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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
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Posted - 02 Jun 2016 :  14:19:37  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Hi, Madpig. Sorry to disappoint you, but except for collecting royalties on old work, I have no current standing with WotC. I have no contracts in place to write new stories, and they appear to have no further interest in publishing me.

That said, I can't predict the future. At some point, WotC could decide to expand the fiction line again and ask some of us writers who were cut from the team to come back. If the forthcoming D&D movie is a huge hit, maybe that would encourage them. But at this point, if the company has even a conditional, hypothetical kind of interest in doing this, I'm not aware of it.

I would certainly be interested in coming back. There are more stories I planned to tell. But it's also true that I haven't just sat around waiting for WotC to call. I've had to move on to new projects, which means contracts and deadlines with other publishers. So even if WotC asked me back, I might not be able to start writing for them that same year. Also, much as I love the Realms, writing is my livelihood, and I would have to consider WotC's offer vs. what I am able to make elsewhere.

So that's where things stand. Nowhere, basically.
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Posted - 16 Jun 2016 :  01:08:39  Show Profile  Visit ywhtptgtfo's Homepage Send ywhtptgtfo a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Richard Lee Byers

Hi, Madpig. Sorry to disappoint you, but except for collecting royalties on old work, I have no current standing with WotC. I have no contracts in place to write new stories, and they appear to have no further interest in publishing me.

That said, I can't predict the future. At some point, WotC could decide to expand the fiction line again and ask some of us writers who were cut from the team to come back. If the forthcoming D&D movie is a huge hit, maybe that would encourage them. But at this point, if the company has even a conditional, hypothetical kind of interest in doing this, I'm not aware of it.

I would certainly be interested in coming back. There are more stories I planned to tell. But it's also true that I haven't just sat around waiting for WotC to call. I've had to move on to new projects, which means contracts and deadlines with other publishers. So even if WotC asked me back, I might not be able to start writing for them that same year. Also, much as I love the Realms, writing is my livelihood, and I would have to consider WotC's offer vs. what I am able to make elsewhere.

So that's where things stand. Nowhere, basically.


That's a bit sad to hear. The Haunted Lands trilogy is about the only 4e trilogy that I don't regret spending time reading.

I liked how the characters were memorable and prone to making mistakes. Even the pre-mandated winner of the trilogy (Szass Tam) was thwarted a couple times by miscalculation (Malark) or misfortune (Spellplague).

I also liked how the characters would occasionally make flawed and unanticipated speculations of their circumstances without being explicitly by other parties. For example, the zulkirs never knew the fates of Yaphyll and Dimitra and concluded that both ladies were still working with Tam towards the end of the 2nd book. Even though that conclusion had no meaningful influence over their actions, I still appreciate that tiny detail.

With regards to the movie, I am very impressed with how Blizzard pulled off a fairly presentable Warcraft Movie but I highly doubt WotC can come remotely close to achieving that standard. Needless to say, the last two D&D movies were flops and WotC is not really a powerhouse of literature right now.
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 16 Jun 2016 :  14:15:41  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Thanks for the kind words. Glad you liked the trilogy.

With regard to the D&D movie, it won't be WotC actually making it. Experienced moviemakers with the resources of a major studio behind them will do that, just as is the case with WARCRAFT. People who actually work for WotC will be onboard as humble consultants or not at all. Depending on one's perspective, that can be seen as cause for optimism or pessimism, but it's almost certainly the way things will be.
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 20 Jun 2016 :  14:36:55  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Black Dogs is coming from Privateer Press.

This is the first novel in my new fantasy trilogy set in the Iron Kingdoms universe. It stars the Black River Irregulars, the merceanries who previously appeared in my novella Murder in Corvis.

Natiurally, the novel will be available In print and eBook editions, too, but Audible is first out of the gate with a solicitation.

http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Black-Dogs-Audiobook/B01GEYPV90?action_code=AUDORWS0424159DCE
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
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Posted - 20 Jun 2016 :  15:18:15  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I'll be a guest on the MythWits podcast at 9:30 PM tonight. You can listen and submit questions at this link.

http://studio187.com/mythwitslive
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 24 Jun 2016 :  01:53:29  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Here's the Kickstarter for the fantasy anthology THE AWAKENED II. I have a story in it as do other Forgotten Realms authors, and I hope you'll check out the campaign.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2033407677/the-awakened-ii
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 27 Jun 2016 :  14:13:56  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I was a guest on the Round Table podcast. You can listen here:

http://www.thetomeshow.com/e/round-table-125-the-awakened-ii/
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 29 Jun 2016 :  18:18:58  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I was on this podcast along with Hal Greenberg and Erik Scott de Bie. If you didn't catch it alive, you can see the recorded version here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3ef5IkIDWs&feature=youtu.be
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 07 Jul 2016 :  14:28:02  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I was on the Side Projects Podcast. You can get that here:

http://sideprojectpodcast.blogspot.com
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 08 Jul 2016 :  21:39:15  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Stormtalons is the cool new fantasy setting from The Ed Greenwood Group! (I'll have a Stormtalons novel out early next year.)

