Recent content by Aiden Sawyer

I may be dating myself, but when I first began writing fantasy, I didn't think it was possible to do my stories justice as a film, even with an unlimit budget. In fact, I recall deciding to tone down some of the fantasy elements in my first novel Rogue's Honor (just a manuscript at the time)...

We can only hope. Having played a little in each of the editions, I have mostly reverted back to first edition with a couple of house rules which are similar to rules established in 2e. I understand the intent of the later rules, but I just think they take away from the player and put most of...

I enjoyed the books (through book 3 where I stopped until he finishes book 6), but I'm not really big on some of the POVs which to me could have been eliminated or at the very least treated as a separate book/series altogether. Still the general storyline (when Martin sticks to it) is...

I know exactly the scene to which you refer, and I had the same thought. Pure gratutious and unnecessary waste of time footage...

To those veteran gamers on the forum, the name of Gary Gygax is probably familiar; but for those younger gamers as well as those weaned on video RPGs, Gary Gygax is the creator of Dungeons & Dragons and the founder of TSR Games (eventually acquired by Wizards of the Coast) and widely recognized...

Kindle Review Promotion for Rogue's Honor Hello, my publisher is having a review promotion for Rogue's Honor, my new book on Kindle. The specific promotion is for reviews on Amazon's Kindle store, but if you are a Nook user, I'm sure he could arrange to send you a free EPUB version for a review...

I've been playing AD&D since the early 80's. The only times I've played 3e & 4e were at Garycon (memorial gaming convention for Gary Gygax if you're not familiar), and I have to say I'd rather play 1st ed. Like 3e, and perhaps more so, 4e seems too restrictive and takes the gaming aspect out of...

Dr.D, I do believe you are on to something there. All of those characters are enjoyable, and although pug appears in many of the later books, his character is less appealing as an adult of awesome power. No I just need to put a finger on what I liked so much about Daughter of the Empire... I may...

I was in 8th grade in the early '80s when I was introduced to fantasy (Tolkien of course), and I was pretty muched hooked right then. But my love of fantasy was cemented by the next book I read, Magician by Feist. From that point on, my reading (scholarly commitments not withstanding ) consisted...

Thanks for the warm welcomes. As for what Rogue's Honor is about, the short answer is that it's a complicated love story (not unrequited, yet unfulfilled none-the-less) set against the backdrop of an epic fantasy tale. Rogue's Honor is really the first half of a longer tale that was not intended...

TW nailed it. And that is the reason my own manuscript collected dust on a shelf (figuratively, actually it was in a box) for a decade. As challenging as it is to write a synopsis I was satisfied with, it's more challenging to write 3 depending on what a specific agent required. An then there is...

yes, the introduction... Thanks Chilari. I did try to post an introduction, but when I submitted it, I got a pop up message that I was not quite able to finish before it disappeared. Something about welcome and 5 posts is all I was able to get from it in the second it was visiable. So, I...

Time and connections I think time is the most crucial element if you're starting a new publishing house. The less you know and the fewer connections you have, the more time you are going to need. If you are resourceful (and technology has certainly helped in this aspect), you can figure...

Hello all, words just don't convey how excited I am to be a part of a writers' forum again. It has been many, many, many years... but I have found recent inspiration, and I owe it all to a good friend who recently convinced me to dust off an old project of mine (Rogue's Honor) and e-publish...