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Yesterday was Happy Book Day! for both me and Jim Hines. I, of course, had the paperback release of The Vacant Throne, and he had the debut of The Stepsister Scheme. Go forth and pick them both up at your local bookstore! Or order them from Amazon.com. I'd like to point out that if you haven't read our previous books--The Skewed Throne, The Cracked Throne, Goblin Quest, Goblin Hero, and Goblin War--you can pick them up at Amazon.com at a discount, since I believe all of them are part of their 4-for-3 deal. Pick up four of them and get one of those four free! An easy and cheap way to catch up.
I'd like to thank everyone who posted my release image below, and invite everyone who hasn't to copy and paste the HTML code in the text box below into your blog, if you'd like to help spread the word. Any mention of the release of The Vacant Throne being released in paperback in your blogs is greatly appreciated.
And now, I hand the rest of this blog post over to Jim Hines! Here's an interview he did for the SFNovelist group. If you haven't checked out his books yet, do so!
Last year, Jim C. Hines finished his humorous goblin trilogy with GOBLIN WAR, which made the Locus Bestseller list the month it came out. January 6 marks the release of THE STEPSISTER SCHEME, the first in a new series of butt-kicking princess tales. This one has earned advance praise from the likes of Esther Friesner and Jane Yolen, and was a January Top Pick from Romantic Times. Jim is currently in full book-release freakout mode, but took some time to answer a few questions about the new series.
Q) Tell us about THE STEPSISTER SCHEME.
A) I think just about every author does a fairy tale retelling at some point. It's a membership requirement or something. But the thing about fairy tales and so many of the retellings is that our heroines often end up being symbols rather than fully developed characters. I wanted to make my three princesses real people, with strengths and flaws and depth and personality. I've described the book as Charlie's Angels crossed with fairy tale princesses, but more than that; it's a story of three women learning to work as a team to save a prince, fight evil, and generally kick ass. Also, it's got the best use of silverware in hand-to-hand combat of any book I've ever seen.
Q) Can you introduce us to these characters?
( Read more! )
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Read the first chapter of THE STEPSISTER SCHEME at http://www.sff.net/people/jchines/SS%20Preview.pdf
Jim's blog: http://jimhines.livejournal.com
Jim's home page: http://www.jimchines.com
Purchase link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0756405327/
I'd like to thank everyone who posted my release image below, and invite everyone who hasn't to copy and paste the HTML code in the text box below into your blog, if you'd like to help spread the word. Any mention of the release of The Vacant Throne being released in paperback in your blogs is greatly appreciated.
And now, I hand the rest of this blog post over to Jim Hines! Here's an interview he did for the SFNovelist group. If you haven't checked out his books yet, do so!
Last year, Jim C. Hines finished his humorous goblin trilogy with GOBLIN WAR, which made the Locus Bestseller list the month it came out. January 6 marks the release of THE STEPSISTER SCHEME, the first in a new series of butt-kicking princess tales. This one has earned advance praise from the likes of Esther Friesner and Jane Yolen, and was a January Top Pick from Romantic Times. Jim is currently in full book-release freakout mode, but took some time to answer a few questions about the new series.
Q) Tell us about THE STEPSISTER SCHEME.
A) I think just about every author does a fairy tale retelling at some point. It's a membership requirement or something. But the thing about fairy tales and so many of the retellings is that our heroines often end up being symbols rather than fully developed characters. I wanted to make my three princesses real people, with strengths and flaws and depth and personality. I've described the book as Charlie's Angels crossed with fairy tale princesses, but more than that; it's a story of three women learning to work as a team to save a prince, fight evil, and generally kick ass. Also, it's got the best use of silverware in hand-to-hand combat of any book I've ever seen.
Q) Can you introduce us to these characters?
( Read more! )
---
Read the first chapter of THE STEPSISTER SCHEME at http://www.sff.net/people/jchines/SS%20Preview.pdf
Jim's blog: http://jimhines.livejournal.com
Jim's home page: http://www.jimchines.com
Purchase link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0756405327/
