Dragaera

Sethra Lavode vs. Enchantress of Dzur Mountain

Wed Aug 14 11:29:53 PDT 2002

At 09:26 AM 8/14/2002 -0400, Casey Rousseau wrote:
>Steven Brust wrote:
> > Patrick suggested the change.  He's an editor, and someone in whose
> > judgment I have a *lot* of faith.
>
>You gotta go with it I guess, but do you have any proofs of a cover
>with the working title?  I'd love to have one.
>

No, it hasn't gotten that far yet.

> > I agree--those who have been reading all of my books for twenty
> > years will not have a problem.  New readers might.  And sales staff
> > will, and that will have an effect on how hard they push it.  Not a
> > deliberate effect, but... "We also have the Enchantress of GH, DH,
> > DZ...uh...a new Robert Jorden book."
>
>I can't remember the last time I asked a sales clerk for advice on
>what to buy, but I can see the point.

No, no, no.  I don't mean the sales staff that sells you a book at your 
local bookstore, I mean the sales staff that sells several boxes to the 
jobbers, or a truckload to the chains.


>   OTOH, eventually there should
>be a _Dzur_, right?  What are they going to do with that?

I don't know.  I'll burn that bridge behind me when I come to it.

>   What did
>they do with _Dzurlord_?

It never existed.  I'm in denial about that one.




>When will _The Paths of the Dead_ hit store shelves?

November, I believe.