James Barclay

No, it isn't silly and shallow. The Ynissul, who are effectively immortal, also made themselves the ruling thread because of that immortality. Other, shorter-lived threads hate that.

You have to th ...

'The Terror' by Dan Simmons.

Everyone should red this book. Brilliantly described historical fiction about two ships trapped in the arctic ice in the early 1800s... and there is a creature out ther ...

I don't know a lot about Egyptian gods beyond what I'ver learned from Stargate (ha ha).

The tension between the threads (clans as you call them), is at a fundamental level, about their relative lon ...

I'm reading the page proofs right now, Grafyrre (he's in the book of course). I think you're going to be happy with what you find... roll on May.

Spot on. It's a basic mistake many authors make - a death has to be credible within the story and never used as a pure plot device.

This is true and deliberate although you could argue that 'magic' is a fantasy staple...

My drivers have always been character and plot and I use what I need to to enhance the story. Did you feel t ...

I don't control the artists who paint covers for my books so you may think I have blond elves... but I don't. Mainly, they are dark haired, dark eyed and that is part of their natural camoflage in the ...

Well, Takaar was revered in an almost godlike way because of his talents and his effect on the whole elven race.

Trance-like state? I think you're talking about him emerging as an improved TaiGethe ...

Well, genuine undying, invulnerable immortality would make any race far too powerful. Godlike, frankly. So while some of my elves are immortal in that they do not die of old age, they are still vulner ...

You only get a direct link when you're telling me how graet my books are Very Happy

Details I can give away...well, you get to see, well read, the Senserii fight. They are seriously double-hard bastards. ...

I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about but if you;ve come to spam us with exciting news of something that is not even sport but more akin to very poorly acted reality drama, you've come t ...

Hi Grafyrre, welcome to the forums. A fan of Graf, eh? Good stuff, he's among my favourites. Clearly I can't guarantee to save him but he's right in the thick of it as always and, well, you'll find ou ...

I shall have to go and weed out the dead links...

Gollancz aren't a short story publisher, by the way. Any anthologies they do will be commissioned and the editor seeks the submissions, often by in ...

I'll see what I can do... could be a while though, not even sure where my rough is.

How do you say 'Auum' in your head, Lizzy?

Auum was one of those names that came along with no effort whatever. And he grew from the name. It's one of my favourites and through the Elves series, h ...