungeon Mastery and Killer Breakfast.
- (27:41) Raising his son in the hobby, and the experience of co-writing X-treme Dungeon Mastery with him.
- (30:56) The strangest places he’s seen his own material, and the unique relationship between an author and reader.
- (36:52) The impact of social networking and new media on the publishing industry … with a discussion on the dragonsbard series.
I hope you’ll join us there for the second half of the interview next week in which we talk more about new media, Dragonlance (including the movie), community building, my upcoming projects, and more! Hosted: Chad, Dan, Pat, Wayne.
You can visit this episode on the Fear the Boot episode web page or listen to it right here…
The Dragonsbard comes to GENCON
The Dragonsbard came to the GENCON Convention held this last week in Indianapolis, Indiana from August 4th through August 8th, bringing many new subscribers into our village anxious to meet the townspeople and hear the stories of Eventide around the hearth.
The journey opened on Thursday in the Tayler Corporation booth (#1921) in the convention’s Exhibit Hall. There, Tracy and Laura began signing special bookmarks (shown to the left) and giving them away to everyone coming to the booth. In addition, Laura brought her netbook and there we offered what we called the ‘Where’s Laura?’ special: anyone signing up on the spot through her netbook received an additional special discount. Much to our delight MANY people instantly availed themselves of this offer. When our system repeatedly failed to process two men through our system on three separate days and using several different credit cards they came back with cash in hand from an ATM raid just so they could make sure they became subscribers before leaving the convention! Indeed, one subscriber at the convention had read up through chapter six by the time I next saw him in the booth.
One of the personal highlights for me of the entire convention came on Friday at noon when I gathered with our friends who had previously subscribed to Dragonsbard and had come to the convention. We made the journey across the street to the ‘Red Dragon Inn’ — a Marriott restaurant hastily remodeled for the convention. Over a private lunch, we got to chat about Eventide, our favorite parts thus far in the story and a bit about the future of Dragonsbard. It was wonderful to put faces to the names on the message board and especially to have that quieter and more relaxed time together in the middle of the convention chaos.
Eventide Lunch (Click to enlarge)
Of course, Killer Breakfast on Saturday morning was our biggest event. We had our Eventide video commercial as part of our lead-off and, if you can believe it, there were several players who came on-stage who deflected my mock-wrath from killing their characters by dropping the Dragonsbard hint. One came onstage with his ipod playing in his ears and told me he was listening to the Eventide Audio Book!
Laura Hickman, Felcia Day and Tracy Hickman
One final note … if you’re a fan of either ‘Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog’ or the internet series ‘The Guild’ as I am, then you’ll recognize this delightful woman who made an extra effort to come by our booth — Felicia Day. It turns out that we are mutual fans and it was thrilling to get to meet her at last.
We are home now from the convention, having spread the word about our wonderful little village of Eventide, the stories being told there and the wanderings of the Dragonsbard. We have many new friends who are joining us here and more each day. It was a thrilling time … but I’m sure both you there and Laura and I here are anxious now to get chapter 10 written and out to you early this week … so that we can be back on track with chapter 11 this coming Saturday. Let the writing begin!
Tracy on Sci Fi Saturday Night
The good folks over at Sci Fi Saturday Night had me on their show last week to talk about Dragon’s Bard, publishing and everything else under the sky. My actual interview is about half an hour in although I participated throughout the show. Here are my thoughts on the current state of the Dragon’s Bard project and the value of the written word. It’s also interesting in that in includes a false start and a bit of us all together after the show ended.
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