Michael J. Sullivan's Blog, page 3

Hey all, Robin here. Michael and I might just be old fuddy-duddys, but we aren't glued to our phones (I don't know where mine is most days) like many are. As such, we've  never used Tik-Tok or Instargram, and we aren't really on social media (goodreads being the exception). Yes, we have facebook accounts, but we haven't looked at them in years, and I really need to make Michael a BlueSky account (as we don't use twitter these days either), but there are just too many other things to do.

Being as isolated as we are (both in our remote living location and electronically), we don't know much about Michael's popularity - or lack there of. But there are two metrics I look at with a fair amount of regularity and that is the number of followers on Goodreads and Amazon.

Well, today I looked and Michael hit 42,000 followers on Amazon - that's an amazing number to me. Especially when we started this whole "writing thing" and I took up the mantle of "getting people to know the books exist" I asked Michael, "So how would you need to consider yourself a success?" He replied, "If fifty people read my books." But then he paused a moment, and added a clarification. "But they have to be people I don't know."

Now, granted, not all 42,000 of those people have Michael's books, and while he has "sold" more than 2.5M copies, we also don't know many of those have been read, but based on review numbers, I think it's safe to say it's more than 50 :-)

Michael's numbers on Goodreads are even better: 92,400+ followers. There was a time when he was ranked #40 on the most followed list, but he's slipped from that height over the years.He's now barely haning on to the bottom rung (#50), and I suspect he will soon fall off completely, but I think he's been on it for over 10 years which is quite impressive.

So while I have your attention, if you don't currently follow Michael on Amazon or Goodreads, I'm going to make an appeal for you to do so. Why? Well it's not to boost Michael's ego — he doesn't know any of this "number stuff," and I suspect he doesn't care one way or the other.  It's only me, the ex-engineer, that looks at such things. But if you do hit follow, you'll be notified when a new book of Michael's hit the shelves, and I think if you are reading these words, that might be something you'd be interested in knowing.

Goodreads - Click "Follow Author" button below Michael's picture on the left hand side. Amazon - Click "+Follow" button to the right of Michael's picture on the left hand side.

As always, thanks for the amazing support.

As many of you may know, the Legends of the First Empire was a hybrid publishing project. The first three books were released through Penguin Random House's Del Rey imprint, and the last three books were self-published by us. These books were also released as mass market paperbacks, ebooks, and audiobooks (both dramatic multi-cast dramatic and non-dramatic single-narrator) editions.

The Legends series has done very well for us:

- 2 books hit the New York Times bestseller list (Age of War and Age of Legend) 
- 3 books hit the Washington Post bestseller list (Age of Myth, Age of Swords, and Age of War)
- 3 books hit the USA Today bestseller list (Age of Swords, Age of War, and Age of Legend)

A mildly successful title hopes to sell 5,000 hardcovers and 10,000 is considered a very good release. In fact, publishers use those threshold for various escalation points:

- 1 - 4,999 books sold earn 10% of list price
- 5,000 - 9,999 books sold earn 12.5% of list price
- 10,000+ books earn 15% of list price

Hardcovers generally go "out of print" after 12 - 15 months, and from that point on, the paperbacks are the only physical copies available. But the Legends sold quite well and both Age of Myth and Age of War stayed in print for many years after their initial release. As for Age of Swords, Del Rey retired it just after the second printing. When a publisher does that, they either "pulp" the books (grind them up to be used for paperback editions), or sell the excess stock by the pound to remainder companies who offer deeply discounted books. As an author, we don't get paid for pulped or remaindered titles, but our contract DOES offer us the chance to circumvent those less than desirable fates for the left over copies. So in July of 2018, we paid $8,600 for 3,360 copies of Age of Swords. In other words, we bought the leftovers. I never thought we would sell all those copies through our online store, but I currently have less than 200 copies. 

That $2.57 a book is significantly cheaper than the $14 I pay (50% author's discount) when getting the other titles from Del Rey. Anyway, Age of War's hardcover print run ended in May 2024, when I could only receive a partial shipment of a large order I placed for that title. Likewise, I snapped up the remaining copies of Age of Myth in September 2024. 

Once Del Rey had no more copies of their hardcovers available for sale, I asked if I could retrieve the print rights for that format. And they agreed! This was mind-blowing news, considering my pleas to retrieve hardcover rights for Orbit's titles (a right they have NEVER exercised), have always fallen on deaf ears. I've even begged them to do a hardcover printing themselves, but that was likewise rebuked.

