David Debord

The Slush Pile has just reviewed The Silver Serpent, and had many complimentary things to say. Here's an excerpt:

"The heroine, Shanis Malan, seems, at first, to be the typical fantasy heroine trapped by her society's expectations of a woman's role. As the story progresses, you realize that this girl is no victim and full of flaws. It is within her struggle to control her own identity, as well as her temper, that you begin to really care for this girl and her ...

The Silver Serpent is now available on e-book on Smashwords.

Here's an interesting article on what agents don't like in Chapter 1 of a query.

Got some good work done on Keeper of the Mists this weekend. I have to make a big decision about two characters. I know where they will be at the end of the book, but I have two possible ways for them to get there. We shall see...

Also, The Silver Serpent hit the top 100 again in Epic Fantasy on kindle. Always fun to see your name in the charts! Hope everyone had a good weekend!

Dave

Seems like we've lost quite a few great authors of late.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090127/ap_en_ot/obit_updike

January is an exciting month in my family. I look forward to bowl games, NFL playoffs, and the Superbowl. My children look forward to American Idol. They actually prefer the audition shows to the actual competition, and I will confess to having a bit of sometimes unkind fun laughing at the audacity of people who have somehow convinced themselves that they are God's gift to singing. I find myself wondering how they got to this point, imagining they have probably always been told by family and ...

Fantasy author Sherry Thompson's debut novel Seabird is currently featured by the CFRP Blog Tour. I've read and very much enjoyed Seabird. Check out the blog tour and see if it's something you'd enjoy too.

http://cfrblog.blogspot.com/