http://dbassingthwaite.com The homepage for Don Bassingthwaite, Writer Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:19:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The day has come (and passed - sorry, I've been busy) and more of my books have been released as e-books. What does it mean? If you missed the chance to read The Dragon Below trilogy or my standalone Forgotten Realms novel, The Yellow Silk, in print format, you can ... http://dbassingthwaite.com/?p=208 We got a call from friends last night that we had to watch CBC's The National for a story about K'Naan and his song "Waving Flag." Not because of the artist (who is inspiring) or the song (which is great) or the story (which is good), but because of a ... http://dbassingthwaite.com/?p=205 As we countdown to the announcement of Apple's tablet and the much-hyped possibility that it will revolutionize/dominate the growing ebook market, I thought I'd share some of my own ebook news. Wizards of the Coast is moving into making more of their novels available for ebook readers and two of ... http://dbassingthwaite.com/?p=201 The fine folks at The Dungeon's Master, the same blog that reviewed The Word of Traitors, did an interview with me a while ago. They've got the text transcript up now -- go over and have a read (part 1 | part 2 | part 3 coming soon)! (It is a ... http://dbassingthwaite.com/?p=196 Over at Fantasy Author's Handbook, editor and author Phil Athans has made a weekly habit of posting interesting and insightful articles on the writer's (and occasionally the editor's) craft. In this week's post, he listed his Ten Favourite Fantasy Novels. It's an enjoyable list -- a little summary of each ... http://dbassingthwaite.com/?p=183 Timed smack up against the opening of Where the Wild Things are comes The Wild Things, Dave Egger's adaptation of the screenplay that he co-wrote. In other words, a novelization. A tie-in. Wow. Should we wait for the shunning, the calls of "hack" to begin? Of course not. With utter ... http://dbassingthwaite.com/?p=180 A review of Word of Traitors has gone up over at the blog dungeonsmaster.com for one heck of a ringing endorsement! "Word of Traitors is a great Eberron story and an all around great novel. If you’ve followed these characters through Bassingthwaite’s Dragon Below trilogy and The Doom of Kings then you’ll ... http://dbassingthwaite.com/?p=177