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David Interviewd By The Realm Of Imagination

David was just interviewed by The Realm Of Imagination (TROI) a few days ago. We wanted to share part of it with everyone and link over to the full interview for those that want to read it in its entirety. Find out a little about his new Runelords novel, Chaosbound, as well as some of his writing habits.
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2/17/2010
TROI: Congratulations on publishing your eighth book in the Runelords series: Chaosbound. There may be some people who may not have read this series but have read some of your other books. Can you tell us a little about the series and then a little about Chaosbound?

DAVID: Sure, the Runelords series is an epic fantasy. It’s similar to Tolkien’s work in that it is set in a medeival world with knights and monsters and magic, but the similarities end there. For example, you won’t find elves or dwarves in my world.

Instead, in the world of the Runelords the kings and queens are able to use sorcery in order to draw attributes from their vassals. They can take a commoners strength or beauty, speed or wit, sight or hearing. They do it through the use of magical branding irons that can suck the attribute from the giver and then bestow it upon another.

The people actually encourage their lords to do this because their world is fraught with dangers. Chief among them are giant subterranean monsters called reavers. A single reaver can wipe out an entire village, and so the people need “supermen” to protect them.

So my story revolves around a young prince who is a conscientious objector. He doesn’t want to take attributes from others. One day as he is visiting a princess with similar ethics, her kingdom is overwhelmed by an evil lord who demands tribute in the form of
attributes.

Thus, my prince suddenly finds himself embroiled in a war for control of the world even as the reavers are preparing to destroy the world.

TROI: Taking on an epic series has got to have its challenges; what have you learned that you wish you would have known before you began Runelords and what would you advise someone about to write and epic series of their own?

DAVID: It’s much harder than I’d imagined. You don’t get paid for writing a lot in this business, you get paid for writing well. So you have to work hard at figuring how to tell an original, powerful story that will take place over several books–and then you’ve got to try to get them in on schedule. I know that it sounds like it should be easy, but I’ve been working on this series now for fourteen years, and believe me, it’s a bigger job than I’d imagined.

TROI: Why did you choose to become a writer?

Read the full interview HERE!

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