Podcast appearances and mentions of Richard A Knaak

Join me as I review The Players of Gilean edited by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman live! Share your thoughts on this second Tales of the War of Souls anthology, released by Wizards of the Coast on February 1, 2003. You can buy a copy here: https://amzn.to/48xk5pw  https://youtube.com/live/L_70rmgiW3k About The Players of Gilean Across the ages roams an immortal troupe of actors, gifted with fantastical powers and led by a mysterious artiste with a penchant for meddling. Wherever they roam, they encounter magic and monsters and evil that requires taming. This is the first anthology based on characters from the extraordinary novella “The Travelling Players of Gilean”, by Margaret Weis and Aron Eisenberg, which was featured in The Best of Tales, Volume One. This new anthology also features novellas by best-selling Dragonlance authors Douglas Niles, Richard A. Knaak, Paul B. Thompson, and a new collaboration by Jean Rabe and Aron Eisenberg. Contents “Command Performance” by Douglas Niles “Papilla” by Fergus Ryan “Enter, a Ghost” by Paul B. Thompson “Perfect” by Donald J. Bingle “A Matter of Honor” by Richard A. Knaak “Rewrites” by Aron Eisenberg and Jean Rabe Review “Command Performance” by Douglas Niles Duke of Fredirko Axel Bloodwart, Ogre King Starlack, centurion Skullrider Bloden Longeye, chief lieutenant Greenshot, hill giant captain Sebastius Sir Eriath, actor, Vinas Solamnus, clownmaster Stacia Delane, Dame Solamnus, Yolanda the Melon Queen Hatch Blackbeard, dwarf Persnick,elf Strawfellow Slipknot, kender Prince Gracefeather Ballracker, fat hobgoblin, captain, general Orik Oilsniffer, hylar dwarf commander Hilderidge, ogre actor Portentius, pudgy illusionist Splint Fireeater, Hylar This story was a lot of fun and had a wonderful twist at the end. Two massive armies are ready to meet on the battlefield separated by a river featuring an island in the center. One army, led by the Duke of Fredirko and the other is led by the ogre king Axel Bloodwart. Both want to seize control of the island as it is strategically of importance for the battle to come. On the island however, is an acting troupe led by Sebastius. The acting troupe plans their performance for the two armies and secretly plants playbills all around each of the armies encampments. The commanders are justifyingly infuriated by their camps being infiltrated, but their men are intrigued by the opportunity to see a play. So both armies come to the island on the morrow. They are introduced to the performers and sit, slowly being turned onto the performances and becoming more and more entertained. Finally the two commanders are invited onstage and play fight over a daughter. They get into it with the ogre king killing the duke, and the armies ready to go to battle right then and there, until it is revealed only to be a ruse, with a collapsible blade and fake blood. The armies nevertheless are poised for battle, but just then a massive lightning storm strikes, and the armies collectively huddle under the tents and trees, planning on battle the following day. The acting troupe offers the ogre king a position on one of their wagons,and he actually agrees to join, as his heart isn’t in the battle anymore. He ends up joining the troupe at the end. I really enjoyed this, and while I can imagine all the stories being connected to this acting troupe could wear thin quickly as a contrivance, for now, I am looking forward to the next tale. “Papilla” by Fergus Ryan Kaleem Bombyx, shopkeeper Ilona, wife Taladas, first son Nando, second son Livia, daughter Yoni, Darl, rat catchers sons Sebastius This short story begins with a merchant who marries a homely Solamnic woman and bears three children. Two boys and a girl. The girl is having her seventh birthday and her father is showing her off to the local town's Ratchatcher family. The two boys have set up a wonderful prank on the daughter however. When the girl is supposed to come and deliver the goose for dinner, she does a raucous dance the boys taught her and embarrasses their parents. This lands them in trouble naturally, and they are grounded. That night an acting troupe arrives in town, and are getting all set up for the following day's performances. It feels a little like Something Wicked This Way Comes, as the eldest boy, grounded and brooding, wants to run away with the troupe. He climbed down from his window at night and approached Sebastius. He is rejected as he offers him a deal on silk curtains for the play from his father, and unspoken rejection of joining the troupe. The boy returns home in a foul mood, and almost gets crushed by a falling wall. He makes a deal with his brother for not telling on him, and helping him back in the house. When the play begins the following day, the older brother plans a trick on Sebastius, to get back at him. The play begins as a woman is taken from a man by an evil wizard, and the family’s daughter is in the front row. The younger brother starts backing out, and the older brother insists that he help him with the prank. The brothers' plan is to put their sister in a sack and throw her at Sebastian on stage to embarrass them and hurt them. The play unfolds perfectly with this plan as the girl in the tower is met by gully dwarves who want to steal her jewels and they put them in a sack and throw them out as the girls are thrown by the brothers. However, the boys follow suit, falling on stage and end up being taken by the crew. The end of the play is a punishment call from Sebastin to the crowd, and the daughter decides the fate of the brothers. She eventually goes on to live a nice life, her mother leaving her father, and the boys are not heard from, seemingly living out pedestrian lives. The story was all wrapped up by saying brothers don't pick on your sisters, and it was a total waste of my time reading. It wasn’t crafted well, it wasn't written well, and I am glad it's over. “Enter, a Ghost” by Paul B. Thompson Tog, minotaur Andura Thronden, master of ceremonies Urtak Paz, Kender Traz, Kender Sebastius, master of the Traveling Players of Gilean Moku, gully dwarf Gree, centaur Camalantharas, cam, dark elf Tensi Rontz, goblin from Throt Thaelix, male ogre Warken, bardic poet Bannur of Nordling Havared Sisandra, Harvard's daughter Carklin Hall Fitter, gnome, visited lunitari Daskhar, dwarf Telda, Daskhar's wife I really enjoyed this tale. It starts with the Players of Gilean arriving in a town in Nordmaar. The town seems drab and quiet, but as they are setting their stage, Andura, an actress, notices two young men wandering around. They eventually leave and she follows them with Moku an Aghar. They wanted to see if there was a wizard in the troupe because this town is cursed. They need a wizard to use a banishment spell from a scroll they bought from another wizard. The keep, Carklin hall is possessed and while the ghost remains, the town remains cursed. Andura agreed to try and headed up in the night with Moku. They discovered it really was haunted by the former lord of the manor, and only dawn saved them from the ghost. The constable arrested them for disturbing the peace but they were bailed out by Sebastius. They ran through their play that night and the ghost appeared during it. He demanded to know why they were interlopers in his town, and Andura tried to banish him again. Moku used shadow play and voice acting to pose as a great red dragon which initially frightened the ghost, but he ended up leaving for the sake of the town. The village resumed normal life, and the play received a rousing applause. This was a great little horror story that reminded me of Ravenloft. It just goes to show you can tell any style of story in Dragonlance and have it feel genuine. This is the best campaign setting, period. “Perfect” by Donald J. Bingle Crawford, actor Maybar Thane, actor Zefta, mage Sebastius, Astinus' brother? Darna Gantry Fornarius Mirinda Benoit Katrice Gilf Aaron Badar Patentworthy Pathwanderer, gnome Cathar Bellowstroke, dwarf Gloria Taewynd This is a story with three main parts. First is the acting troupe and the tension between Sebastius and their wizard slash set maker Zefta. Second is a young woman who was spurned in love, but left pregnant who runs off with her fathers tailor to join the troupe, and third is a pompous Solamnic, former knight, planning his wedding and hiring the troupe to perform a tiresome and ostentatious play at his wedding. Once the wedding play began, the audience was bored to death. They had lived the measure and been paralysed by it in training for years, watching it now was a chore, but as this was a wedding they were stuck. But then one new actor slipped and accidentally flipped a steel coin, and from that moment on, steel was the operative word and item as the play went off the rails, and the mage exercised his craft to wonderful effect. It even turned the stern groom into an enjoying participant. When the wedding vows were read, he romantically dipped her in a passionate kiss, echoed of course by the troupe. The audience loved it and cheered uproariously. The groom paid very well for the performance, and the story of the runaways was completely abandoned. The troupe left after the groom admitted to Sebastius that he wasn't a Solamnic, but it didn't matter anymore. With the conclusion to the story being infinitely better than the set up, I am glad to move on as well. “A Matter of Honor” by Richard A. Knaak Golar the God-Marked, minotaur Heston, human Sebastius Twayne, half-elf Karas of clan Barash, minotaur Dardella Juris, Golar's cousin Well hell, this story touched me. It’s about a minotaur named Golar who fled from a failed battle in the War of the Lance and eventually joined the troupe. He found peace and happiness as almost an ambassador of the minotaur race to viewers, but one day he notices a cloaked figure showing up to his appearances. It ended up being his cousin’s son, Karas, coming to avenge the loss of honor his fleeing the battlefield caused his clan. Golar knocked the youth out, and put him in the woods outside town. They went to the next town for another show, and the youth followed, attacking golar in the play. He sliced his stomach, and the troupe convinced Karas that he had died. They gave him his axe and he rode away. He returned to watch the funeral only to see that Golar was alive. Golar admitted that while he was a member of the troupe he would not age, nor could he die. He showed Karas by running himself through. This led Karas to leave, dispirited at being able to avenge his clan’s honor, and decided to take his own life for his failure, very Samourai in nature. Golar showed up and let Karas know he was there when Karas couldn't go through with it. Karas, now shamed, threw his dagger at Golar and it sank into his chest. Golar gave up his part of the troupe because he couldn't live with his relatives’ death on his hands. He would rather die and let his clan regain their honor than live knowing Karas died because of him. He took the body home and that was the end of the story. As a fan of fantasy, I can’t help but appreciate stories like this. Honor is a complicated mistress that many cultures in our world wrestle with, but I can't accept that one should kill themself or others just to keep a title that amounts to nothing more than a perceived value in the eyes of the beholder. It was a beautiful story by Knaak. “Rewrites” by Aron Eisenberg and Jean Rabe Thronden Blackmoor, Actor, Solamnic Knight Aleena, Actor, Dark Knight Jalas Sebastius Heart, Goblin Catal This final tale is a version of Romeo and Juliet with a new director and writer, traditionally an actor, rewriting the play til the very day it was performed. The insistence on his vision made Sebastius abandon the play, insisting it should be directed by the writer. The other members of the Troupe insisted that there should be some humor, but the writer refused, insisting that it is a drama. As word spread about the play, every nearby town wanted to attend, and a contingent of dark knights learned of it. At the heart of the story is a Knight of Solamnia falling in love with a Knight of Takhisis. The commander of the Dark Knights could not allow this to happen, so he sent his emissary to stop the play. When the director refused, the Dark Knights mounted up to intercept the play mid performance. When they arrived, many of the villagers fled, but equally many stayed. The director insisted they start the play from act one and give the Dark Knights a show, as they all sat down to watch. The tension caused some of the actors to miss lines, or otherwise make small humorous mistakes, which drew enjoyment from the viewers, and when the female dark knight in the play killed the male Solamnic then herself, everyone gave a standing ovation. The Dark Knight commander met the director backstage to say it was an improbable love story, but he had once loved a woman, and with tat left. The writer/director began furiously rewriting the play to add some humor. This was a fun tale, as I am a fan of Shakespear, but I am very glad this collection is done. It was tiring to get through, and while many of the stories were enjoyable, like this one, i did want to get through it. If you are a fan of Dragonlance, I suggest you give this anthology a read, especially if you enjoy the Players of Gilean premise. Otherwise, it does nothing to inform the saga in any way, so if you don't enjoy the troupe, you can skip the anthology and miss out on nothing.

