Category: BrooksBlog

  • Part III: Terry Brooks & Patrick Rothfuss

    Part III: Terry Brooks & Patrick Rothfuss

    Part III of IV of An Interview Between Terry Brooks and Patrick Rothfuss features both writers talking about their second books, the lessons learned from editors, and the need to break away from the works that made them famous from time to time. PART I | PART II | PART III (posted here) | PART…

  • BrooksBlog: The New Four Lands Map

    BrooksBlog: The New Four Lands Map

    Blog #3432. I kid. I just got a look at Russ Charpentier’s full color map for the new set of Shannara books, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, to begin publishing this August. These books were to be a gift to readers who have loved the series, a throwback to the first Shannara book where we…

  • BrooksBlog: Wards of Faerie Interior Artwork Finished

    BrooksBlog: Wards of Faerie Interior Artwork Finished

    Just finished a close study of the Todd Lockwood rendition of the centerfold for The Wards of Faerie, due out late this August. Boy, is she a looker! Okay, but doesn’t the word ‘centerfold’ suggest that image? Todd’s rendering is a reworking of the one that was included in The Sword of Shannara, way back…

  • BrooksBlog: A Short Movie Update

    BrooksBlog: A Short Movie Update

    One of the questions I was asked at the Get Lit at the Beach festival was about movies of my books. There is something in the works for Shannara, but until I have a definite contract and a full understanding of what will happen, I have to leave any discussion of that for a little…

  • BrooksBlog: The Beach Got Lit

    BrooksBlog: The Beach Got Lit

    Spent this last weekend (April 13-15) doing something besides taxes. Did an event called Get Lit At The Beach. No, it wasn’t a drinking contest; it was a celebration of writers and readers and books at Cannon Beach, Oregon. Got roped into helping organize this about 3 or 4 months ago when Mike Morgan, Mayor…