Erik Scott de Bie

33861 / 100000 words. 33.8% done!

Happy Bastille Day, everybody!

Also, a writing update on my current WIP (Whisper of the Betrayer):

32064 / 100000 words. 32% done!

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Old news, but I just felt like I'd share.

This song--"New Divide," by Linkin Park--rocks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysSxxIqKNN0

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Got the go-ahead from my editor to announce that . . .

Realms of the Dead, a Forgotten Realms anthology, due out January 2010.

. . . will feature a story from my pen.

Unless the title is changed between now and then, it's called: "A Love Story in Parts," and is, for all intents and purposes, a romantic comedy.

With the walking dead. :)

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Apparently, our signing made the cut for an announcement in the Stranger. Sweet.

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/07/08/reading-tonight

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After a brief interlude of writing a post-draft outline for a novel I'm hoping to sell, I'm back on the WIP.

26485 / 100000 words. 26% done!

Not a bad place to be.

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P.S. Signing tonight! :)

I borrowed this idea from Alana, who borrowed it in turn from Nalini Singh, and it sounded like fun so I thought I'd try it. Probably going to be hard, too, but we'll see.

I *think* I've done something like this in the past . . . well, memory's dodgy at this time of the morning.

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Realms of the Dead

Due out January 5, 2010.

Not that they've posted a table of contents or anything . . . but I'm certainly looking forward to it! :)

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Just popping in to remind everybody of my joint signing with Rosemary tomorrow!

Wednesday • July 8 • 7pm
Erik Scott de Bie and Rosemary Jones
Downshadow and City of the Dead (WIZARDS OF THE COAST)
University District store
4326 University Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
On July 8, we host two authors who have written books hand-picked by role-playing legend Ed Greenwood for lovers of his Forgotten Realms fantasy setting. Erik Scott de Bie and Rosemary Jones have crafted their own epic tales from Greenwood's long-beloved landscape of magic and monsters.

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Ah, the great avenger vs. paladin debate . . . Well, there's a fun story about that, actually:

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So I got this email earlier today from a 4e FR gamer screen-named Izzie, offering praise and complimentary remarks about my story, "The Last Legend of Gedrin Shadowbane", the companion webstory to my novel, Downshadow.

Now I'm always happy to receive positive feedback about my work, whether it's one of the novels, short stories, or a free webstory like tLLoGS (one of my particular favorites). But this goes even beyond that . . .

Apparently, Izzie enjoyed the story so much that it inspired the crafting of his latest Realms character, a paladin he has named Kalen Swordsworn.

I really admire the way he took my story, saw something he wanted in it, and laced his own character between my lines. The result is pretty darn cool.

And not only that, but it sounds like he's in a pretty good Realms campaign--it has the feel of the Realms done right--about which he posts comprehensive session recaps as the party scribe.

Go check out his stuff on the Wizards boards: http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1191157

Caveat: Most of the action is the Scepter Tower of Spellgard module, so if you're playing in a campaign that uses it, *don't read beyond a few posts* in that link.

Kudos to Izzie and his gaming group. :)

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Situation of mild annoyance:

I'm prepping my lunch to put in the microwave. Thereare two microwaves on the floor: one is in use (three minutes left to go) and the other is totally free. So I figure I can pop in my lunch for the all of 60 seconds it will take.

I'm five seconds away from putting it in (it's obvious that I'm meaning to use the free microwave), when someone walks up, totally ignores me, puts his lunch in the free microwave, sets it for four minutes, and walks off.

So here I am: hungry, my lunch would have only taken 60 seconds, and now I have to wait because people can't stand in line.

Fail!

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P.S. And now, five minutes later, his lunch is *still* there. Unclaimed. Epic fail. :)

Just a reminder: in six days, I will be signing alongside fellow Waterdahvian Rosemary Jones at the University Bookstore on the Ave in Seattle, WA.

Details:

Erik Scott de Bie and Rosemary Jones
July 8, 2009: 7 p.m.
University Book Store
4326 University Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105

Drop me an email with any questions; else, see you there!

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P.S. Original, better post: http://eriksdb.livejournal.com/197938.html

Just wanted to let everyone know, this is the *last* day (actually, last 11.5 hours) to submit for WotC's Never Split The Party contest, involving a reunion trip to GenCon for an old gaming group that has broken up.

I submitted for my own group, with something much like the following--except shortened to meet the 100 word limit. I don't expect to win, but hey, it was fun to revisit the old group, even for just a little bit. :)


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So today is our last day to move all our stuff out of the old apartment and clean up to get our deposit.

The amount of work remaining totals probably about 1.5-2 hours if Shelley and I are both working on it. Maybe 3 hours if I'm just doing it myself.

Apologies to all the people I haven't got back to for a while--the internet is still very spotty for me, and I'm limited on my work computer.

Also, I just thought I'd share this, totally randomly:

Apparently, a good way to up your chances of having a baby is to have sex more often.

Yay science. :)

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So Shelley and Emily and I are now moved out of our apartment and into our new house.

Thanks to all those who came to help out, and also those who couldn't make it but offered moral support. Your work was highly appreciated!

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22124 / 100000 words. 22% done!

That's basically 3k written over the last couple days. Decent. :)

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Bob-Engineer: "Thank. I guess if you just go through Word and do what you need to do without exploring, you don't learn these sort of things, huh?"

Me (Erik-Tech-Writer): "Well, that's sort of MY job."

Bob-Engineer: "Guess you have all the fun and we get all the grief."

Me: "Well, that's certainly ONE way to look at it."

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Just throwing this reminder out there that . . .

Rosemary Jones (City of the Dead) and I (Downshadow, et al) will be signing at 7 p.m. on July 8 (two weeks from tomorrow) at the U-district branch of the University Bookstore in Seattle.

http://eriksdb.livejournal.com/197938.html

Drop me a line anytime for more details, or just show up! :)

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So I wrote 2600 more than this morning, bringing my total to about 4k so far today.

18970 / 100000 words. 19% done!

It might have to last me through the weekend, though--lots of moving stuff going on starting now. :)

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