Join me as I review The Search for Magic edited by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman live! Share your thoughts on this first Tales of the War of Souls anthology, released by Wizards of the Coast on October 1, 2001. You can buy a copy here: https://amzn.to/3LVbXrD  https://youtube.com/live/JZ6gg6EWS2I About The Search for Magic This is the first anthology to tie in to the bestselling War of Souls trilogy by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. It contains 11 stories, written by well-known Dragonlance authors, that elaborate on the characters and locations from the War of Souls trilogy. The stories link to the ongoing saga through the time frames of the main characters. Contents: Introduction “All for a Pint” by Brian Murphy “The End” by Nancy Varian Berberick “The Lost Sea” by Linda P. Baker “Some Assembly Required” by Nick O’ Donohoe “Go with the Floe” by Paul B. Thompson “The Great Gully Dwarf Climacteric of 40 S.C.” by Jeff Crook “Bond” by Kevin T. Stein “A Twist of the Knife” by Jean Rabe “Hunger” by Richard A. Knaak “Product Given for Services Rendered” by Don Perrin “Dragon’s Throat” by Donald J. Bingle Review Intro Welcome to another DragonLance Saga review episode. It is Kirinor, Frostkolt the 3rd. My name is Adam and today I am going to give you my review of The Search for Magic edited by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. I would like to take a moment and thank the DLSaga members and Patreon patrons, and invite you to consider becoming a member or patron. You can even pick up Dragonlance media using my affiliate links. This is my perspective only, and if you have any thoughts or disagree with mine, I invite you to share them in YouTube chat. Review All For a Pint by Brian Murphy Stynmar, wizard, White robe Grantheous, wizard, Red robe Fetlin, apprentice Gerald, archmagus, Black robe This was a delightful tale about two mages, former white and red robes, who decided to make a profile, and improve the nature of those who consumed it, by casting a spell on beer. This spell is meant to improve one’s disposition, but they had to test various strengths of the spell. One had minotaurs tickle fighting each other. Another had a aman mooning them then running down the street. They finally perfected the spell, and it was stolen from them that night! THey chased who they believed stole it and it led to a warehouse where the thief talked with a black robed wizard and entered it. The two wizards and their apprentice went into a nearby tavern and had a frew pints before bursting into the door, but the beer they were drinking was their own. They felt wonderful, and after kissing the barmaid, they left ready to break down the warehouse door. As they charged the door, the wizard opened it, causing them to run and roll into the warehouse. The old wizard ended up being their former master, and he scolded them for using the remaining magic to effect beer. To punish them he cast the spell over Palanthas' well, and the entire city had a full day of peace, happiness, and brotherly love. The two mages seemed to learn their lesson, and that was the story. It reminded me of an old short story from the original Tales collection where a kender puts a love potion into Otik's ale and it ends with a love fest in the Inn of the Last Home. It was a nice entry into this collection. The End by Nancy Varian Berberick Jai Windwild, apprentice librarian Annalisse Elmgrace, librarian Marshall Medan Gilthas, puppet king Emeth Windwild, Jai's father, member of the resistance Marise Windwild, Jai's mother Stanach Hammerfell This is about the final days of the Qualinesti. It is focused on a librarian’s assistant Jai, who has spent his young career reading and cataloging the histories of the Quelinesti nation. His master, librarian Annalisse, sees Jai as the best of her assistants. He leaves one night for dinner when his father tells him that they must leave Qualinost. Their relatives are dying and they should all travel to them. In truth, he is part of the resistance and the Dark Knights are close to capturing him, so he arranged this trip. Jai doesn't want to go, but sees no option of staying because he would be caught, tortured and killed. He returns to this library and tells Annalisse where he’s going but that he will be back. When they leave that night, they are stopped as a Dark Knight is waiting on the road. They are teleported and wake in a dwarven tunnel. Stanach Hammerfell greets Jai and leads him down the tunnel toward Thorbadin. He is alone, and doesn't know where everyone else is. Stanach tells him they are with the dwarves, and explains these tunnels were the idea of the Thane and Gilthas. Qualinost is going to fall, sooner rather than later, and the people need safe passage out of Qualinesti. Jai doesn't care and insists on leaving to record the end of Qualinost. Eventually Sanach relents and lets the young elf go, as they are nearing the exit of the tunnel, Annalise's voice is heard directing Dark Knights. It turned out that she bargained for the safety of the library and gave up the plan of the elves leaving and the tunnels under Qualinesti. Stanach and Jai fight them, capture Annalisse and Stanach says that he will wait for Jai. Jai ends up heading home. It reminds me of World War 2 when Nazi Germany was rounding up Jews, Gays, Blacks and anyone they deemed weak. That is what the Dark Knight represents and while going back to Qualinost to witness its end sounds like the height of foolishness, I can understand one’s passion for their home and wanting to be there, even as the world falls apart. The Lost Sea by Linda P. Baker Captain Effram I am torn about this story. For one, it’s written really well. But for another, I don't like the main character at all. This is about Captain Effram, he lives in Tarsis and has built a boat. Tarsis has been landlocked since the Cataclysm, so he is ridiculed by everyone in town for building a ship. The children come and taunt and tease him, and he runs them off, further ruining his reputation among the townsfolk. Then one day a storm came, and it kept raining, and only Effram wore the appropriate clothing for a rain storm and was mocked for it. Then the water began to build on the ground, and soon his ship began to float! He took it out in this massive blinding night storm and was nearly swept out to sea, but managed to turn it back toward Tarsis to see people climbing the ships in the old bay that were repurposed for homes, trying to survive the weather and oncoming seawater. They leapt down toward Effram's ship, and slowly, reluctantly, he turned to bring more people onto his ship. Even as there were more to save, he raced the boar to the docks, and in the massive storm told them to get out. When he turned back to the sea, he saw a woman leap into the ocean, screaming for help, he turned away from her, and sailed into the sea. This character who wanted to be respected and appreciated by the townsfolk, didn’t even want to save them, then abandoned others. His cruelty in their fate was less human and more monstrous. Something I didn't enjoy reading at all. The strength of our species is that when push comes to shove, regardless of any other factor, we help one another. Survival is built into our DNA. It is the aberrant among us that would turn and walk away from someone facing death, when you could save them, yet Effram did just that. The people jibing him did not equal a justified death, and it simply bothered me. Some Assembly Required by Nick o'Donohoe Sorter, gnome Franni, kender The story begins with a gnome named Sorter working in the great repository, sorting the thousands of volumes of gnomish manuals. It showcases a typical day in Mount Nevermind for gnomes, and leads to a Kender named Franni asking a series of questions to Sorter about the books. Later there is a book avalanche and they are afraid the kender was under them, but after clearing it up, they saw no kender, but a few books were missing. So Soter decided he would go after the Kender. He packed traveling clothing and headed out to the closest town with smoke ascending to the sky. A warehouse was burned down and children who were working the warehouse were having a grand time. THey said a Kender came by and burned the warehouse down. The elders told him that the kender left toward their neighboring town, and that the kender should stay there. The gnome went on to the next town which was covered in mud. Its children were also enjoying the destroyed warehouse. Apparently there is fierce trade competition so all these villages suggest visiting the next, to recreate the destruction they experience. The gnome continued on to find the kender in the third village constructing a siege machine. The gnome ended up helping him and it summarily destroyed the town, as all gnome inventions are prone to do. The town leadership paid them to go to the next few towns and create some machines for them and off the gnome and kender went with an idea for a massive Solamnic knife machine. It was a silly story that illustrated the dire consequences of gnomish technology and the curiosity and free spiritedness of Kneder and the wildly dangerous combination of them both together. Go with the Floe by Paul B. Thompson Raegel Mixun, mixundantalus Balic Persayer, captain Wheeler, gnome Slipper, gnome Excellent Continental Ice Project Artagor, pirate captain This was a fun story about two snake oil salesmen who regularly conned people and were caught in a con by a ship captain and marooned on the icewall. Destined to die there, with the cold nearly doing the task, they were awoken by the terrible and loud sound of gnomish machinery! The gnomes took them aboard their great ice cutting wheels and entered Nevermind South. A temporary camp where the gnomes could cut miles of glacier ice and transport it to Sancrist. Stunned by the audacity of the gnomes but happy to be alive, the two men go with the gnomes. They end up breaking the miles size glacier off and use the wheel machines to paddle it north. As they pass Enstar, pirates come about and try to rob them, but the gnomes have no treasure, only tools and the two con men have nothing of value. Frustrated, the pirate captain decides to kill the two, but a cyclone is building off the coast and hits suddenly. The iceberg is dashed to the shore of Enstar and breaks to pieces. Ruining the gnomes’ plans, but industrious as ever, they get back to work, collecting gear and coming up with new plans. The con men approach a town, talk about the ice that’s on the shore and sell it, and they convince the people to pay for the ice! Then they decide to help the gnomes and make a living selling ice across Ansalon. Again, just a silly and fun story that was way more entertaining than I expected it to be. The Great Gully Dwarf Climacteric of 40 S.C. by Jeff Crook Dr. Palaver, gnome Morgrify Pinchpocket, kender Whortleberry Pinchpocket, kender, Morgrify's cousin Gulps Bulps Shadow Dragon The story begins with two Kender running from a mob. They break into the gnomish district and burst into a gnomes home where he was staying late. The gnome, Dr. Palaver is asked to cure Morgrify's cousin, Whortleberry. He is an afflicted kender and it seemed to have come upon him very recently in a tunnel under Palantha filled with Gully Dwarves. The gnome said that he can cure his cousin but they need to face the fear that caused the affliction. They must return to the sewers post haste! The kender and gnome all head to the sewer. They eventually discovered gully dwarves and a massive hole that was supposed to be scary, but it just contained another gully dwarf from the Bulp clan, rather than the Gulps from earlier. He led them to the scariest place he knew of, a shadow dragon! The dragon had been making the Aghar make smoke for it to consume, or it would consume them. It breathed its terrifying smoke, blinding and disorienting everyone, and the kender quickly had Whort drink the heroic potion that doctor gnome said would cure his fright. He drank it and sunbeams, rainbows and spring flowers sprang from every orifice on his body, forcing the dragon back into its lair. He began taunting it finally able to speak, and his fear subsided, he dragged the gnome and Mordrify to the surface, but the spring scented flowers were too much for the Aghar and they fled in mass into the city, killing pets and one homeless man before running off into the docks, sinking ships and killing themselves and fish. It was a massive cacophony, and in the end Whort brought the gnome doctor and his uncle to another gnome doctor to cure their blindness. This was a silly story, but I am now thinking this whole collection is just about Kender, Gully Dwarves or Gnomes. Bond by Kevin T. Stein Karn, scout Blood, Karn's Wulfbunde Brek Arana Canus, bond between wolf and man Jaren Syllany The Forsaken, former Wulfbunde from previous story This is a disjoined tale that is a sequel to an even more disjointed tale about the Wulfbunde, apparently in the Age of Might, The Dark Queen gave power to men who followed Canus? And could form bonds with wolves. In the aftermath of the Chaos War, they hunted teh agents of chaos. The previous story has a Wulfbunde kill his wolf rather than see him consumed by Chaos and he became The Forgotten, though in that story he was condemned to the Abyss, if memory serves. Now he is out and terrorizing the land around the Lords of Doom. The five scout Wulfbunde are now hunting him, though he is incredibly powerful. We are presented with Karn, a scout and his wolf blood. They have an uneasy relationship, and he actually beats the wolf, which bugs the shit out of me. If you share a bond with something, you don't physically assault or abuse that something. Period. And in general, violence against animals is verboten for most people. So they go after the Forgotten, have bunch of awkward moments between Blood and Karn that I do not fully understand as the writing is not much better than the last short story, and Blood ends up breathing in The Forgottens face, making him kinda go crazy then start crying, I imagine for the absence of his wolf. And Karn reflects that the Dark cannot break the bond between a man and his wolf. This could all have been so much better if they were more clear in the writing about what the hell is going on. It's frustrating. A Twist of the Knife by Jean Rabe Shiv, male assassin, Safford Risana, woman, Solamnic Knight Redlant Fever This is a wonderful short story about an assassin named Shiv that was hired by Dark Knights to find and eliminate a Solamnic knight that is healing plagued villagers around Neraka. The former knight, a woman named Risana, actually deserted the knights after they were ambushed by dark knights. She was thought to be killed, and just walked away. Decided to heal others rather than kill them. This however created a myth in the area about Solamnic Knights and has some locals leaving to join them, and turn against the Dark Knights. So Shiv was t o eliminate her. He saw her tend wounded and saw that she truly cared about this, and it endeared her to him. They continued from village to village traveling together, even fighting off assassins that were sent to kill her, thinking Shiv was dead or taking too long. He would fight for her at first because she was his mark, but later because he respected her. In the end, he deserted his contract and swore to protect her until he died. I really loved that this old assassin could be touched by a woman who had a singleminded purpose, not for gods or oaths, but because it’s what she was passionate about. I really enjoyed the story. Jean Rabe is really growing on me with these short stories of hers. Hunger by Richard A. Knaak Master Brudas, Bozak Ruins of Krolus Sable, Black Dragon Drek, Baaz Molgar, Baaz Gruun, Baaz Oh man, this was fun. It's about the souls of the dead who were stealing magic from magical items and casters before the War of Souls on behalf of Takhisis. A Bozak and three baaz were searching for magical artifacts for Sable, the black dragon overlord in a sunken ruined city of Krolus. The Baaz were excavating the site as the Bozak was dreaming of finding items of power that he could leave Sable’s service. He tries to emulate the Aurak draconians he admired and relished his ability to cast spells even though they have been failing recently. The bozak returns with knowledge of a cavern and Brudas the bozak goes to investigate. He finds a bracelet of Chemosh with two black gems. It allows him to see the undead ghosts that are all around him, begging for power. Over the next few days it drives him near insane. Whenever he tries to cast a spell to banish or dispel the undead, they take the power, ruining the spell. He orders the Baaz to throw the gems away that were in the bracelet and it makes him unable to see the ghosts. But he can still imagine them, and feel them. How oh so many of them were around him, pleading. He chases the gems down and drowns. The baaz return to Sable and deliver the bracelet, and Sable is pleased, but cannot see the hoards of spirits around her, taking her magic as well as the bracelets. It’s so wonderfully creepy to think of the unseen spirits stealing your essence, and that of your items. Such a cool set up for the War of Souls. Knaak did a great job with this story. Product Given for Services Rendered by Don Perrin Gnash, dark knight brothers, disserters Yarl, dark knight brothers, deserters Flannery, old man in robes Digger Cutterstone, dwarf This was a wonderful tale about two brothers who turned in their parents, who were clerics of Paladine, to the Knights of Takhisis and came upon an old man in robes and a dwarf. They were burying the dead and taking their weapons and armor. They offered to share their supper with the brothers and told them that they commended the souls of the dead to the gods and in return took the swords and armor and melted them into steel coins for the bank of palanthas. They wanted to do the same for the Knights of Takhisis but did not know the burial rites. The brothers pulled weapons on them and started to rob them, but the old man offered to split the money with them if they helped by telling them how to comment the souls to Takhisis. The brothers flippantly told them, and then the priest did it to them, and they dropped dead. It turned out that they were skeletons the old man was trying to destroy and take their armor. Once he learned the rite, he could do the same to others. Such an interesting twist and tale about the aftermath of battle and the creation of steel as a currency. Dragon's Throat by Donald Bingle Finderkeeper Rumpleton, kender Gimmie Glacier Vern Hasterck, Knight of Takhisis Commander Bodar, Ice Nomad Thrak D.Nar, Ice Nomad Garn, Ice Nomad This is an interesting tale about the Icewall Glacier being the primary character, and everyone else secondary. The glacier grows north, then melts south revealing objects that were left in the ice from wars or travelers who never made it across. This ends up being a pilgrimage site for Kender, but in the Age of Mortals, Dark Knights also would travel the area in southern Plains of Dust. One day a kender named Finderkeeper Rumpleton passed through and found a strangely shaped object, instantly claiming it as Irda Magic. This sent the other kender in a frenzy of questions and nearby Dark Knights demanding the object. THey chased the Kender across the glacier till he believed he lost them, and stumbled across an ice nomad and his sons who were hunting wooly mammoths. They helped the kender for the night then when the dark knights showed up again, helped him run from them. They led them to a valley that would floor periodically and one of the sons went to help it along as the Dark knights were camping in the valley during their pursuit. It flooded the valley, consuming the son as well, but the Dark Knight Commander escaped and continued pursuit, eventually catching up to the kender and nomads. They fought as best they could but the Dark knight overwhelmed the nomads, killing them, but eventually got stuck in some mud, freezing to death as he was trying to cut his own legs off to get out. This was all relayed to the nomad clan by a bard, who was the kender. It’s more of an environmental tale of the natural dangers of a living glacier, and I for one enjoyed that approach. This was an interesting collection, with a few really good stories. If you are a Dragonlance fan, I would recommend you taking the time to read this anthology. Outro And that's it for my review of The Search for Magic edited by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. What did you think of the anthology? Did you connect with any of these stories? And finally, what is your favorite anthology in Dragonlance? Feel free to email me at info@dlsaga.com or leave a comment below. I would like to thank Creator Patron Aaron Hardy and Developer Patron Chris Androu! I would also like to take a moment and remind you to subscribe to this YouTube channel, ring the bell to get notified about upcoming videos and click the like button. This all goes to help other Dragonlance fans learn about this channel and its content. This channel is all about celebrating the wonderful world of the Dragonlance Saga, and I hope you will join me in the celebration. Thank you for watching, this has been Adam with DragonLance Saga and until next time Slàinte mhath (slan-ge-var).

