LEGO Helm’s Deep & Book Stuff

[jimhines]

As you might have gathered from Wednesday’s post, most of my energy is going into book-related stuff right now, including…

• A Twitter chat/interview at sffwrtcht. (Transcript is here - includes one automaton-related spoiler detail from the moderator.)
• An interview with LGBT Fantasy Fans and Writers in which I talk about princesses and Libriomancer

Comments

[mtlawson]

That... is so cool. (LEGO Helm's Deep, that is.)

[sartorias]

Coolness! There is some big Codex series out there, tho . . . Jim Butcher?

[jimhines]

You're right. Codex Alera. Hm ... that's the series title, and he hasn't used it in the title of any individual books. I think it will be okay, but we'll see what Sheila says.

I really want to use these, because as I was wordstorming, I came across the fact that "Codex" is derived from the Latin for the trunk of a tree. And book two focuses more on Lena the dryad. It just feels *right*.

[sartorias]

Oh my yes. Yes. There is no copyright on the word!

[sihaya09]

That is AMAZING.

[reedrover]

I love your princesses for being real people with real differences.
Codex makes me instantly think of Jim Butcher. You may want to consider the possible confusions.
I think this lego Helms Deep is AMAZING, and hope that the Smithsonian considers it.

[jimhines]

Thanks.

I thought about the Butcher (and several people immediately made Kotex jokes), but while it's not perfect, this is what *felt* right for the book, at least more than anything else I've come up with.

I hope that long-winded sentence made sense!

[anonymous]

I really like the interview, thanks! Without knowing what the second book is about, it's hard to judge titles, but I think Codex Unbound sounds awesome.