Wheel of Time
TOR has announced the replacement for Robert Jordan. This is a man hand-picked by his widow, a rising star of TOR. Or at least that's what seems to be said.
The press release is here.
I've never heard of the guy. One thing I do like, however, is that he's a friend of Howard Taylor, the author of one of my favorite webcomics. Howard says this guy is good, and I've grown to trust his opinion; at least as much as one CAN trust the opinion of someone who's only contact you've had is drawings on the internet and an occasional photograph.
Two things I noticed in the press release. One, he got picked up unagented from the slush pile. That's good stuff. Two, one of his four books was a young adult book called "Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians", a book that I saw this very weekend while we were out...and though "damn, that's a very cool cheesy title." So, I have high hopes.
They're claiming he'll have the manuscript done by December of next year, with publication set sometime fall 2009. I'm crossing my fingers.
The press release is here.
I've never heard of the guy. One thing I do like, however, is that he's a friend of Howard Taylor, the author of one of my favorite webcomics. Howard says this guy is good, and I've grown to trust his opinion; at least as much as one CAN trust the opinion of someone who's only contact you've had is drawings on the internet and an occasional photograph.
Two things I noticed in the press release. One, he got picked up unagented from the slush pile. That's good stuff. Two, one of his four books was a young adult book called "Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians", a book that I saw this very weekend while we were out...and though "damn, that's a very cool cheesy title." So, I have high hopes.
They're claiming he'll have the manuscript done by December of next year, with publication set sometime fall 2009. I'm crossing my fingers.