New Icons!

[alanajoli]

My good friend (and Living Kalamar cohort, in the not-a-henchman sense of the word) Troy Daniels did me the huge favor of creating some icons from Lindsay Archer's fabulous Into the Reach art work. Hurrah!

We're counting down the days to Anonycon here, which I'll be at the 16th and 17th of this month. It's a game convention in Stamford, CT, and I'll be running a Living Kalamar premiere, as well as a Chronicles of Ramlar demo. I've just ordered in some more copies of the novel, so that will be there along with the game titles, kindly sold through The Game Castle (thanks Lisa!).

Yay icons!

Comments

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

Thanks for both letting me know, and for the thoughtful review. I'm glad to hear your thoughts on the Mordyss sections, as getting that character right was the most challenging part of writing Into the Reach for me. I'm glad it paid off!

Point taken about Joralon, as well. I'm always tempted to Deus ex Machina a little bit--a very bad habit, and one I've culled from my games, at the least. He doesn't have as much "screen time" in Departure, which should be out soon, and I'm hoping to actually build a little more depth for him in the third book in the series, so that his knowledge is less a show-stealer and more integrated into the story. Keeping your comments in mind should help me from letting him steal the scene.

Again, thanks!

[matt-m-mcelroy.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome!

I enjoyed the book (gave it a 4 out of 5) and hoped that point came across in the review. I wanted to mention some of the stuff that stood out to me while reading it, without spoiling too much of the story for folks who haven't read it.