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Warded Necklace

Posted by Meg

A week or two ago, we posted some lovely pictures from @rachelr1977 depicting her intricate preparations for her Renna cosplay for Gen Con. She posted another picture of her lovely warded necklace. Peat tweeted about it the other day:

  • @PVBrett – <3 the flower ward. MT @rachelr1977 These are some of my favorites. #DemonCycle #cosplay #gencon: http://t.co/dvcma87K

I have to agree with Peat, the flower ward is absolutely adorable. Amazing job Rachel! It was funny to see in the twitter conversation with Rachel that Peat’s mom saw the necklace on facebook and said she wanted one!

Peat won’t be at Gen Con this year, but he will be many other places! He will be traveling this month with an August 17 stop at Blackwell’s in London with Myke Cole and Joe Abercrombie. On August 20th, he will be doing a reading at the Otherland Bookshop in Berlin. To round things off, he will be the author guest of honor at this year’s Pol Con from August 23-26 in Wroclaw, Poland.

Posted on August 9, 2012 at 8:00 am by megelizabeth
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Tweephole #5

Posted by Meg

Wondering what Peat has been talking about? Look no further! Here, we’ve got all of Peat’s best tweets, pictures and videos for your viewing pleasure. You can also catch-up with Peat in real time in the Tweephole sidebar to the right.

  • @PVBrett – Do I REALLY need this comma? Argh. Let’s say the sentence 10 times in my head with different pauses and emphasis. #daylightwar #editing
  • @PVBrett – I think they have it backward. RT @PublishersWkly ‘Hunger Games’ credited with making archery cool: http://t.co/ifbJvYG5

  • @PVBrett– Awesome. Includes Charlaine Harris! MT @nytimesbits A collection of Bikinis and the book covers they match: http://t.co/AIkkOcpZ @awfulagent
  • @PVBrett – Word crashed 3X today while working on #DaylightWar. 3 hours of editing to show for 5 hours’ work. Undependable tech is my bane.
  • @PVBrett – I think that may have renewed my faith in humanity. MT @scottlynch78 Westboro Baptist Church stymied by zombie horde: http://t.co/OKEY6yes

  • @PVBrett – Fridge is broken. I think of this less as having ice cream for breakfast and more as saving this Klondike bar from a slow, agonizing death.
  • @PVBrett – Surreal. RT @PublishersWkly E.L. James has outsold J.K. Rowling on Amazon UK | The Bookseller: http://t.co/WnuwrUca

  • @PVBrett – I prefer Ni-hao Kai Lan to Dora the Explorer… but it sucks that I know enough to have an opinion.
  • @PVBrett – Ha! MT @Darrell_Hayward @PVBrett I only started reading your books because I went to college with someone called Peter Brett! Now I’m hooked.
  • @PVBrett – Just destroyed @mykecole et al at Munchkin with @jessieacammackhttp://t.co/2c0yU43v

  • @PVBrett – At the Genius Bar waiting as they open up my iPhone & replace the camera. Feel like I am in a hospital waiting room for a friend’s surgery.
  • @PVBrett – Won’t geek out. Won’t geek out… Dammit. RT @theFranconian ICv2 – It’s ‘Days of Future Past’ for ‘X-Men: First Class’: http://t.co/NGg9Qrfa

  • PVBrett – Took Cassie to see Brave again. When Batman or Avengers came out, huge lines at the theater Fri. by 11am. Total Recall release? Not so much.
  • PVBrett – Magic arms. Sometimes technology is so beautiful it makes you cry. http://t.co/mixyIgW0

  • PVBrett – Just wrote in #DaylightWar margin: “Insert folksy metaphor”. #creativitydeferred
  • PVBrett – Bookshelf porn: minotaur edition http://t.co/FaPstodu

  • PVBrett – 50 years from now will we look at the ads of Olympians drinking Coke the way we do 1950’s doctors suggesting people smoke to lose weight?

Don’t forget to check out Peat’s Twitter and Author Facebook Page for more!

Want to meet Peat? He will be traveling this month with an August 17 stop at Blackwell’s in London with Myke Cole and Joe Abercrombie. On August 20th, he will be doing a reading at the Otherland Bookshop in Berlin. To round things off, he will be the author guest of honor at this year’s Pol Con from August 23-26 in Wroclaw Poland.

Posted on August 8, 2012 at 7:45 am by megelizabeth
Filed under Appearances, Daylight War, Desert Spear, Events, Fans, Meg, Warded Man, World Traveler
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New Arlen Fan Art

Posted by Meg

We found this beautiful landscape of Alren and Twilight Dancer by James on the Forum. You can check out the original thread here.

I love the mood and composition of this picture. There are a couple of really excellent details in this picture that I didn’t notice at first. Check out what the artist has to say about it:

The idea in my head was Arlen traveling to Lakton, in the top right corner there is a ward set out with stars (a ward constellation if you like) and I used a rock demon that I found (drawn by Nightmaresdream on this forum) that I tried to make look as if it were first forming in the night.

Thank you to James for posting. I love the detail of the demon rising from the Core. You can check out the original demon art by Nightmaresdream here.

Want to meet Peat? He will be traveling this month starting on August 17th at Blackwell’s in London with Myke Cole and Joe Abercrombie. On August 20th, he will be doing a reading at the Otherland Bookshop in Berlin. To round things off, he will be the author guest of honor at this year’s Pol Con from August 23-26 in Wrockaw, Poland.

Posted on August 7, 2012 at 8:00 am by megelizabeth
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Fan Art: Warded Man and Wood Demon

Posted by Meg

Here is some new fan art from Deviant Art user Rusty87d. A moment in an epic fight scene between the warded man and a wood demon.

I love the composition of the picture, The placement wood demon’s hand (or scary, talon thing) amps up the tension of the scene, reminding me of a movie shot. Awesome job!

Posted on August 6, 2012 at 8:00 am by megelizabeth
Filed under Daylight War, Desert Spear, Fan Art, Fans, Meg, Warded Art, Warded Man
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German Demon Cycle Giveaway!

Posted by Meg

As you may know from our earlier post, Peat’s headed to Germany this summer. He will be at the Otherland Bookshop in Berlin at 8:00pm on August 20, 2012 doing a reading and signing for all his German fans. You can check out the bookstore’s official page on the event and RSVP on Facebook  here.

So we thought we’d celebrate by giving away the German version of The Demon Cycle. Books will be signed and personalized!

We would love to hear more about book culture over in Germany. So German fans, this is all you. Give us a little taste of what it’s like to be a German fantasy and speculative fiction reader. Answer the question below to win your very signed copy of the complete German collection of Peat’s work:

What is your favorite bookstore or place to read in Germany?

Please put your answers in the comments section below. You will have a week to enter, and the winner will be chosen at random. Don’t forget to RSVP to the Otherland Bookshop Reading and Signing on Facebook.

Viel Gluck!

Posted on August 3, 2012 at 8:00 am by megelizabeth
Filed under Appearances, Contests, Desert Spear, Events, Fans, Germany, Meg, Warded Man
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