Check it out:

http://onderlibrum.com/2016/07/stormtalons-the-realms-youre-looking-for/
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 10 Jul 2016 :  15:36:28  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
It's possible a couple things might still get added, but so far, here's my Gen Con schedule (these are all seminars in the Gen Con Writer's Symposium.)

You wil note that so far, I have no signings. But I'll be happy sign material you bring to the seminars.

THURSDAY

Noon – Business of Writing 101 – Westin - Congress I

2 PM – Writer’s Craft: Show, Don’t Tell – Westin - Caucus

5 PM – Write What You Know – Westin - Chamber

FRIDAY

11 AM – Writing Novels: Story Breadcrumbs – Westin - Caucus

2 PM – Writing Novels – POV Head Hopping – Westin - Caucus

5 PM – Business of Writing: Media Tie-In Market – Westin - Congress I

6 PM – Writer’s Craft: Introducing New Worlds in Novels – Westin - Capital I

SATURDAY

Noon – Business of Writing: Knowing When To Quit – Westin - Congress I
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 15 Jul 2016 :  19:28:39  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
My short story "Death in the Walled Warren," which is my return to Vladawen Titanslayer and the Scarred Lands universe, is now available at DriveThruPRG.

http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/185433/Death-in-the-Walled-Warren?term=death+in+the+walled+warren
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Adhriva
Learned Scribe

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Posted - 15 Jul 2016 :  20:09:37  Show Profile  Visit Adhriva's Homepage Send Adhriva a Private Message  Reply with Quote
How well do you find DriveThru Rpg/fiction/comics/etc works as a distribution platform for creators? Do you see similar returns for your work compared to other distribution and [self] publication venues?
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 16 Jul 2016 :  15:09:14  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I'm the wrong person to ask. I haven't seen much money directly from DriveThry, but I also haven't published anything there myself. Every product that bears my name has been produced by the intermediary of a publisher. In many cases, the material is reprints of old books long out of print where you wouldn't necessarily expect a sales bonanza. Thus, DriveThry has never really had a fair chance to deliver big for me.

In general, I'm not the best guy to ask about distribution channels and self-publishing. Don't get me wrong, I'll answer if I can, but most of my work, certainly the more profitable part, has been me selling to traditional publishers. So I'm not especially knowledgeable in general. People who have made a big success out of self-publishing or running their own publishing companies can probably give you far better information.
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Hippo
Acolyte

USA
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Posted - 19 Jul 2016 :  07:47:09  Show Profile Send Hippo a Private Message  Reply with Quote
It's been a busy few months for me so I just went to purchase Black Dogs tonight to catch up with the Black River Irregulars and noticed it turned out not to come out in March. What the heck happened?! Do you know if it was pushed back to coincide with their expansion that they are getting with the board game?
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 19 Jul 2016 :  14:51:22  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Hi, Hippo. I don't know why the schedule changed. I do know the book is supposed to come out Sept. 1. The audiobook edition is already listed on Amazon, but the last time I looked, the print and eBook editions were not listed yet. Still, so far as I know, Sept. 1 is the release date for all three.
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
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Posted - 28 Jul 2016 :  15:24:21  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
SNAFU: UNNATURAL SELECTION is available now! New military horror fiction by terrific writers like James A. Moore, Charles R Rutledge, Tim Lebbon, and Christopher Golden, plus you get a new novelette by me.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GBOFMK6#navbar
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
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Posted - 11 Aug 2016 :  17:56:46  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I noted previously that the Audible edition of BLACK DOGS (my next fantasy novel) was available for preorder. Now the Kindle edition is, too. The book is the first in a trilogy about the Iron Kingdoms mercenary company the Black River Irregulars, whom you may have encountered previously in my novella MURDER IN CORVIS.

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Dogs-River-Irregulars-Book-ebook/dp/B01K35RTPU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470933738&sr=8-1&keywords=black+dogs+richard+lee+byers#navbar
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 11 Aug 2016 :  18:24:10  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Richard Lee Byers

I noted previously that the Audible edition of BLACK DOGS (my next fantasy novel) was available for preorder. Now the Kindle edition is, too. The book is the first in a trilogy about the Iron Kingdoms mercenary company the Black River Irregulars, whom you may have encountered previously in my novella MURDER IN CORVIS.

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Dogs-River-Irregulars-Book-ebook/dp/B01K35RTPU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470933738&sr=8-1&keywords=black+dogs+richard+lee+byers#navbar


I look forward to reading it!

