Check these out... the awesome Dutch covers of the Wolfblade Trilogy (the first twoo books, anyway).

I likee bery much:)

The Once Upon a Bookshelf website in the US recently posted a blog about Dragons in Western Literature and listed their Top Ten books with dragons.

The Hythrun Chronicles finished up at #9. Wow! And my dragons weren't even real dragons but demon-melds made to look like dragons.

How cool is that?

1. J.R.R. Tolkein’s The Hobbit. Originally Published 1937.
2. C.S. Lewis’s The Dawn Treader. Originally Published 1950.
3. Michael Ende’s The Neverending Story. Originally Published 1979.
4. J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Fourth book in the Harry Potter series. Originally Published 2000.
5. Obert Skye’s Pillage. Originally Published 2008.
6. Beowulf. Written at some point between the 8th and 11th century.
7. George R. R. Martin’s The Ice Dragon. Originally Published 1980.
8. Robert Munsch’s The Paper Bag Princess. Originally Published 1980.
9. Jennifer Fallon’s Hythrun Chronicles. First book in series is Medalon. Originally Published 2004.
10. Shanna Swendson’s Damsel Under Stress. Third book in the Enchanted, Inc series. Originally Published 2007.

That's pretty seriously good company I'm in there....

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Yay! Got a nice birthday present. The Hythrun Chronicles are going to be published in the Netherlands.

Wonder what Wolfblade translates to in Dutch?

Google doesn't know:)

 

Today's reprints...

The books are going gangbusters in the UK! And in Australia, of course.

Thank you so much to all my loyal UK readers. I hear from so many of you, and I don't always get time to reply. So thanks. Know that I appreciate you. :)

Wonder why Second Sons is suddenly flavour of the month again?

I know I said I was going to post more photos today, but then I got this message from Lynne Green and it was waaaay more exciting that photos of me not looking fabulous...

Deborah J Miller, the award administrator for the The David Gemmell Legend Award for Fantasy has just published the top twenty novels from the long-list in order of votes received.

1. Blood Of Elves - Andrzej Sapkowski.
2. The Hero Of Ages - Brandon Sanderson.
3. The Way Of Shadows - Brent Weeks.
4. The Last Argument Of Kings - Joe Abercrombie.
5. Heir To Sevenwaters - Juliet Marillier.
6. The Two Pearls Of Wisdom - Alison Goodman.
7. The Kingdom Beyond The Waves - Stephen Hunt.
8. Havemercy - Jaida Jones And Danielle Bennett.
9. The Painted Man - Peter V. Brett.
10. Toll The Hounds - Steven Erikson.
11. Gladiatrix - Russell Whitfield.
12. Empire In Black And Gold - Adrian Tchaikovsky.
13. Graceling - Kristin Cashore.
14. King's Shield - Sherwood Smith.
15. Heldenhammer -Graham Mcneill.
16. The Steel Remains - Richard Morgan.
17. Wrath Of A Mad God - Raymond E. Feist.
18. Wolfblade - Jennifer Fallon.
19. The Soldier King - Violette Malan.
20. Magic Burns - Ilona Andrews.

Thanks Lynne...

I feel very honoured just to be thought of in the same vein as some of these writers, let alone to be counted among the top 20.