All told the Del Rey versions sold:

- Age of Myth - 19,361 copies earning $50,889.16
-Age of Swords - 9,204 copies earning $25,552.48
-Age of War - 12,585 copies earning $30,397.56

Now, since the books sold for $28 each in hardcover, and given the royalty rates above, a few math nerds might say, "Hey, that math doesn't add up" and you'd be right. The issue is that not all royalties are created equal, and I earn substantially less for books sold at a high discount or English language copies sold in other countries. Had all the books sold at the "standard royalty rate," I would have earned:

- Age of Myth - $70,816.20 ($19,927.04 more than I actually earned)
-Age of Swords - $28,714.00 ($3,162.52 more than I actually earned)
-Age of War - $42,357.00 ($11,959.44 more than I actually earned)

That's just a little tidbit for any aspiring authors out there so that they know what to expect after signing their own publishing deals. Pay particular attention to the royalty rates in your contract and whether you'll be paid based on list price or net receipts.

So, what does all this mean to you, the reader? Well, if you read printed books rather than audio or ebooks, and you haven't picked up the Legends of the First Empire books, you'll only be able to get the small mass market paperbacks when buying through the retail chain. There may be a few hardcovers in the various retailer's warehouses, but I have no way of knowing how many there are, and I wouldn't be surprised if they are gone and the only sellers who have books are through the Amazon marketplace ecosystem.

Anyway, if you want hardcover editions, you can purchase them from us, but our supplies are very limited, so you have to hurry.

- Age of Myth - 122 copies.
- Age of Swords - 177 copies.
- Age of War - 0 copies.
- Age of Legend - 41 copies.
- Age of Death - 117 copies.
- Age of Empyre - 51 copies

Once we ran out of Age of War, we started taking pre-orders for it (as well as for "complete sets)." We currently have 115 orders for Age of War, and 94 for all six books. If you have yet to get your full hardcover sets (and you think you'll want them), you can pre-order from this link . 

What about the possibility of a new print run - including deluxe editions? It's quite high, but also very uncertain from a timing perspective. Over the years, there has been tremendous consolidation (and more than a few bankruptcies), within the US book printing ecosystem. The result is there are only a few printers, and while they produce decent quality paperbacks, their hardcovers are not nearly as good as I've grown used to, and totally unacceptable with regard to special edition books with hubbed spines.

As you may already know, since Farilane's release we've been printing exclusively from China whose quality is absolutely amazing. The Drumindor books were shipped with a 7.5% import tax - a rate which has been in effect for several years), but The Riyria Chronicles books 1 - 4 (which are still on the press) will cost me much more. Unless you live under a rock, you may have heard about a number of tariff imposed on US goods:

- 20% from first Trump administration (although books were exempt from all but 7.5%)
- 10% additional tariff Feb 2, 2025
- 10% additional tariff Mar 4, 2025
- 34% additional tariff April 2, 2025
- 50% additional tariff April 9, 2025
- 41% additional tariff April 11, 2025

In such a climate, my current plan is to ONLY do small US-based press runs, and no large print runs until after current trade war has some resolution. As it stands now, my tariff rate would be 145% + 7.5% = 152.5% which can't be absorbed, and I won't sacrifice quality, which leaves me no idea when a mass print run for the Legends books will take place.

So, unless you are satisfied with the small mass-market books, please place your order or pre-order (for those Age of War or complete sets) as soon as possible. I need to determine a quanity soon, and if you wait too long and miss that small print run, it may be several years until we have new hardcovers for these amazing books.


As always, we thank you for your continued support.

Hey all, Robin again. We've seen some recent success at some of our Reader Initiatives including:

Reading Buddies - Elan Discord ServerThe Cycle Discord ServerSullivan's Spoils YouTube Channel But there is one initiative, I've invested a lot of time in that isn't getting much traction, and it's 100% free! It may be because you just don't know it exists. So, here I am to "give you the skiny." 

For those who aren't familiar, Royal Road is a serialized fiction site where authors (both aspiring and established) post stories for free. It tends to lean toward the LitRPG and Progression fantasy genres, but there is also a fair amount of Science Fiction, Cozy Fantasy, and even a bit of traditional epic stories.

I started posting content on this site about a year and a half ago. This includes short stories, entire novels, as well as bonus features (like the deleted scenes from Esrahaddon, and recaps of Legends of the First Empire books).  