oin me as I review Dragonlance: Huma Before the Lance - The Dark Patrol by Richard A Knaak, Charles Martinell, Edward Mekeel, William Richardson, Timothy Shiflet, Brian Holt, Dragonlance Nexus, live! Share your thoughts on this second in the planned Histories trilogy released by Dragonlance Nexus on Aug 27, 2025.

Join me as I review Reavers of the Blood Sea by Richard A. Knaak, live! Share your thoughts on this fourth volume in The Chaos War series, released by Wizards of the Coast on January 1, 1999.

¡Bienvenidos a otro podcast sobre novelas de FANTASÍA en TERRAESCRIBIENTE! Hoy continuamos con los increíbles libros de Calabozos y Dragones en el universo de "DRAGONLANCE". "LA LEYENDA DE HUMA", libro 1 de la saga HEROES DE LA DRAGONLANCE. Parte 1. En las profundidades del reino enano de Thorbardin, un anciano herrero forja en secreto a Vulcania, Espada de Reyes, a la que da vida el mismo dios Reorx, y cuyo poseedor será entronizado como soberano de Thorbardin. Pero la espada es robada la misma noche de su creación… Por otro lado, un numeroso grupo de humanos, dirigidos por Tanis el Semielfo y por la princesa Goldmoon, acaban de huir de la esclavitud de las minas de Pax Tharkas, feudo del Señor del Dragón, Verminaard, y se disponen a pedir asilo en el reino de los enanos. Ambos sucesos obligarán a los enanos de Thorbardin a romper su aislamiento y tal vez participar en el grave acontecimiento que está sacudiendo el mundo de los humanos: la Guerra de la Lanza. De la mano de Astinus de Palanthas, el lector se remonta en el tiempo para conocer la vida de Huma, el Caballero de Solamnia, primer Lancero, paladín de la Orden de la Corona, el predestinado a descubrir dónde se halla la poderosa lanza Dragonlance, obra de los mismos dioses y la única capaz de derrotar a la legendaria Reina de la Oscuridad y sus hordas de Dragones, que desde tiempos inmemoriales asolan el mundo. Esta interesantísima narración de R. A. Knaak sigue el camino que iniciaron Margaret Weis y Tracy Hickman en sus "Crónicas de la Dragonlance" y "Leyendas de la Dragonlance". Con ella se inicia una nueva trilogía que recrea personajes y situaciones de las sagas mencionadas. Escrito por: Richard A. Knaak. Por favor, sigue y suscríbete a las siguientes redes: Canal de Whatsapp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaCcO2s1NCrQqLpfFR3u Escucha el audiolibro completo en: Patreon: patreon.com/Terraescribiente Twitter: https://twitter.com/TerraEscriba Telegram: https://t.me/+62_TRJVg-3cxNDZh Instagram: www.instagram.com/terraescribiente/ TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@terraescribiente YouTube: www.youtube.com/@Terraescribiente ¡También suscríbete a TERRAESCRIBIENTE en ITUNES Y SPOTIFY! ¡Dale me gusta a cada podcast y coméntalos! ¡Ayuda mucho! ¡Gracias!

¡Bienvenidos a otro podcast sobre novelas de FANTASÍA en TERRAESCRIBIENTE! Hoy continuamos con los increíbles libros de Calabozos y Dragones en el universo de "DRAGONLANCE". "LA LEYENDA DE HUMA", libro 1 de la saga HEROES DE LA DRAGONLANCE. Parte 1. En las profundidades del reino enano de Thorbardin, un anciano herrero forja en secreto a Vulcania, Espada de Reyes, a la que da vida el mismo dios Reorx, y cuyo poseedor será entronizado como soberano de Thorbardin. Pero la espada es robada la misma noche de su creación… Por otro lado, un numeroso grupo de humanos, dirigidos por Tanis el Semielfo y por la princesa Goldmoon, acaban de huir de la esclavitud de las minas de Pax Tharkas, feudo del Señor del Dragón, Verminaard, y se disponen a pedir asilo en el reino de los enanos. Ambos sucesos obligarán a los enanos de Thorbardin a romper su aislamiento y tal vez participar en el grave acontecimiento que está sacudiendo el mundo de los humanos: la Guerra de la Lanza. De la mano de Astinus de Palanthas, el lector se remonta en el tiempo para conocer la vida de Huma, el Caballero de Solamnia, primer Lancero, paladín de la Orden de la Corona, el predestinado a descubrir dónde se halla la poderosa lanza Dragonlance, obra de los mismos dioses y la única capaz de derrotar a la legendaria Reina de la Oscuridad y sus hordas de dragones, que desde tiempos inmemoriales asolan el mundo. Esta interesantísima narración de R. A. Knaak sigue el camino que iniciaron Margaret Weis y Tracy Hickman en sus "Crónicas de la Dragonlance" y "Leyendas de la Dragonlance". Con ella se inicia una nueva trilogía que recrea personajes y situaciones de las sagas mencionadas. Escrito por: Richard A. Knaak. Por favor, sigue y suscríbete a las siguientes redes: Canal de Whatsapp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaCcO2s1NCrQqLpfFR3u Escucha el audiolibro completo en: Patreon: patreon.com/Terraescribiente Twitter: https://twitter.com/TerraEscriba Telegram: https://t.me/+62_TRJVg-3cxNDZh Instagram: www.instagram.com/terraescribiente/ TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@terraescribiente YouTube: www.youtube.com/@Terraescribiente ¡También suscríbete a TERRAESCRIBIENTE en ITUNES Y SPOTIFY! ¡Dale me gusta a cada podcast y coméntalos! ¡Ayuda mucho! ¡Gracias!

Join me as I review Land of the Minotaurs by Richard A. Knaak, live! Share your thoughts on this fourth volume in the Dragonlance Lost Histories sextet, released by TSR, INC. on October 1, 1995.

Join me as I unbox Land of the Minotaurs by Richard A. Knaak. Released on October 1, 1995 by TSR Inc. This is the fourth volume in the Dragonlance Lost Histories sextet.

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Bienvenidos a otro Podcast sobre novelas de FANTASIA en TERRAESCRIBIENTE! Hoy continuamos con los increíbles libros de Calabozos y Dragones en el universo de "DRAGONLANCE" " KAZ, EL MINOTAURO" Libro 4 Saga HEROES DE LA DRAGONLANCE. Parte 2. Después de la derrota de la Reina de la Oscuridad y de la muerte de Huma, primer Lancero, paladín de la Orden de la Corona y el más famoso de los Caballeros de Solamnia, el renegado minotauro Kaz recorre todo Krynn explicando la verdadera historia de Huma, el héroe más legendario del país, acechado por sus enemigos. Kaz es un alma perseguida, un proscrito y también un valiente. Pero, cuando oye rumores de nefastos sucesos, regresa para advertir del peligro a los Caballeros de Solamnia… y se ve inmerso en una angustiosa pesadilla de magia, riesgos y viejas situaciones que se repiten. Escrito por: Richard A. Knaak. Por favor sigue las redes y grupos: Canal de Whatsapp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaCcO2s1NCrQqLpfFR3u Twitter: https://twitter.com/TerraEscriba Telegram: https://t.me/+62_TRJVg-3cxNDZh Instagram: www.instagram.com/terraescribiente/ Tik tok: www.tiktok.com/@terraescribiente Youtube: www.youtube.com/@Terraescribiente También subscríbete a TERRAESCRIBIENTE en IVOOX, ITUNES Y SPOTIFY! Dale me gusta a cada Podcast y coméntalos! Ayuda mucho! Gracias! Escucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de TERRAESCRIBIENTE. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/747547

