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Online Event: How To Create Characters

Greetings Everyone,

Terry and I will be conducting a live video feed on his Facebook page where we talk about the craft of writing and specifically how Terry goes about creating meaningful and interesting characters.

This is perfect for those of you who are writers. It will also undoubtedly shed light on Shannara, Landover, Word/Void and what he’s working on now by looking at the characters who inhabit those stories.

The live video chat will take place on July 21st at 11:00 AM PDT / 2:0...

Online Event: Where Do You Get Your Ideas?

Greetings Everyone,

Terry and I will be conducting a live video feed on his Facebook page where we talk about the craft of writing and specifically where does Terry’s ideas come from and how are they cultivated into full-form books. Or as those of us who know Terry well call it, “Terry, what is WRONG with you?! Where does all of this come from?!”

This is perfect for those of you who are writers. It will also undoubtedly shed light on Shannara, Landover, Word/Void and what he’s working on n...

BrooksBlog: Small Magic Cover Reveal

Most of you know by now that The Last Druid was moved from early June to late October because of COVID -19 and concerns about publicity, marketing, and sales with bookstores closed for some considerable time.  We still have distancing and masks to contend with and the very real prospect that things are not going to go back to how they were any time soon.

So thanks for your patience and understanding about the postponement of the final Shannara book in the series.  But know that there is a...

May Ask Terry Posted

Terry Brooks

For many years the only chance a fan had of speaking to Terry was to meet him at tour events or conventions.

With the establishment of this website in 2000, Terry began accepting two questions from each fan per month. On the last day of the month, five questions are randomly drawn. Terry answers these five questions and they are posted monthly for your enjoyment.

Below are the questions selected from May 2020 and Terry’s answers! Enjoy!

Note: This section may contain spo...

BrooksBlog: Older & Parks Book Reviews 2020

Those of you who have heard me speak about writing and seen some of my posts on the discipline know that I have some rather strong views about what you should be doing to become a writer.  One of the most important requisites is that you read books!  I mean, who knew, right?  But more to the point, if you are writing in one area – say fantasy – you need to be sure and read books outside that area, too.  You will learn so much more about the craft and the possibilities of plot and character b...

April Ask Terry Posted

Terry Brooks

For many years the only chance a fan had of speaking to Terry was to meet him at tour events or conventions.

With the establishment of this website in 2000, Terry began accepting two questions from each fan per month. On the last day of the month, five questions are randomly drawn. Terry answers these five questions and they are posted monthly for your enjoyment.

Below are the questions selected from April 2020 and Terry’s answers! Enjoy!

Note: This section may contain s...

BrooksBlog: The 43rd Anniversary of Star Wars

A few days ago, the 25th of May 2020, was the 43rd year anniversary of the first Star Wars movie, A New Hope.  No one called it that at the time – too early in the game for anything but just plain Star Wars.  Almost everyone remembers where he or she was when seeing that movie for the first time movie.  It was such an important cultural cinematic event.  They’ve said this about a lot of things, but in this case it was true – Star Wars changed everything.

Think about it.  There had never b...

March Ask Terry Posted

Terry Brooks

For many years the only chance a fan had of speaking to Terry was to meet him at tour events or conventions.

With the establishment of this website in 2000, Terry began accepting two questions from each fan per month. On the last day of the month, five questions are randomly drawn. Terry answers these five questions and they are posted monthly for your enjoyment.

Below are the questions selected from March 2020 and Terry’s answers! Enjoy!

Note: This section may contain s...

Two Live Video Interviews w/ Terry This Week

Terry is taking part in two live video interviews later this week, one on the Del Rey Books Instagram account and the other on his Facebook page! Here are the details:

INSTAGRAM

Terry is taking over the Del Rey Books Instagram account to conduct a live video Q&A moderated by Shawn Speakman on Thursday, April 23rd, at 11AM Pacific Time. Join them as Shawn takes your reader questions and asks Terry to answer them on live video!

First, if you dont have Instagram, download the app to your phone or...

Twitter Auction: Rare Shannara Box

Hi Brooks Readers,

This year has been tough on a lot of peoplemost are hurting, some are no longer with us. COVID19 is working its way through our populations and it is looking like more social distancing is needed to combat it.

Independent book stores and comic books stores are largely closed now. Those who own these types of stores already operate on narrow margins. Now those margins are gone. It is going to take a lot to get many of them reopened; it is going to take a lot to stop many of...