Audiooooooooooooooooooooh my!

My editor, the incomparable Ed Schlesinger, sent me a copy of my book in CD form as published by Tantor Audio today. Up to this point I’ve really only ever heard my stories in my own head (voices…inside my head…echoes…,)(brownie points to anyone who knows where that’s from) so this will be interesting to hear someone else reading my words. I had a chance to talk with the narrator, Michael Kramer, when we were working out pronunciations and he has a terrific voice. If his name sounds familiar he’s also the narrator for Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series among others. Still, it’s a bit weird. For so long this was mine, and mine alone. Now there are people translating it into languages I can’t speak, reading it with their own take on how this or that character should sound, and even uploading and downloading it – dare I say it – illegally on the net (kids these days with their new-fangled gizmos). Not that long ago it was just my story, my dream. Now it’s taken on a life of its own. Believe me, I’m not complaining, but it’s just a very strange feeling.

    • admin

      Thanks. The book will be out this summer just after your trilogy storms the stores and sucks up all the oxygen…so thanks for that 🙂 First pages, however, should be available next month…

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      • ccfinlay

        I’m hoping we have the chance to do a con or event together sometime, and talk about the different ways history can inform fantasy. To me, that’s the most interesting trend in fantasy right now, not just what you and I are doing, but Harry Turtledove (the pioneer), Naomi Novik, Eric Flint, Elizabeth Bear.

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        • admin

          I’d love that. I’m reading up on the mythology of Imperialism right now (a gift from Chris as it happens) and exploring the views of Kipling, Orwell, and Conrad among others. Endlessly fascinating and so incredibly rich.

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