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Bienvenidos a otro Podcast sobre novelas de FANTASIA en TERRAESCRIBIENTE! Hoy continuamos con los increíbles libros de Calabozos y Dragones en el universo de "DRAGONLANCE" " KAZ, EL MINOTAURO" Libro 4 Saga HEROES DE LA DRAGONLANCE. Parte 1. Después de la derrota de la Reina de la Oscuridad y de la muerte de Huma, primer Lancero, paladín de la Orden de la Corona y el más famoso de los Caballeros de Solamnia, el renegado minotauro Kaz recorre todo Krynn explicando la verdadera historia de Huma, el héroe más legendario del país, acechado por sus enemigos. Kaz es un alma perseguida, un proscrito y también un valiente. Pero, cuando oye rumores de nefastos sucesos, regresa para advertir del peligro a los Caballeros de Solamnia… y se ve inmerso en una angustiosa pesadilla de magia, riesgos y viejas situaciones que se repiten. Escrito por: Richard A. Knaak. Por favor sigue las redes y grupos: Canal de Whatsapp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaCcO2s1NCrQqLpfFR3u Twitter: https://twitter.com/TerraEscriba Telegram: https://t.me/+62_TRJVg-3cxNDZh Instagram: www.instagram.com/terraescribiente/ Tik tok: www.tiktok.com/@terraescribiente Youtube: www.youtube.com/@Terraescribiente También subscríbete a TERRAESCRIBIENTE en IVOOX, ITUNES Y SPOTIFY! Dale me gusta a cada Podcast y coméntalos! Ayuda mucho! Gracias! Escucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de TERRAESCRIBIENTE. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/747547

Join me as I review The War of the Lance by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, Michael Williams, and Richard A. Knaak, live! Share your thoughts on this third volume in the Tales II Trilogy, released on November 3, 1992

Join me as I unbox The War of the Lance by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, Michael Williams, and Richard A. Knaak. Released on November 3, 1992 by TSR Inc.

Join me as I review The Reign of Istar by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, Michael Williams, & Richard A. Knaak, live!