In the world of Royal Road, Michael is an extremely "small fish" - which is something that baffles me since he has more than 2.5 Million books sold. But, it is what it is, and I'm not planning on abandoning the platform. To date we have 1,645 pages posted (over 500,000 words).  Here's what you'll find there:

Riyria Chronicles - has three full-length novels: The Death of Dulgath, The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter, and Drumindor - so if you are strapped for cash, but sill want to read stories about Royce and Hadrian, you can go there.

Riyria Revelations - the intention was to post all six books of the Riyria Revelations, in the hopes of getting people "hooked" on his stories, but Orbit objected and they made us remove them from the site. So currently it's just a "stub" with the opening of Theft of Swords. The reason the three books of the Chronicles are still live is because we control the licensing rights to those books.

Riyria Short Stories - while the cover implies just 4 shorts, it actually has 6 stories in it including May Luck be With You - which is a Royce background tale that indicates how he got his name. Two of these shorts were incorporated into the novel, so if you've read them, you already know what happens, but four of them contain original content released in various anthologies.

Burning Alexandria & The Game - are non-Elan based short stories and they are fabulous. I wish more people had wread them - each has only a handful of followers and favorites.

The Elan Dossier - is where the bonus material can be found. 

What's Next  is the most important  chapter. I (or Michael) regularly update this to let people know where we are on various projects.  

Reading Order - alsways a difficult subject to broach, but several options are provided

Q&A - answers to questions posed to Michael - you can submit your own questions by sending an email to michael (dot) sullivan (dot) dc (at) gmail (dot) com - with the subject: Elan Dossier Q&A

Two non-Riyria short stories regarding Elan: Pile of Bones (Suri & Minna), Little Wren and the Big Forest (Origin of Gronbach Myth)

Glossaries from: Theft of Swords, Rise of Empire, Heir of Novron, Age of Myth, Age of Swords, Age of War, Age of Legend, Age of Death

Book recaps: Age of Myth, Age of Swords, Age of War, Age of Legend

Bonus Matter: Making of the Death of Dulgath

Bonus Matter: Nolyn: Author's Note, Afterword

Bonus Matter: Farilane: Author's Note, Afterword

Bonus Matter Esrahaddon: Author's Note, Afterword, Esrahaddon in Riyria, Deleted Scenes

Bonus Matter Drumindor: Author's Note, AfterwordAs you can see there is a lot of good stuff out there but Michael's Riyria Chronicles has less only 1,057 followers and only 282,595 views.  Now 282,595 views may seem like a lot, but on Royal Road it's nothing. For instance, despite being  #31 in the most-rated completed story list, the title at #30 him has had 5,612,600 views, and the top title has 22,141,002 views.  So, if you haven't read these books, consider checking them out on Royal Road - after all they are free. Or if you have friends or family who you've been trying to get to read the books and they just haven't, remind them that they can read three full-length novels for free from here! If you are doing a re-read, consider reading on Royal Road, and of course rate and favorite it. All these actions can get its stats improved, and if that happens, then Riyria will have more visibility on a site that has millions of readers, and you'll have more people to talk to about these incredible stories.

As always, we thank you for your support.

Hey all, Robin here. I want to first thank everyone who has been commenting about our new feature Sullivan's Spoils. The first episode has been received very well - and I'm all preparing episode 2.

Right now a lot of our efforts are going to "The Cycle, a project that I'ms sure will be Michael's biggest and best work yet.  But IT IS ONLY for those who have read all 20 books in the Elan Universe. If you skip Riyria, or Legens, or Rise and Fall, then you absolutely should skip "The Cycle" - because it's ONLY designed for die-hard fans and it will make little to no sense to those who try to read it without the pre-requisites.

Luckily, Audible is going to help those who have missed the Rise and Fall series, as they put Book #1, Nolyn, in one of their huge promotions - Buy One Get One Free Sale.  And if you've read Legends, then you absolutely won't want to miss Farilane. Both Michael and I think it's his best single work ever, especially for those who read Legends first.

There are a lot of good titles in the sale, and I thought I should give you some other choices for your "other credit pick. So here goes:

- Nolyn by Michael J. Sullivan  4.6 rating, 6,771 ratings
- The Princess of Potential  by delemhach 4.8 ragting, 631 ratings
- Bastion by Phil Tucker 4.7 rating, 3,318 ratings
- Circe by Madeline Miller 4.7 rating, 55,327 ratings
- The Wizard's Butler by Nathan Lowell 4.7 rating, 8,395 ratings
- Dawn of Wonder by Johnathan Renshaw, 4.7 rating, 42,418ratings

Nolyn is the first book in the Rise and Fall series and it follows the events directly after the end of the Legends of the First Empire series. 

