Matthew Hughes's Blog: barbarians of the beyond - Posts Tagged "krunzle"
I'm a Tor author again (sort of)
I was googling around, looking for new reviews of old stuff (found a good one of my story in the cross-genre antho Rogues), when I found one of my alter egos, the media tie-in author Hugh Matthews, listed on the Tor site. Unbeknownst to me, Tor has taken over publication of Paizo Press's line of fantasy adventures set in the role-playing game world of Pathfinder.
My contribution to that line was Song of the Serpent, featuring a Cugel the Clever clone named Krunzle the Quick. It has dwarves, wizards, and a promising young troll named Skanderbrog, of whom I was quite fond. But I can't say it burned up the track, sales-wise. Maybe coming under the Tor aegis will help. They're republishing the existing line in trade paperback format, and some people really like those things.
As for that Rogues review, it was at the Fantasy Book Review blog and the reviewer, Joe Warren, singled out my story, "The Inn of the Seven Blessings," which introduced Raffalon the thief to the world, for special mention: "I particularly enjoyed The Inn of the Seven Blessings by Matthew Hughes. This short story was witty, original and punchy."
I also noticed a couple of nice new Amazon customer reviews for Majestrum and Template. I always encourage readers to put in those Amazon notices, at least if you've bought the book from Amazon. Apart from gladdening the author's heart, they do help sell books.
My contribution to that line was Song of the Serpent, featuring a Cugel the Clever clone named Krunzle the Quick. It has dwarves, wizards, and a promising young troll named Skanderbrog, of whom I was quite fond. But I can't say it burned up the track, sales-wise. Maybe coming under the Tor aegis will help. They're republishing the existing line in trade paperback format, and some people really like those things.
As for that Rogues review, it was at the Fantasy Book Review blog and the reviewer, Joe Warren, singled out my story, "The Inn of the Seven Blessings," which introduced Raffalon the thief to the world, for special mention: "I particularly enjoyed The Inn of the Seven Blessings by Matthew Hughes. This short story was witty, original and punchy."
I also noticed a couple of nice new Amazon customer reviews for Majestrum and Template. I always encourage readers to put in those Amazon notices, at least if you've bought the book from Amazon. Apart from gladdening the author's heart, they do help sell books.