In this week's episode, we take a look at seven popular movies about writing & writers and take a look at what they got wrong. This coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of DRAGONSKULL: CURSE OF THE ORCS (as excellently narrated by Brad Wills) at my Payhip store: SPRINGORCS The coupon code is valid through May 20th, 2024. So if you need a new audiobook for spring, we've got you covered! TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello everyone. Welcome to Episode 198 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is April 26th, 2024 and today we were talking about seven of the most inaccurate movies about writers. Before we do that, we will have writing updates, Coupon of the Week, and a Question of the Week. So let's start with Coupon of the Week. First up, let's do Coupon of the Week. This coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of Dragonskull: Curse of the Orc (as excellently narrated by Brad Wills) at my Payhip store. That coupon code is SPRINGORCS and that's SPRINGORCS. As always, that coupon code will be in the show notes. This coupon code is valid through May 20th, 2024. So if you need a new audiobook for spring, we have got you covered. Now an update on my current writing projects and audiobook projects. I'm currently on Chapter 16 of Cloak of Titans. I'm not sure how many chapters it's going to end up being. My number keeps changing, but I think right now it's 25. I am over halfway through the book and I'm hoping to be past the 70,000 word point by the end of the day, if all goes well. I'm hoping to still have that out before the end of May. I am also 5,000 words into Half-Orc Paladin, which should come out this summer. After Cloak of Titans is out, my next main project will be Shield of Darkness, which I know many people have been asking about, so hopefully it will not be too much longer until I start on Shield of Darkness. In audiobook news, Hollis McCarthy is almost done recording Ghost in the Veils, and we should hopefully have that available to listen to sometime in May. Brad Wills is currently recording the anthology Tales of the Shield Knight, which will contain over 15 of the Shield Knight short stories that I wrote for the Sevenfold Sword and Dragontiarna series, and that should also hopefully be out sometimes toward the end of May or possibly June. So that is where I'm at with my current writing and audiobook projects. 00:01:58 Question of the Week/Update on Starfield from Previous Question of the Week Next up is Question of the Week, which is designed to inspire interesting discussions of enjoyable topics. This week's question: what is the first fantasy novel you remember reading? After all, if you're hanging around the website of Jonathan Moeller, Pulp Writer, there's a non-zero chance that you enjoy fantasy books. So it seems like a reasonable question, and it was indeed a reasonable question because we got a lot of responses. Our first response is from Justin, who says: believe it or not, the first fantasy novel I read was The Hobbit. My older sisters had pooled their money to buy the paper version of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. I saw them reading it, and since my sisters were for once not being nasty to each other and reading together, it had to be good. After they finished The Hobbit, I asked to borrow it. It was allowed to read it as long as I didn't leave the room and wash my hands first. I was eight. Our next response is from Mary, who says: I remember my first reading of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. It was by no stretch of the imagination my first fantasy novel. Our next comment is from Stuart, who says: Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings. When I was younger/preteens, I loved adventure books like Hardy Boys and The Three Investigators. I didn't really read much in the coming years, until one day it was raining outside and being bored, I made a nuisance of myself when my older brother was trying to watch TV. He finally snapped, told me to shut up, threw Pawn of Prophecy at me, and told me to read that. The rest, as they say, is history. I went from adding Eddings to Feist and Gemmel and then on to Jordan, etcetera. I will always have a soft spot for David Eddings books, though. So it seems the common themes here will be a sibling rivalry inspiring love of fantasy literature. Our next response is from Grace, who says: does the Magic Treehouse series count? If not, Chronicles of Narnia. Leanne says Dragonriders of Pern. Boy, did I want a dragon! Melinda says Piers Anthony's Night Mare. I was in 6th grade and my friend gave it to me for my birthday. Cheryl says: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. From then on, it was full steam ahead, Feist, Eddings, Tolkien, Irvine, and now most of the fantasy/sci-fi authors that are currently publishing on Kindle. David says: probably The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. Kevin says: many, many moons ago it was the Earthsea trilogy by Ursula Le Guin. Then I wandered into TV and films in the sci-fi genre for a number of years, forsaking the written word. My imagination was recaptured more recently, about a decade ago, a decade ago, when a friend lent me a copy of Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind. Alan says: I've been through most of these mentioned so far though the years but my first introduction to once he was Edgar Rice Burroughs, like Tarzan, John Carter of Mars, Pellucidar, etcetera. Then on to Tolkien. Randy says: for me it was The Hobbit.  Went on a family vacation with my uncle and his family. I was introduced to The Hobbit. My uncle will read just about every night to my cousins, and as we're all sharing the same room, my sister and I began hearing the story. We got home. I asked my dad if I could read his copy. 50 some odd years later, I'm still devouring as many books as I can. Mike says: I am not sure which one it was, but I believe it was either The Hobbit or The Sword of Shannara. Diana says: The Gunslinger. I said what I said. Venus says: A Wrinkle in Time or Dragonsong. I know that the Pern books are actually science fiction, but I don't recall any of the science stuff that first time I read it. It was the first Pern book I read. The first epic fantasy I recall reading was Dragons of Autumn Twilight. Gary says: I couldn't give you a title or author, but I definitely remember the Choose Your Own Adventure books in the fantasy genre as a young reader. Tom said: Not 100% sure, but this is my best guess. It would be The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Ah, the Chronicles of Narnia. What a series. Juana says: I read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Catriona says: The Hobbit after listening to the BBC Radio play adaptation in the ‘70s. Pippa says: Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. I've reread them lots too and I've never tired of them. Perry says: Do the Iliad, Odyssey, and Beowulf count? For modern fantasy, would be a toss-up between The Hobbit and The Belgariad. Joy says: the Thomas Covenant series. My boyfriend at the time was into sci-fi and fantasy novels, so I borrowed it and was hooked. A different Glenn says: either Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey or the Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia A. McKillip. I love them both in the same summer while visiting my dad and cannot remember which one came first, but I got hooked on fantasy fiction that summer. Mandy says: The first time I remember reading the left an impression was the Dragonlance Legends series. My favorite fantasy series is Discworld. Gary (a different Gary) says: First one I remember is the Elfstones of Shannara. Also, the Dragonriders of Pern and Crystal Singer series. John says: Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. I was nine years old. It created a lifelong love of fantasy for me. Darla says: A Wrinkle in Time, The Faraway Lurs, and The Runaway Robot were some of the books I read as a kid. Later it was Lord of the Rings and The Dragonriders of Pern and I continue reading to this day. Andy says first ever was the Deverry series by Katherine Kerr. It was a very intense read for 14 year old on an 8 hour drive on a family trip. Sue says David Eddings- all his series, and Anne McCaffrey, Dragonrider series. Brock says Lord of the Rings. Susan says: probably Lord of the Rings, but it's over 50 years ago. I can't really remember. Edward says The Legend of Huma by Richard A. Knaak. Michael says. Now there's a question! Probably The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe or one of the other Narnia books, all of which are obviously epic. And finally, Judy says the White Mountains by John Christopher or anything by Dr. Seuss. So I think we can see it's safe to say that if you have a small children between the ages of eight and 10 and you want to get them into fantasy literature, the best places to start would be either The Hobbit, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, or perhaps the Dragonriders of Pern. For myself, the very first fantasy novel I ever read was Magician Master by Raymond E. Feist. What got me into that book was The Betrayal at Krondor computer game, which of course was a classic. After I finished the game, I did some reading. Remember this was way before the Internet, so you couldn't find out anything you wanted whenever you wanted and I was astonished to realize that Krondor was in fact based off an actual novel series. So I got Magician Master and started reading it. Fun fact, years later I realized that Magician Master was in fact the sequel to Magician Apprentice and went back to read the first book. So that was this week's Question of the Week. You may remember that last week's Question of the Week was what new Xbox game I should try. Many people had excellent suggestions. I think I'm going to go with Starfield from all the suggestions last week. The reason for this is that Starfield reminds me a great deal of Wing Commander Privateer from the ‘90s. If you remember, the Wing Commander series of PC games, they're basically Top Gun but in space. Privateer took the basic flight gameplay mechanic but changed it so you're an independent privateer captain and you had to make your way through the Gemini sector as a mercenary, a merchant, a pirate, a bounty hunter, or some combination of them. You had to buy your own equipment and weapons and find a way to turn a profit in your jobs, since you had to pay for everything. If you played the main plots, you got involved in conspiracy involving a lost alien relic, but you don't have to do any main plot at all. You just fly around the galaxy making credits, fighting pirates, and trading. Starfield basically feels like someone took Wing Commander Privateer, and then added on a Skyrim-esque role-playing experience for when your character is on the ground. I know it got middling reviews, but I'm enjoying the game so far. Perhaps because, at least to my eye, it feels like a massively updated version of Wing Commander Privateer. 