The Princess of Potential is a standalone book set in The House Witch series. It's written by delemhach, someone we feel so strongly about that Robin took the time to run her Kickstarter and we have helped her self-publish her next serie The Ether Witch. It's cozy fantasy filled with humor and a touch of romance.

Bastion is the most popular book written by Phil Tucker, a great friend of ours who is doing very well, the rating and number of reviews speak for itself.

Circe is one of Michael's favorite books, so an easy pick for a recommendation

The Wizard's Butler, is written by another fellow author friend from very far back in the day when Michael self published. Nathan is a tremendous writer, and a damn fine narrator - he actually did the first audio narration of The Crown Conspiracy back in the day. His Tales of the Solar Clipper series is fabulous "slice of life" science fiction with an easy flowing writing style and great characters. We've not read Wizard's Butler but we are picking it up as part of the sale.

Dawn of Wonder is read by our narrator Tim Gerard Reynolds. I listened to it and found it to be a darn fine tale, so big thumbs up from me, and it looks like I'm not alone in that opinion.

So, if you want to pick up these, or any of the 100 other titles that are part of the sale, head on over to Audible but be quick. The sale ends April 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM PT.  I hope you grab a few - they are a steal at twice the price!

Hey all, Robin here. It's finally begun! The first episode of Sullivan's Spoils has launched. The plan is to do one or two a week.  Check it out! Just in time for my 63rd birthday!

On Monday March 24th, we received 20 pallets of Drumindor books and on Thursday April 3rd, a USPS truck with 11 pallets consisting of 2,419 orders left our warehouse. 

For those who don't know, publishing works on a quarterly sales cycle that has certain calendar cutoffs. Based on it's print date, this title was slated for the fall 2025 sales calendar, and the earliest a book in that quarter can go live in the retail chain is August. Tuesdays are always release days in the book business, so we made Drumindor's book release date August 5th. So, from now until then, pre-order pages are up, and the more pre-orders we get, the sales reps will work harder to convince the buyers at the various retail sites to make their first order a high number. 

If you want to pre-order, here are some links you can use:  Amazon |  Barnes and Noble | Books-a-Millon | !ndigo | Waterstones | Powells | Wallmart | Target | Blackwells | Foyles | IndieBound | Bookshop.org | Canadian Indie Bookstores | Thalia |  Beter World Books.

Oh, and if you use a libary, they take book request from patrons seriously and usually they have an online form for submitting book requests. So it would be greatly appreciated if you would ask them to add a copy of Drumindor to their collection.  Use ISBN 978-1943363711 when making a request. 

I've also modified our own online store to take orders for both editions of Drumindor and you can only purchase the deluxe edition directly from us. Buying direct has several advantages:

- You can get your copy now instead of waiting for August
- The books will come signed
- A much higher % of the money you pay stays with me by cutting out the middle men

At this time, we ONLY have hardcovers for book #5 (Drumindor). The other four books of the Riyria Chronicles are on the press now, and we expect them to be ready to ship to us by the end of May.  Generally speaking, it takes 7 - 8 weeks for the books to arrive at our warehouse in Virginia, so we expect to have them around the end of July.  We have also provided pre-ordering for these books, but you won't be charged until they arrive and are ready to ship.

It's been a long time coming, but we are thrilled to finally have these beautiful editions available. I hope you'll pick up a copy as they are sure to be a great additon to any shelf.

 It's been awhile since I've had a drawing for free books, so we've put two of them up on Goodreads.

For those that don't know . . . 

Age of Myth is the first in a six-book series that is essential for those who are thinking of reading The Cycle series that I'm writing now. It's set 3,000 years in the past and explores The First Great War between man and elves. It also sets the record straight on a number of lies I've told you in Riyria about various historical figures. After all, history is written by the victors and many deeds of ordinary people doing amazing deeds have been usurped by those in power.

Enter the giveaway here.

Drumindor is my latest released title and it's the fifth in the Riyria Chronicles. The first part of the book is my love letter to Riyria - hanging with our favorite rogues as they take a job in one of the best vacation sites in Elan. As they try to stop a dwarf from destroying the twin towers, the tale turns epic and provides some important Easter eggs for The Cycle series. 

Enter the giveaway here.

Hey all, Robin here. I'm going to try to do a regular post from time to time to highlight authors that I think might be worth your time (given you enjoy the types of books that Michael writes).

