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With the Fan Art Contest coming to a close, we wanted to share some older fan art from artist Luke Fielding. Some of my favorite fan art tends to be of the demons because while they are well-described in the books in many ways, there is still so much room for imagination. I love discovering how each artist visualizes these epic creatures. And Luke’s haunting rendition of a rock demon is one of my favorites. He also does incredible work with the wards, binding them into fluid patterns. It reminds me of how Arlen and the others must actually ward in the books. It seems both a science and an art; a web of symbols perfectly formed to create a net. Luke experiments with the wards to create a beautiful work of art.
Incredible portrait of a rock demon
Beautiful ward art design
Thank you so much to Luke for sharing his work. Please check out more of his work on his website. Don’t forget to submit your own fan art to our latest contest by 11:59pm on December 31, 2011. For more details, check out the rules here.
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 8:00 am by megelizabeth
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Posted by Meg
A while ago, fan and quilt designer Sondra sent this message to Peat:
I’m a quilt designer and I have a special quilt that needs a little girl. For all of the wonderful hours I’ve spent reading your books, I’d like to give a little back so to speak. I believe there’s a little angel close to you that will be 3 soon and I think she’d be the perfect little girl for this special quilt. I’ll attach a picture for you. If this ok with you I can send it wherever you’d like me to. Thank you again for sharing all the awsome kookery that runs through your mind 🙂
Sondra sent Cassie a beautiful handmade quilt. This is what Peat had to say about Cassie’s reaction:
Cassie loves the quilt. She is always naming the bugs in the pattern. “Bee!” “Butterfly!” She calls it her “bug quilt” and has slept with it ever since it arrived.
For more amazing quilts and designs, check out Sondra’s facebook page.
Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:00 am by megelizabeth
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Adam Reese, incredible artist and devoted fan, drew these beautiful sketches of Arlen. They are, in a word, breathtaking.
The one above was actually Peat’s desktop background for a month!
I would encourage everybody to check out Adam Reese’s deviant art page to view more of his work. These images are not contest entries, but they certainly are inspiring. To enter our current fan art contest, submit your piece by 11:59pm on December 31, 2011. For more details, check out the rules here.
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:00 am by megelizabeth
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Here is wishing everyone Happy Holidays from Peat and I. Just in time for the holiday season, super-fan Mia sent a most magnificent personalized gift for Peat … a warded wreath just in time for the holidays!
There are beautiful wards all over this amazing wreath, but we especially love the snow demon ward in the center. Nice touch for this (fingers crossed) white Christmas.
Here’s the letter she included:
A giant thank you to Mia from Peat and I. Mia is a top notch fan with an incredible talent for visual arts. She won the Homemade Heroes contest, but didn’t stop there. If you need any proof of Mia’s awesomeness, check out some of her earlier creations here.
And while you may be busy sipping hot chocolate or ripping open presents, don’t forget to submit your fan art to our latest contest by 11:59pm on December 31, 2011. For more details, check out the rules here.
Posted on December 23, 2011 at 8:00 am by megelizabeth
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We sometimes don’t know how what we do can affect other people. I think that one of my favorite things about reading books is that I am, in a sense, sharing a whole dreamt up world with the author and all the other people also reading it. It’s a shared experience even though it feels very close and very personal. Such are the joys of reading.
Over the summer, Peat got a really touching email from a woman named Penny and wanted to share it with everybody. This is what she had to say.
Hello,
I am the mother of a 23 year old son with Tourette Syndrome and OCD. His name is Levi. We live in a small farming community in Indiana. He has been basically housebound for close to 8 years. A few weeks ago I picked up one of your books at K-Mart. He loved your book so much … he could barely sleep. He asked me to get all your books and I’ve ordered what I could afford. I run a Licensed Daycare Home because I always had to be home with him. I homeschooled him from the 9th grade up. I was sad to see The Great Bazaar was so out of reach for us. We live on our own and money is pretty tight. Do you know if there will be a time that it will cost less? He just sits around holding your book, feeling the cover, like it is the most precious thing in the world.
I just got through ordering all the Raymond Fiest books the Riftwar Series three weeks ago, after he read the first two books … while he was waiting on the rest, he read your book and now he won’t touch the others until he can read all of your books. I try to do what I can to make him happy and anything that I can possibly do to make his life better I try to do. He never asks for anything special. He has been going through a rather rough time right now and he has been really sad and withdrawn for months. It was really good to see him so excited about something. I’m still on Amazon searching for the rest of your books that I can afford. He read The Warded Man and I have already ordered The Desert Spear. I saw where The Great Bazaar and the Brayan’s Gold are related to the other books. I don’t know how many you have, but I will be hunting them down tonight and hopefully I will be able to find the rest of them. I’m new at searching for things online and I was hoping to find a list of all your books in the order they need to be read.
I want to thank you for giving my son an escape from his own Demons. He is such a good boy and you have given him something to look forward to. Believe me, I was trying everything to get him to open up. He talks to me about your book and I will be looking forward to reading them myself if my son ever lets your book out of his sight. Just wanted to let you know you made a difference in someone’s life and that’s pretty special!
Thanks,
Penny
Thank you so much to Penny for reaching out. We sent Levi a signed copy of Brayan’s Gold last Monday.
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 8:00 am by megelizabeth
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