00:09:43 Main Topic: Seven of the Most Inaccurate Movies About Writers Now we're 10 minutes into the show and still haven't gotten to our main topic, so I think it's time we should finally do that, which is Seven of the Most Inaccurate Movies About Writers. I decided to do this because I noticed that whenever a novelist or a writer of fiction turns up in a movie, the depiction of it tends to be grossly inaccurate. That's hardly unique to writers. The joke among the military officers, former military officers, and law enforcement officers is that whenever the military or law enforcement turns up on TV, you can have a good drinking game by counting all the inaccuracies and things that they get wrong. So why should writing be any different? I think the difference might be that writing is kind of a more aspirational career, where it's the sort of career that people tend to daydream about, like going off and becoming a writer and so they tend to get a lot of things wrong about that. So with the help of my transcriptionist, we pulled together a list of seven of the most inaccurate movies about writing. There's actually a couple of Hallmark movies on here, and this isn't to bash on Hallmark movies. I think Hallmark movies tend to be about the fantasy of romance in the way that a show like Law and Order is about the fantasy of law enforcement and criminal justice, or a movie like John Wick is about the fantasy of violence or a game like SimCity is about the fantasy of managing a large city. The reality is of none of these things are nothing like the way they're portrayed in fiction, but instead, Law and Order is about the fantasy of what we would like the criminal justice system to be like and John Wick is kind of like, you know, a revenge fantasy of what we imagine we would do if someone actually shot our dog. So with that in mind, let's look at seven of the most inaccurate movies we found about writing. The first one is called Winter Love Story from Hallmark in 2019. It kind of deserves the 22% it got in the Rotten Tomatometer. The plot is a debut writer who wrote a memoir is appearing on a book tour of a famous fantasy author in order to boost her sales. They travel around visiting charming bed and breakfasts with plenty of time to talk about their feelings. The fantasy writer has a dog that he really loves a lot. The movie really revolves more around the dog more than the books. Now, why is this a bad movie about writing? For one thing, it has an unrealistic view of book tours, namely that a debut writer who is writing a memoir (which is a notoriously hard to sell genre) would be given such a lavish book tour paired with an author outside her genre. Cross-genre of sales promotions here in the real world tend not to work terribly well, because someone who wants to buy an 800 page fantasy novel about dragons is probably not going to be super interested in picking up a new writer's memoir are about her failed dating life. The movie also has an unrealistic view of book marketing and the involvement level and commitment of traditional publishing staff. If traditional publishing marketing staff is marketing 50 plus other writers, they're not going to follow your whimsical book tour and give tons of advice and coaching along the way. Book tours really don't sell very many books in general, to the point where Brandon Sanderson, who is probably the top selling fantasy author in the world right now, stopped doing book tours in 2020 when COVID came along (because you know, everyone had to stop doing book tours). But after all the various restrictions lifted, he found that he really wasn't interested in resuming it because of the physical drain of traveling and it turned out it had no impact on sales whatsoever. Finally, the movie touts the very false belief that the skill of giving heartfelt, heavily autobiographical speeches is the essential skill in marketing your work. Honestly, if you want to sell books, you would have better luck learning how to use Amazon ads or Facebook ads effectively, but I expect that would not make for a very good Hallmark movie. The second movie we're going to talk about is Lost City from 2022, which I actually saw shortly after it came out because it turned up on streaming (I think it was on Prime). I thought it was actually pretty funny, but it was not terribly accurate about the business of writing. The plot is that a romance author is struggling to finish her book. While she's on tour with her famous cover model, she gets kidnapped and the cover model must turn into an action hero and rescue her. The plot very heavily borrows from the 1980s movie Romancing the Stone, which is also about a writer. The scenery in the movie is fantastic and Daniel Radcliffe plays the villain, this insane billionaire who kidnapped Sandra Bullock's character to help find lost treasure and their reactions were pretty funny. It's not a great movie about writing. Even the romance and romantasy (which is a combination of romance and fantasy) authors topping the best seller list right now (as of April 2024) do not have press tours that are more like a fan convention with a budget for sparkly jumpsuits and lighting effects, etcetera. Cover models do not get a lot (or even any) of promotion, attention, or respect from publishers. The cover model is given top billing on the tour along with the author, which just doesn't happen. One side note, what is probably realistic is the publisher trying to discourage tangents in full academic jargon by the author on her history related research interests. You will often find if you're reading a book that involved a lot of research on the part of the author, that the author is going to put that research into the book (whether the reader likes it or not). Our third movie is called Alex and Emma, which came out in 2003. The plot of this movie is that an author with writer's block has debts to a loan shark he must pay in 30 days or else the loan shark is going to get nasty. He hires a stenographer to help him church out a book and since it's a romantic comedy, you can probably guess what happens next. This movie was apparently very loosely inspired by the story of Dostoyevsky writing The Gambler/meeting his wife but is also apparently heavily inspired by the movie Paris When it Sizzles. Even with multiple sources of inspiration, it still received terrible reviews for an incoherent, unsatisfying plot. And why is this a bad movie about writing? For one thing, it treats writing a book draft in 30 days as a near impossible feat. Not to toot my own horn, so to speak, but I'm going to write the rough draft of Cloak of Titans in under 30 days. If all goes well, it will be well over 100,000 words. There's also once again the cliche that writing already must be autobiographical and reflect what's currently happening in your life in order to be good. If that were true, all my books would be about the adventures of a middle-aged IT guy, which would be kind of boring compared to epic fantasy novels. And another thing that's unrealistic is that the struggling writer gets a $125,000 advance from the publisher, but the publisher won't help him replace a computer when it gets destroyed by a loan shark's posse. Computers were, of course, quite a bit more expensive in 2003 than they are now, but still they cost a lot less than $125,000. So that part definitely didn't make sense. Our 4th movie is Not Another Happy Ending, which came out in 2013. A writer becomes successful but has writer's block when she's happy. Her publisher has to figure out how to make her unhappy so she can write again but falls in love with her in the process. And why is this a bad movie about writing? If following around most the successful writers in order to inspire them was the actual job of publishers, a few certain well known fantasy series might have at least one more book by now than they actually do. So we'll just move on from there. The fifth one is a movie that gets made fun of a lot and rather deservedly so: Eat, Pray, Love, which came out in 2010. The plot of this, obviously, is that a reader gets divorced and goes on a journey to Italy, India, and Bali in order to “find herself” and gain writing inspiration. Why is this a bad movie about writing? So many reasons! First, there's a sort of a cliche in poor taste that writers can't be great unless they leave their spouses, that their marriage is preventing someone from devoting themselves to great writing. Although the one thing you say for Eat, Pray, Love is that it's a gender flip as opposed to the way these things usually are in movies where it's the male writer who is being held back by his wife. The reality is that people with stable home lives are more likely to be productive than people without them, and this is true across all fields of endeavor, and not just writing. Another bad cliche is the idea that you need to bankroll a year of travel to luxury destinations in order to find inspiration to write isn't realistic or accurate, and in truth very, very, very, very, very few writers can actually afford this luxury. This type of thinking leads people to believe they need to go on expensive retreats in order to be a “real writer”, when in reality many famous writers rarely traveled. Examples: Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, I think J.R.R. Tolkien spent most of his post-war life entirely in England, etcetera. For myself, I do most of my writing either on my couch or while sitting in a $40 office chair I bought off Amazon Basics. That is definitely a cliche that you do not need to travel in order to write. In fact, travel can get in the way of getting writing done, which was one of the Brandon Sanderson's stated reasons for why he doesn't go on book tours too often anymore. Our 6th movie is As Good as It Gets, which came out in 1997. The premise of this movie is that a crabby, ill-behaved writer with some mental health challenges has a series of unexpected interactions that inspire him to become a better person. And why is this an inaccurate move about writing? First, there's a cliche that writers need to use a typewriter because a computer isn't as artistic or special. I know there are writers who insist on writing things longhand and or insist on using the typewriter and they have their reasons, but it's my belief that that is in fact very inefficient, and you should probably write on whatever method is most efficient or easy for you. And if you are writing for publication and profit, that means writing on a computer. If you don't like to type, you can dictate. There's also the idea I don't like that the idea that the reading public/critics will forgive terrible behavior or prejudice because of how brilliant you are. This is a fallacy you see across many professions where a brilliant doctor, a brilliant scientist, a brilliant politician, a brilliant writer, or whatever feels they have a license to act like a total jerk because they're so good at what they do. In reality, that often causes a lot of problems and ends up destroying the person's career. So that is a bad cliche, and one that if you're listening to this, I urge you not to put into practice in your daily life. Our seventh and final movie is another Hallmark one called A Novel Romance, which came out in 2015. In this story, a male romance writer who uses a pen name meets a female book reviewer who is unaware of his true identity even as they grow closer. Will pressure from his publisher to reveal his true identity hurt their budding romance? What did this movie get wrong about writing? First, there's the idea that pen names are somehow deceptive or shocking, especially in the romance genre where it's very common for a single writer to have multiple pen names. A professional book critic would consider it a very strong possibility that someone is writing under a pen name, which makes you wonder how competent the book critic is as a book critic. Publishers do not send limos to the airport for writers traveling to their personal vacation homes. If a writer is rich enough to have a limo and a personal vacation home, the writer is probably paying for it him or herself. The publisher is not. Most writing is not done on a legal pad while staring out onto the water next to your very expensive boat. Your agent, even a very nice agent (if such a thing exists) will not fly across the country multiple times in order to give you romantic advice. And finally, an author's pen name reveal would not be front page tabloid news. So those are just some of the things that movie got wrong about writing. So there those are 7 movies that are very inaccurate about what being a writer is like, and the point of that was not to pick on those movies (with the possible exception of Eat, Pray, Love, which deserves to be picked on) but to point out that the way they referenced what being a writer was like was often quite inaccurate, even if the movies themselves may or may not have been enjoyable for their intended audience. So that's it for this week. Thanks for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found it useful and a word of thanks to my transcriptionist help me to pull this list together because she's definitely seen more Hallmark movies than I have. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes on https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.