Today, I was on Goodreads, and I saw a reader that had highlighted a few lines from an author I adore.  His name is Nathan Lowell, and he's an incredibly talented author and very unusual. His Solar Clipper tales are a great example of "cozy" before "cozy" became a thing. He wrote and published them in 2007 (around the same time as Michael's debut).  We even helped him publish some of his books back in the day.

The Solar Clipper series is science fiction and about a young man on a fairly unimportant ship, and the best thing about the first book is when he makes coffee. I kid you not. Nathan can take a simple task like brewing an art.  There are no alien attacks, or planets being exploded by an evil empire, just excellent slice of life that I throughly enjoyed. 

Since 2007, Nathan has continued writing, and continued to break molds. His first fantasy tale (at least the first one I know of) was about an older woman as a main character - not a sword-wielding hero or a enigmatic wizard just an old woman on a pilgrimage to find herbs and medicinal plants before settling down to write her magnum opus. 

Nathan is a binge writer.  He sits down at a typewriter and the words just pour out of him.  It's not uncommon for him to write 10,000 words in a sitting - and that's an amazing amount. Michael is pretty proficient but he generally does 1,000 - 2,000 words per writing session. Back in the day when self-publishing was just a few writers we used to call that "doing a Lowell" or "pulling off a Lowell."

Anyway I've considered Nathan's work to be extremely easy to read - clean, crisp, even somewhat simple, but in the best possible way.  Which brings me back to the quote I saw a reader highlight. Here it is: 

She smiled. It was not a pretty smile. It did not make her weather worn face light up. The bones of the earth were her teeth, her breath was the wind, the fires of the earth were alight in her eyes, and her blood pumped with the strength of the sea.

I found it quite poetic, and yet the style was still very much "Nathan."  Anyway, if you are ever looking for something while you are waiting for the next Sullivan work to be released try giving Nathan Lowell's books a try. I think you'll find yourself like me, smiling just thinking about them even eighteen years later.

We are officially returning to business after a one month hiatus following the medical emergency and death of my brother, Patrick. But that's not the big news, see below for six big announcements.

#1 - Our store (for ordering signed copies from me) is once again open. We can't ship on the weekends (no postal service in the Valley) - and we currently aren't at home), but if you've been waiting to place orders physical books will go into the mail starting on Monday and ebooks can be delivered starting today.

#2 - The Indie Movie Premier (featuring Robin and I, Will Wight, Travis Baldree, Andy Wier, Bryce O'Conner, and a bunch of others will be in Luray on July 18th. If you want tickets send an email to the movie's producer Adam Grandy ([email protected]) and he can hook you up. Or if you want to get a digital or CD version of the movie you can "late back" from this link.















# 3 - Robin and I are in Chattanooga TN for the next three days at the  Con Nooga Convention.  I'm the literary guest of honor and I'll be doing three solo sessions on different aspects of writing: (a) WorldBulding, (b) Writing Relatable Characters, and (c) Starting your Story.  Robin will doing two sessions: (a) How Much Will I Make and (b) Kickstarters. Then we'll both be in a Q&A session.  We also have abooth in the exhibitor halll (W-11) where we are giving away free hardcover editions of The Death of Dulgath. I will also be signing any books that people bring (even if by another author :-).  If you don't see us at the booth or a session, just send an email with the subject: MEETUP IN CHATTANOOGA and we'll set a time and place to see one another.  For more information on times of the session, see the ConNooga Guide or this link.






















#4 - While the ebooks and audiobooks of Drumindor have been released for several months (ratings: 4.8 with 933 on Audible, 4.6 with 299 on Amazon, and 4.43 with 1,979), the printed copies are finally nearing our shores.  We are expected to start shipping copies both directly from us on March 14th. These are not yet in our store (because we don't have the copies), but you can pre-order them from here. There are both deluxe limited editions and regular hardcovers available. Pre-orders for the book are also up at sites like Amazon, but those won't ship until August! So if you want your copies now, order directly from us.



















#5 For more than two years, Robin has been helping to coach an author on the business side of writing. She (Emilie Nikota, aka delemhach) started out on the serialized fiction site, Royal Road, where her The House Witch series found more than 4,000 followers and 1,000,000 views. Emilie has  released seven books to date which were originally signed by a small press before fully considering the implications of that action. Since then, Robin has been helping her expand her career. Some of the things they have been doing together is (a) obtaining an agent - as she want's to go hybrid with a big-five publisher with at least one project (b) self-publishing her next series (c) book distribution for her next series, (d) obtaining an audio deal for nearly a half million dollars (e) getting a UK rights contract with Penguin Random House (f) multiple translation contracts, (g)  running a Kickstarter.















