For anyone who cares...

[jhetley]

...SCI FI Wire has a bit on me and Maine and DRAGON'S EYE up today, complete with a picture of The Bimbo on the Cover of the Book.* Or, at least, there's supposed to be a bit there, but all I can access is the headline.

"This service is temporarily unavailable.
We apologize for the inconvenience and ask that you try your request again later."

Or some such glitch.

http://scifi.com/scifiwire2005/

(This service brought to you by desperate attempts to sell more books.)

*ADDENDUM: I should note that the Bimbo Cover connection doesn't actually apply, as the handsome young man _is_ in the text.

Comments

[edschweppe.livejournal.com]

Funny, I always thought bimboes (and especially ones who are BotCotB) were supposed to be female.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Skiffy is an equal-opportunity employer.

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

Nope. Bimbos were original male. Young males who were doing their damnest to impress their capo.

[pernishus.livejournal.com]

Alas -- still not accessible from here, at any rate. I look forward to reading it.

FYI

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

I found Winter Oak, but not Dragon's Eye, last night at my nearest Borders. A query at the info desk produced the response that the latter can be found at the Borders which is slightly farther from me.

Just got it!

[(Anonymous)]

12:00 AM, 07-DECEMBER-05




Dragon Uses Maine's Reality

Author James Hetley told SCI FI Wire that he set his latest novel, Dragon's Eye, in Maine because, to many readers, Maine feels like a real place, yet is exotic enough to be a good setting for fantasy. "Maine is a state of dramatic contrasts, with the extremes of weather, unforgiving shore and sea, deep mysterious forests, rugged mountains and older villages and cities that have had time to develop strong personalities," he said in an interview. "The settings tend to be closer to real places, with Stonefort assembled from two or three existing coastal communities, and Naskeag Falls representing a blend of a couple of Maine industrial cities at tidewater. The events in Dragon's Eye and my other stories are totally fictional, although the background history of decaying cities, smuggling and characters living on both sides of the edge of poverty and the law is real."

Teen characters figure prominently in Dragon's Eye, but Hetley is quick to point out that his work is not aimed at the young-adult audience, other than to keep the stories "fast-paced and tightly written, both attributes that may appeal to younger and less patient audiences," he said. Hetley said that he uses teens to complete a community where multiple generations live, but added that the story also follows older characters, especially Daniel Morgan and Alice, keepers of their families' magic. They come together to battle a more sinister evil. There's also enough violence, language and sex to keep this off any young-adult title list.

Hetley has plenty coming up. A sequel, Dragon's Teeth, will be published next year. The author also has completed a prequel, Ghost Point, which his agent is shopping. "Ace (the publisher) would like to see something in a different direction to broaden and increase my sales," Hetley said. "Along those lines, I'm currently working on Signatures, a dark detective fantasy in an urban setting."