Bienvenidos a otro Podcast sobre novelas de FANTASIA en TERRAESCRIBIENTE! Hoy comenzamos con los increíbles libros de Calabozos y Dragones en el universo de "DRAGONLANCE" "LA LEYENDA DE HUMA" Libro 1 Saga HEROES DE LA DRAGONLANCE. Parte 2. De la mano de Astinus de Palanthas, el lector se remonta en el tiempo para conocer la vida de Huma, el Caballero de Solamnia, primer Lancero. Este paladín de la Orden de la Corona está predestinado a descubrir dónde se halla la poderosa Drangonlance, obra de los mismos dioses, única arma capaz de derrotar a la legendaria Reina de la Oscuridad y sus hordas de dragones, que desde tiempos inmemoriales asuelan el mundo. Escrito por: Richard A. Knaak. Por favor sigue las redes y grupos: Canal de Whatsapp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaCcO2s1NCrQqLpfFR3u Twitter: https://twitter.com/TerraEscriba Telegram: https://t.me/+62_TRJVg-3cxNDZh Instagram: www.instagram.com/terraescribiente/ Tik tok: www.tiktok.com/@terraescribiente Youtube: www.youtube.com/@Terraescribiente También subscríbete a TERRAESCRIBIENTE en IVOOX, ITUNES Y SPOTIFY! Dale me gusta a cada Podcast y coméntalos! Ayuda mucho! Gracias!

Bienvenidos a otro Podcast sobre novelas de FANTASIA en TERRAESCRIBIENTE! Hoy comenzamos con los increíbles libros de Calabozos y Dragones en el universo de "DRAGONLANCE" "LA LEYENDA DE HUMA" Libro 1 Saga HEROES DE LA DRAGONLANCE. Parte 1. De la mano de Astinus de Palanthas, el lector se remonta en el tiempo para conocer la vida de Huma, el Caballero de Solamnia, primer Lancero. Este paladín de la Orden de la Corona está predestinado a descubrir dónde se halla la poderosa Drangonlance, obra de los mismos dioses, única arma capaz de derrotar a la legendaria Reina de la Oscuridad y sus hordas de dragones, que desde tiempos inmemoriales asuelan el mundo. Escrito por: Richard A. Knaak. Por favor sigue las redes y grupos: Canal de Whatsapp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaCcO2s1NCrQqLpfFR3u Twitter: https://twitter.com/TerraEscriba Telegram: https://t.me/+62_TRJVg-3cxNDZh Instagram: www.instagram.com/terraescribiente/ Tik tok: www.tiktok.com/@terraescribiente Youtube: www.youtube.com/@Terraescribiente También subscríbete a TERRAESCRIBIENTE en IVOOX, ITUNES Y SPOTIFY! Dale me gusta a cada Podcast y coméntalos! Ayuda mucho! Gracias!

Join me as I review The Journals of Kaz the Minotaur: The Lost Colony by Richard A Knaak, Charles Martinell, Edward Mekeel, William Richardson, Timothy Shiflet, Trampas Whiteman, Brian Holt, Dragonlance Nexus, live! Share your thoughts on this sourcebook and adventure released on December 16, 2023 by Dragonlance Nexus.

Enjoy this Devil's Due Publishing Comic The Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons Issue #7 - Definitions of Honor. It was written by Richard A. Knaak, Illustrated by Pat Quinn. It was released by Devil's Due Publishing in November 2008.

Join me as I review the Legend of Huma by Richard A. Knaak, live! Share your thoughts on this reimagining of the Legend of Huma.

5E news for Week 44 2019  - New AL Admins Product on DMs Guild with additional Adventure League legal adventures in Hell. In Addition, there is great financial news for WoC and D&D in a Yahoo Finance article.  Worth noting, D&D Beyond’s Encounter Builder is available to use in Alpha Version, Plus, hear about New Wizkids miniature Village Raiders Pack. Plus we will introduce you to @GooeyCube ‘s Darkest Dream adventure Package.  Additionally, we have a Halloween themed subclasses and adventure. Plus we review blogs by @MerricB, @dmdavidblog, Bryce lynch & @FROTHSOF (Jeremy Smith). Further, we have even more! Long, it lasts close to 1 hour & Six Minutes. Links:   Hasbro: Wizards of the Coast Shines Despite Trade War Disruption Wizards of the Coast Acquires Tuque Games D&D Icons of the Realms: Monster Pack: Village Raiders Encounter Builder is now available The Darkest Dream – Chapter One of the Red Star Rising Campaign The Darkest Dream Promotional YouTube Video Dress Your Rogue in Halloween Costumes with D&D TRICK OR TREATER ROGUE SUBCLASS Trick or Treater Rogue Subclass from DMs Guild Create a Halloween Perfect Bard for D&D with the COLLEGE OF TRICK OR TREAT College of Trick or Treat from DMs Guild Get Into the Halloween Spirit With These Dungeons & Dragons Hunts Monster Hunts: Halloween on the DMs Guild Dungeons and Dragons: 13 of its Scariest Monsters The Official P.B. Publishing TTRPG Store is now is LIVE! Choose your poison, er, hanging... Just in time for Halloween! New D&D Influenced Web Comic: Storm Riders Presenting Pipyap’s Guide to All of the Nine Hells Liars Night: The Final Wave!     Third Wave Monster Statistics Block The D&D Adventure MASTER MARTIN AND THE MALEVOLENT MIST Features Some Interesting Twists Richard A. Knaak's Rex Draconis RPG available NOW over on the Official P.B. Publishing TTRPG Store! WizKids Insider News click here to learn more about D&D Icons of the Realms: Volo's and Mordenkainen's Foes: Elder Brain Premium Set! Preparing for War: Eberron Campaign Preview Adventure Releases: October 2019 Kickstarter Updates: Deep Magic for 5th Edition: A Tome of New Spells & Arcana Reaper Miniatures Bones 5: Escape from Pizza Dungeon   New Adventure League Adventures on DMs Guild The Heir of Orcus: Verse III - CCC-ROLL20-02   Kickstarter: Empyrean Investigations: Detective Adventures for D&D 5E The Folio #24 & #25 Double Edition Adventure Set 5th Evolution: Whitechapel (5E Gaslight London in 1888)   Blogs:  5e Adventure Review) Citadel of Terror Free and Pay-What-You-Want 5e DMs Guild Highlights: Week Ending 10.26.19 The Psionic Crucible of the Fat Cannibal In D&D, Letting Everyone Roll Certain Checks Guarantees Success, So Why Bother Rolling? More Than Just Combat   Podcasts: Behind the DM Screen (Sept 2019) DwDD – Descent into Avernus Walk through and Review. Part 2 Three-Tier Design for a busy GM

This week, in "Shattered Light", by Richard A. Knaak:  In the first (and only) literary MMORPG, fans of books and video games found the worst of both worlds: a limitless world of possibilities that punishes imagination and demands rigid adherence to an obscure and unfathomable formula. K helps his buddy out of a tricky pickle. Khaki exercises his right to armor bears. Find CoverMyAssCast on Twitter, Gmail and www.covermyasscast.com.

