The Protagonist Speaks

Earlier this year I was contacted by Assaph Mehr for a website called The Protagonist Speaks.  The format is that a literary hero is interviewed and expresses her/himself in his/her own words, sometimes within the context of their world.  An interesting concept.  Anyway, I wrote a short interview with Jame, which has just been posted:  https://theprotagonistspeaks.com/2019/05/17/jame-of-the-kencyrath-chronicles-by-p-c-hodgell/#more-2243  

The Minneapolis signing went okay, given that Stephen King was also in town and it was the first day of the fishing season.  Crazy traffic.  Nearly 600 miles of driving in a day.  Still, it was nice to meet readers and to hear their stories.

By Demons Possessed is out, as you no doubt know, and made the fantasy best seller list for the week.  That was a pleasant surprise.  It also got a nice review on Booklist.

Work continues on the next (last?) novel.  I'm currently trying to develop the gods of the Central Lands, who are rather different than those of Tai-tastigon and Kothifir in that a lot of them are deified or demonized ancestors.  How to fit that in with the rest of Rathiliien?  Faith still helps shape reality, but the CLs aren't much influenced by Kencyr temples.  This seems to go back to the older, pre-Kencyr pantheons and power native to this world.  I'm not quite clear on all of this yet.  The Four should figure in somehow.