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I know it’s been a while since I’ve updated, but in my quest to always be trendy and hip to the latest fads, I caught a nice case of H1N1 about 2 weeks ago, and spent about 7 days being totally useless, and another 5 feeling generally cruddy. This was followed by some massive computer problems which I am still in the process of resolving, but I am at least functional again. For those of you who worry about such things, fear not for my unfinished writing. I have several redundant backups on separate drives, so nothing has been lost.

But while nothing has been lost due to viruses (human and computer), I am definitely behind on things. The stepsheet to The Daylight War was due last week, but I still need a couple more days of work to finish that. Also, I am a little behind on judging the Fan Art Contest. Thankfully, I gave myself until Thanksgiving to pick a winner, so I still have a couple of days. I also begged Subterranean Press for a few more advance copies of The Great Bazaar to give as prizes, and just received news that they are sending a few extra, so there will be multiple winners. Huzzah to Bill and Yanni at Subterranean for making that happen! (Did I mention Yanni’s baby is adorable? I met the little darling at WFC a couple of weeks ago.)

In other news, I have learned that AST in Russia will be publishing the Russian translation of The Painted Man in December, and I have just accepted an offer from them for The Desert Spear, so that’s a nice Christmas present for me and my future Russian readers.

Speaking of The Desert Spear, I would like to finally post the last entry in the Fan Art Contest to make it in before the Nov. 15 deadline, an awesome trailer for The Desert Spear movie made by Dwayne in the UK. Since a lot of you chumps have still not updated your browsers, which tend to crash when I embed video, I am including it as a link. Just click on the movie poster Dwayne made below to go to the YouTube page:

Posted on November 23, 2009 at 5:24 pm by PeatB
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Only one day left to enter the Fan Art Contest, and some very determined fans are looking to make it as hard as possible for me to pick a winner. Today we have new entries from Jess, Marilia, Iris, and Dwayne.

Jardir, by Jess:

The Painted Man, painting, by Marilia:

Leesha know best, by Iris (click to enlarge):

The funniest thing about Iris’ comic is that I used this same gag in The Desert Spear, only to have my editor suggest it be cut. I have since moved it to The Daylight War. I think it’s awesome that Iris thought of it, too.  I guess her mind is in the same gutter mine is.

And last but not least, Dwayne made an awesome movie trailer and posted the video on YouTube. I would embed the video in the blog, but it seems many of you still have outdated browsers that crash when I do that. Time to update, people! In the meantime, you can see the vid by clicking here.

Posted on November 14, 2009 at 4:39 pm by PeatB
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I’ve been running a fever for two days now, ever since I went to bed on Wednesday night. I had just read a couple of chapters of the new Wheel of Time book, and the night was filled with shivering, sweating, and dreams of Rand al’Thor, as my subconscious desperately tried to solve his problems for him. I too have a pain in my side that will never go away, so I feel for the guy.

Right now I have a temperature of 100 degrees and feel generally cruddy, but I got bored in bed so I snuck next door to my cozy office chair for a quick internet fix.

Five more entries in the Fan Art Contest have come in, from two fans (below). For those of you still working on your entries, time is short! All entries are due by November 15, so after midnight on Sunday, you’re out of luck. (You can, of course, keep sending me fan art after that date, which I will likely post on the blog, but you will not be entered to win any prizes). Send your digital entries to: Peat@www.petervbrett.com

Some great entries in this batch. The first three entries are from Martin in the UK:

Twilight Dancer:

Wind demon:

Arlen hunting while Rojer and Leesha wait in the circle:

There are also two more entries from Jess in France:

Ragen:

Arrick:

Posted on November 13, 2009 at 1:39 pm by PeatB
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The fabulous Elena from Russia has put in two more entries to the Fan Art Contest: Mery and Rojer. I’m glad people are entering multiple times, because I LOVE what everyone is doing!

Elena’s comments on her entries:

Mery because I wanted to see the girl, who took Arlen’s heart (Now it is up to you to judge if she is good enough for him) and Rojer, who despite all bad things believe in something good and simple. He deserves to have a face. All the best, Elena

Six more days to enter!

Posted on November 9, 2009 at 11:08 am by PeatB
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Just when I thought the Fan Art Contest could get no harder to judge, another entry hit my inbox, this from Craig, AKA “Booga” from the UK. Not to be outdone by Mark, Craig displayed a freshly inked wood ward on his ankle:

This is apparently one of the last places he can tattoo, as he is going for a full tat suit (I have requested a wider angle shot). It’s an honor to claim one of the last bits of real estate as a permanent homage to Arlen’s struggle.

Did I mention that the Fan Art Contest is still accepting entries until November 15? Time is running out, people! First prize is my ONLY spare advance read copy of The Great Bazaar, my book of short stories and supplemental materials from the Demon Cycle books. Due to the unending awesomeness of the entries, I will be adding some additional prizes.

To enter, create a piece of art in the medium of your choice and e-mail a .jpg (or other digital file if your art is, say, interpretive dance or a catchy jingle) of it to me at peat@www.petervbrett.com. Beyond that, the rules are there are no rules. Enter as many times as you like.

Posted on November 7, 2009 at 10:40 pm by PeatB
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