As you might imagine, the amount of time and effort Robin has put in with Emilie, is a testament to how strongly she feels about Emilie's writing ability and prospects for a long and profitable career. As with all authors, Robin (and I) never take any money for our help. So, if you enjoy cozy fantasy (like Legends and Lattes) with a good dose of humor and romance, please consider  backing the Kickstarter  (it's already hit it's first stretch goal and it's less than $500 away from the second one.

#6 And now for the really big news. There is a new Elan series coming: After the Fall! As you might imagine this series will slide in after the events of The Rise and Fall series and before the Riyria Chronicles. Some of the characters you can expect to see are: Jerish, Nevrik, Esrahaddon, Mawyndulë, Elinya, and of course some new ones as well. And yes, there will be tie-ins between this book and The Cycle series.





















At present, this is slated to be a three-book series, and the first book is essentially completed. Why have you not heard of this before? Well, this is my first joint-writing project. As you know, I'm VERY protective of my tales, and while I have the highest degree of confidence in my partner for this, I wasn't going to announce it until it was completed and I was satisfied with the results. That happened yesterday when I read the final climax, and I can now say with confidence this book will be released. 

As for when, we don't yet know. There are many ducks to put in a row including when can we get on Tim Gerard Reynold's schedule for recording and we hope to have Marc Simonetti do the cover.  There is also some minor edits that I have to work on with the other author, and then Robin has to do her alpha read. 

Is it possible it'll drop in 2025? Maybe - but 2026 is more likely. I would like to have at least half of book #2 written before the first book drops so my co-author doesn't feel deadline pressure. Right now this announcement (and a placeholder Goodreads page) is all that exists publicly.  But if you hit the "Want to Read" button on the Goodreads page, you'll be notified when it goes live. And, of course,  you can sign up for our newsletter , where we'll announce it's Kickstarter and release dates.

I hope you are all as excited as Robin and I are for these six big announcements, and we're happy to be back. P.S. Our inbox is overflowing, so please bear with us while we remedy that situation.

We are still mainly "offline (click for announcement here)," but given the following is time-critical, I've (Robin) have popped up here to post.

For those in the Chattanooga area (or those going to Con Nooga 2025), Michael and I will be in your neck of the woods. 

NOTE: If you DO NOT have badges for the convention, we can arrange to meetup with you outside the venue (just like we did for Dragonsteel Nexus).

Michael will be the literary guest of honor for this event, and I have some panels on the "business side"  of writing, but this will probably be the last convention we'll be attending.  We enjoyed both Worldcon in Scotland and DragonSteel Nexus in Salt Lake City, but the travel was hard on both of us (especially flying since we don't live near any airports), so we don't see any future event attendance.

That said, we will have times when people can visit us at our home in the Shenandoah Valley. We have scheduled meetups there on March 16th,  March 29th, and July 24 - 27. For more information on those events send an email to [email protected] with the subject: SEE YOU IN LURAY in MARCH or SEE YOU IN LURAY IN JULY respectively and we'll provide additional details.

As for this event, here's what you need to know:

06:00 PM - Feb 20 - We will be arriving at the Chattanooga Marriott Downtown
03:00 PM - Feb 21 - Robin will be on the panel: So How Much Will I Make?06:00 PM - Feb 21 - Michael will do a world-building workshop02:00 PM - Feb 22 - Michael will do a writing relatable characters workshop 04:00 PM - Feb 22 - Michael will  do a starting your story workshop05:00 PM - Feb 22 - Robin will be on the panel: Let's Get this Thing Started: Kickstarters12:00 PM - Feb 23 - Michael & Robin will do an Ask Me Anything session09:00 AM - Feb 24 - We will be leaving for our return to VirginiaThere will be a booth for us at W-11 and we'll likely be hanging out there outside of the hours above (except for non-con meetups).  If you have books that need signing, and you won't be at one of the above events, stop by the booth.

Also at the booth we'll have copies of FREE Death of Dulgath hardcovers to giveaway as well as The Jester Comic.  You can also order signed/dedicated copies of other books and we'll ship them for free in the US.

If you won't be at the convention, or just want to have private time (a drink, a talk, lunch, or dinner) then send an email to [email protected] with the subject: SEE YOU IN CHATTANOOGA IN FEBRUARY and we'll coordinate that.
I think that about covers it, but if you have any questions, send us an email.