Kicking off the first episode of the Azeroth Book Club, Nick, Katie and Britzza soar through Richard A. Knaak’s ‘Dawn of the Aspects,’ which covers the earliest origins of our favourite Dragon heroes. You can pick up the book here: https://www.amazon.com/World-Warcraft-Dawn-Aspects-Paperback/dp/147676137X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= You can also follow our hosts: Nick: https://mobile.twitter.com/WookieeBH Katie: https://mobile.twitter.com/Hyrulemaster77 Britzza: https://mobile.twitter.com/Britzza_EG and their shows: Tauren & Goblin: https://mobile.twitter.com/taurengoblin Geeks of Azeroth: https://mobile.twitter.com/GeeksofAzeroth Thanks for listening, and we’ll see you in the next episode.

On our very first episode, Jimmy told us that The Legend of Huma was the book that made him fall in love with reading and fantasy fiction. So we reached out to the author of that book and many others, including books in the Dragonlance, World of Warcraft, Conan, and Diablo lines as well as his own series Dragonrealm and The Black City Saints. Richard was gracious enough to answer all of our questions and of course to deal with Jimmy gushing over his work. We also discuss the latest entertainment news and Rob's excursion to the Bay Area Renaissance Festival Join us to hear Richard A. Knaak's answer to the question of the week: What are your 5 favorite fantasy universes? Times: 18:55 Tampa Bay Renaissance Festival 25:05 Interview with Richard Knaak 1:11:43 Question for the author 1:18:25 We answer the questio You can check out Richard's work at: Store or learn more about him at Facebook Oh and we have a store! Check out our shirts, mugs, bags and phone cases here: Buy cool crap! And you can always reach us at givemefivepodcast@gmail.com or at our Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/givemefivepodcast/  Opening theme Special thanks to The Midnight for the use of their song Crystaline from the album Nocturnal. Available here on Bandcamp. 

Welcome to our first episode. This is our introductory episode, so we are introducing ourselves by talking about the movies, books, video games, comics and TV shows that influenced us the most. We'll chat about Night of the Living Dead, Pearl Jam, Disney, The Crow, Jurassic Park, The Princess Bride and even some more obscure things from the past like Legend of Huma and MST3K as we introduce you to us. Special thanks to The Midnight for the use of their song Vampires (instrumental version)  Their albums can be purchased here: The Midnight on Bandcamp 00:02:00 Night of the Living Dead (Romero Tribute) 00:09:00 The Princess Bride  00:13:00 The Crow 00:16:42 Jurassic Park 00:21:20 Evil Dead 2 00:26:24 T2 00:29:30 American Werewolf In London 00:35:34 Pearl Jam, Ten 00:43:12 Final Fantasy 2 00:50:00 The Misfits, American Psycho 00:55:26 Renaissance Festivals 01:01:00 X-Men (1991) 1-3  01:09:40 Legend of Huma (Richard A. Knaak) 01:13:31 MST3K 01:22:16 Disney

The very first Warcraft Novel published in 2001 and written by Richard A. Knaak. If your interested in a longer review my original review can be found here.

Episode #6 : Dawn of the Aspects, the five-part serial novel by Richard A. Knaak, explores the current activity of the former Dragon Aspects since the discovery of Pandaria. This thrilling story balances a historical look back to the time when Alexstrasza, Malygos & the others were mere protodragons – as well as the present-day struggle Kalecgos faces to understand the meaning behind a strange relic. Mystery & action are the cornerstone to this novel. Readers get to experience why the dragons were chosen by the Titans as guardians of Azeroth, why Galakrond became known as ‘Father of Dragons’, and ultimately, ascertain what Kalec & the dragonflights learned from the past to help all races in the future. In the episode’s Warcraft book club roundtable, podcast hosts Apsana, Skolnick, Lignar, and Medros meet at the top of Wyrmrest Temple to discuss The Dawn of the Aspects. Lastly, the book club’s reading selection for next month is revealed: Vol’Jin: Shadows of the Horde, by Michael Stackpole! Join the discussion forum: Official Warcraft Well Read Goodreads Group Interact with the hosts via Twitter: @WowWellRead • @Apsana • @SkolnickWho Warcraft Well Read Podcast - The Warcraft Book Club Podcast, Episode 6 originally published August 9, 2013

Episode #5 : The Sundering, the final installment in the War of the Ancients trilogy, brings the epic first battle between Azeroth and the Burning Legion to its apocalyptic conclusion. The night elves battle back the demons toward Zin-Ashari, the dragon aspects must determine how to recover from their betrayal by Neltharion, the time-traveling trio must rescue the Demon Soul, readers learn how Illidan’s need for power causes his imprisonment, and beautiful Queen Azshara is forced to impatiently prepare for the arrival of her self-proclaimed prince charming of fel energy, Dark Lord Sargeras. As the destruction of the Well of Eternity draws near, Warcraft’s epic characters face grand heroism, tragedy, and for some – madness. Podcast hosts Apsana, Skolnick, and Joshua brace themselves against the surge of the newly-formed Maelstrom to discuss The Sundering in this fun Warcraft book club roundtable. The group examine the immense lore and pivotal scenes that are echoed throughout most of the Warcraft lore we’ve grown to know. Finally, the book club’s reading selection for next month is revealed: Dawn of the Aspects (Parts 4 and 5) by Richard A. Knaak! Join the discussion forum: Official Warcraft Well Read Goodreads Group Interact with the hosts via Twitter: @WowWellRead • @Apsana • @SkolnickWho Warcraft Well Read Podcast - The Warcraft Book Club Podcast, Episode 5 originally published July 5, 2013

Episode #4 : The Demon Soul! The second novel in the War of the Ancients trilogy ramps up the danger across the ancient land of Azeroth. The the March reading selection for the World of Warcraft book club podcast, Richard A. Knaak’s 2004 novel gives readers a first-person account of the legendary events that unfold around the Well of Eternity. The Highborne Elves advance the Burning Legion’s attacks under the directive of Mannoroth & Archimonde. While the unexpected hero – Krasus – turns to his beloved dragonkind for help to save Kalimdor from the epic threat of the Dragon Soul. Podcast hosts Apsana, Skolnick, and Deacon pause beside the glow of the Demonic Portal for an interesting Warcraft book club roundtable discussion of The Demon Soul. These proud members of ‘Team-Illidan’ share their thoughts on the novel’s pacing, the strength of Tyrande, the fascinating story arc of Illidan, the descent of Neltharion into delicious madness, and a fun dialogue of Skolnick’s favorite – Queen Azshara. In conclusion, the Warcraft book club’s reading selection for April is revealed: Dawn of the Aspects, Parts 1, 2 & 3 by Richard A. Knaak! Join the discussion forum: Official Warcraft Well Read Goodreads Group Interact with the hosts via Twitter: @WowWellRead • @Apsana • @SkolnickWho Warcraft Well Read Podcast - The Warcraft Book Club Podcast, Episode 4 originally published April 19, 2013

Episode #3 : The legendary War of the Ancients begins with the Well of Eternity! The World of Warcraft book club podcast discusses Richard A. Knaak’s 2004 novel, published months before the launch of Blizzard’s highly-anticipated World of Warcraft MMO. The story gives readers a first-hand look into the events that caused the Sundering of Kalimdor. The novel recounts the early relationship between night elves Tyrande, Malfurion & Illidan; illustrates how Queen Azshara initiated the Burning Legion’s entry into Azeroth; and tracks the unique struggles of unlikely heroes in the face an unexpected danger. Podcast hosts Apsana, Skolnick, Avrenym, and Hota put on their finest time-traveling cloaks for an enjoyable Warcraft book club roundtable discussion of Well of Eternity. The group share their impressions of the narrative’s use of time travel, consider the varied themes presented, and express their thoughts of how the characters are portrayed in this early Warcraft novel. To conclude the episode, the book club’s reading selection for March is revealed: Demon Soul by Richard A. Knaak. Join the discussion forum: Official Warcraft Well Read Goodreads Group Interact with the hosts via Twitter: @WowWellRead • @Apsana • @SkolnickWho Warcraft Well Read Podcast - The Warcraft Book Club Podcast, Episode 3 originally published March 11, 2013

Episode #2 : The Rise of the Horde! The World of Warcraft book club podcast discusses Christie Golden’s 2006 novel, published one month before the The Burning Crusade was released. This highly anticipated book set the tone for what players could expect before the launch of Burning Crusade, presents the evolution of orc shaman into shadow-magic wielding warlocks, and proved to be the perfect backstory for what danger lay ahead for all of Azeroth. Apsana, Skolnick, Kevin, and Emma gather by the cozy fire for a thoughtful conversation regarding many of the themes expressed in Rise of the Horde. Later, the next Warcraft book club reading selection is unveiled for February: Well of Eternity by Richard A. Knaak. Join the discussion forum: Official Warcraft Well Read Goodreads Group Interact with the hosts via Twitter: @WowWellRead • @Apsana • @SkolnickWho Warcraft Well Read Podcast - The Warcraft Book Club Podcast, Episode 2 originally published February 7, 2013

Go behind the mask with Richard A. Knaak, bestselling author of Dragonrealm, Dragonlance, and World of Warcraft books and manga.  Find out more about his recent releases and upcoming works, including his new Knight in Shadow series debut, Dragon Mound.  Join us as Behind the Mask begins its new weekly format.