I also see that those characters are going to be used in an expansion for the Iron Kingdoms boardgame, the Undercity. I played the base game at GenCon this weekend, and it was a lot of fun.
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
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Posted - 16 Aug 2016 :  15:14:47  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I posted previously that the Audible and Kindle editions of my Iron Kingdoms novel BLACK DOGS are available for preorder. Now I see that, for those who prefer books made of protons and neutrons as well as electrons, the print edition is as well. Here's the link:

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Dogs-Richard-Lee-Byers/dp/1943693137/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1471356183&sr=8-3&keywords=black+dogs+richard+lee+byers
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 16 Aug 2016 :  20:32:27  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Richard Lee Byers

I posted previously that the Audible and Kindle editions of my Iron Kingdoms novel BLACK DOGS are available for preorder. Now I see that, for those who prefer books made of protons and neutrons as well as electrons, the print edition is as well. Here's the link:

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Dogs-Richard-Lee-Byers/dp/1943693137/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1471356183&sr=8-3&keywords=black+dogs+richard+lee+byers


Thanks for the link! I have preordered that book (and Breath of Earth, my friend Beth's new book, too!)
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 17 Aug 2016 :  14:39:40  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Hope you enjoy it, WR!
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 03 Sep 2016 :  00:51:04  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I've got a new Basil & Moebius novelette out: "The Picture of Aleister Crowley!" This time around, the guys infiltrate a posh but sinister house party in Sicily and end up confronting the occult legacy of the Great Beast himself. Check it out:

http://www.magnetic-press.com/now-on-kindle-the-picture-of-aleister-crowley-a-basil-moebius-adventure/
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 13 Sep 2016 :  19:45:12  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Here's an excerpt from BLACK DOGS, my new fantasy novel coming out this month from Privateer Press! BLACK DOGS is set in the Iron Kingdoms universe and stars the Black River Irregulars, the mercenaries who previously starred in my novella MURDER IN CORVIS. Enjoy!

http://privateerpress.com/community/who-let-the-dogs-out-the-black-river-irregulars-return-in-black-dogs
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 21 Sep 2016 :  15:01:23  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
So the publisher tells me the release of BLACK DOGS, my Iron Kingdoms fantasy novel, was pushed back to 11/9. Yet a friend tells me the Kindle and audio editions are available on Amazon right now. So if one of those is your preferred mode of reading, you're good to go. Whereas if you want to read the paper-and-ink edition, I guess you'll have to wait until 11/9, although you can of course preorder it now.

For those who are interested, here's the link to the book on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Dogs-Richard-Lee-Byers/dp/1943693137/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474465587&sr=8-1&keywords=black+dogs+richard+lee+byers
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
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Posted - 28 Sep 2016 :  01:45:37  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
After some garbled communication and general confusion, I now know that, contrary to what I posted previously, my new fantasy novel BLACK DOGS is already available in all formats, eBook, audiobook, AND paper-and-ink.

The story is set in the Iron Kingdoms universe of Privateer Press and stars the Black River Irregulars, the mercenary band who appeared previously in my novella MURDER IN CORVIS. I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict that if you enjoyed it when I wrote about a mercenary company in the Forgotten Realms, you'll enjoy these new stories as well.

Anyway, here I am plugging the novel one more time and letting you know that if old-school paper-and-ink is your preferred format, you need not wait until November to read it that way. You can get it that way now. Just follow the link:

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Dogs-Richard-Lee-Byers/dp/1943693137/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1475022665&sr=8-1&keywords=black+dogs+byers
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
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Posted - 10 Oct 2016 :  01:11:45  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
My short story "The Fishing Hole" is now available for a mere, a lousy, 99 cents! This is urban fantasy set in the Hellmaw universe created by Ed Greenwood.

https://www.amazon.com/Hellmaw-Short-Fishing-Hole-Shorts-ebook/dp/B01M2TUBAS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1476050112&sr=8-1&keywords=the+fishing+hole+byers
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 22 Nov 2016 :  23:24:27  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Onder Librum (AKA The Ed Greenwood Group) has revealed the cover (and a bit of info) about THE GHOST IN THE STONE, my Stormtalons fantasy novel due out at the end of the month. Check it out here:

http://onderlibrum.com/index.php/2016/11/22/tegg-reveals-covers-for-november-releases/
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 30 Nov 2016 :  17:39:57  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
For those who may be interested, here's the link to buy my new Stormtalons fantasy novel (from The Ed Greenwood Group), for a limited time available only through the Onder Librum site at a special introductory price.

https://onderemporium.com/index.php/product/stormtalons-04-the-ghost-in-the-stone-ebook/
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 05 Dec 2016 :  20:06:47  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I did a piece for the Stormtalons blog about writing in a shared setting, specifically, a shared setting that's just starting out. You can read that here:

http://stormtalons.theedgreenwoodgroup.com/writing-in-a-shared-world-thats-just-starting-out/
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