Michael J. Sullivan
Hey Erinsie,
Sorry it's taken me so long to get to your question, I've been working through a backlog. Glad you like Lenare Pickering and that scene. I'll give you a bit of back story on it. But first....I'm having problems with the spoiler tag, so there is some spoiler stuff coming...if you haven't read Heir of Novron and want to avoid the spoiler stop now.
Originally Sentinel Guy died at the hands (or I should say mouth) of a Gilarabrywn.
When Robin read it she was quite upset. "Guy MUST die at the hands of a Pickering!" she insisted. I told her it wasn't possible. Mauvin wasn't in that part of the world and couldn't get there in any way that would make sense (he needed to be by Alric's side), and of course his father wasn't a viable option. She told me, "I don't care how you do it...just do it!" So I went back to the drawing board. Then it occurred to me, it could be possible to have Lenare and Belinda on the road traveling from Drondil Fields and so that scene was born - with a heavy dose of homage to "The Princess Bride" ;-)
In the Riyria Chronicle books, I did write about a "younger" Arista as well as younger Pickering brothers. It was a lot of fun seeing them in their early days.
I won't say "no" to your request, but I do have a number of other books that I have plans for at the moment. So, I'll take it under advisement and maybe get it on the ever expanding list. I'll mention the request to her, and see if she's willing to jump on the band wagon.
Sorry it's taken me so long to get to your question, I've been working through a backlog. Glad you like Lenare Pickering and that scene. I'll give you a bit of back story on it. But first....I'm having problems with the spoiler tag, so there is some spoiler stuff coming...if you haven't read Heir of Novron and want to avoid the spoiler stop now.
Originally Sentinel Guy died at the hands (or I should say mouth) of a Gilarabrywn.
When Robin read it she was quite upset. "Guy MUST die at the hands of a Pickering!" she insisted. I told her it wasn't possible. Mauvin wasn't in that part of the world and couldn't get there in any way that would make sense (he needed to be by Alric's side), and of course his father wasn't a viable option. She told me, "I don't care how you do it...just do it!" So I went back to the drawing board. Then it occurred to me, it could be possible to have Lenare and Belinda on the road traveling from Drondil Fields and so that scene was born - with a heavy dose of homage to "The Princess Bride" ;-)
In the Riyria Chronicle books, I did write about a "younger" Arista as well as younger Pickering brothers. It was a lot of fun seeing them in their early days.
I won't say "no" to your request, but I do have a number of other books that I have plans for at the moment. So, I'll take it under advisement and maybe get it on the ever expanding list. I'll mention the request to her, and see if she's willing to jump on the band wagon.
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Michael J. Sullivan:
Hi Mr. Sullivan, I wanted to tell you that your Riyria series are incredible! I sent you an email several weeks ago, but I think I might have misaddressed it. The world you have created and the characters are simply amazing! Thank you so much for your hard work and efforts. Would love to read more stories featuring Royce and Hadrian, and I'd love to pull up a chair if there is room at the table in the Dark Room?!
Christian
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Michael J. Sullivan:
Just finished Age of Sword, great book again. Cant wait for the next one in the series, and I really can't wait for the next Riryia Novel, been way to long since journeying with Royce and Hadrian lol. Thanks for the good reads every time. I know there is another Riryia novel coming out as mentioned above, but is there any plans to do a whole other Riryia series, like after the Revelations series?
Nicole
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Michael J. Sullivan:
Hello, Michael. I feel like this may be a weird question, but how tall are the lead characters in Riyria?
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