FIRST ENCOUNTER New Book bi KJA

KJA · Post by **KJA** » 22 Jun 2008 11:17

I just wanted to share with our Dune community that I am just finishing the final polishes on the manuscript for Batman/Superman: FIRST ENCOUNTER, which is due out in fall 2009.

Illogical Banana · Post by **Illogical Banana** » 22 Jun 2008 21:32

Are you still giving your books away for free since no one will buy them?

BH · Post by BH » 22 Jun 2008 21:48

I forget. Is my name going to be on the cover of this one two? That'would be cool if I could get another publishment credit.

KJA · Post by **KJA** » 22 Jun 2008 23:35

Illogical Banana wrote:Are you still giving your books away for free since no one will buy them?

I give books away to help preserve and spread the Herbert legacy. If you would like to contribute to our efforts please forward your mailing address and I will send you a free copy of any of the dozens of novels I have written.

chanilover · Post by **chanilover** » 23 Jun 2008 03:53

Hey, Comb-Over, you typed new book BI KJA. I just thought you were a closet case, I didn't realise you were bi.

orald · Post by **orald** » 23 Jun 2008 04:32

chanilover wrote:I just thought you were a closet case, I didn't realise you were bi.

They let anyone into the club nowdays...

KJA · Post by **KJA** » 23 Jun 2008 05:04

chanilover wrote:Hey, Comb-Over, you typed new book BI KJA. I just thought you were a closet case, I didn't realise you were bi.

No, no, no! How many times do I have to repeat myself.

I read into the recorder then my typist transcribes then Uncle Mike posts on the web.

orald · Post by **orald** » 23 Jun 2008 14:22

I bet they did it on purpose to humiliate you for that thing you made them do and film the other night.
You should fire both.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 23 Jun 2008 18:26

Uncle Mike should definitely get the axe.

(Byron, this stuff really isn't that hard. I basically taught myself. You're not stupid, you can do it. Kick the Andersons out.)

Robspierre · Post by **Robspierre** » 24 Jun 2008 17:05

Hey Kevin mind giving us a preview?

Kevin J. Anderson, bestselling author of the Dune prequels and esteemed judge of the Writers of the Future Contest will join us at the Writers of the Future Forum, tomorrow, Tuesday, June 24, at 6.30 pm Pacific Standard Time.

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- Work Habit
- Characterization in speculative fiction
- Submitting to the Contest
- Building a plot

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Post by **Freakzilla** » 24 Jun 2008 17:08

Holy shit, Batman!

Robspierre · Post by **Robspierre** » 24 Jun 2008 17:11

http://goldenagestories.com/beta/bb/php ... um.php?f=5

Rob

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 24 Jun 2008 21:02

From the "General Questions" thread:

KJA wrote:
Kang wrote:What author(s) were your biggest influences when you started writing? What are some of your favorite authors today?
I loved reading Ray Bradbury when I was in high school, and I really enjoyed Frank Herbert's books -- ALL of them -- so it's quite an honor for me to be working with his son and his notes to do more Dune novels.

today, some of my favorite authors are Larry McMurtry, Martin Cruz Smith, Mario Puzo [*everybody* should read LONESOME DOVE, GORKY PARK, and THE GODFATHER], and in the SF field I like Dan Simmons, Peter Hamilton, alastair Reynolds, Orson Scott Card.

Yes, it's quite an honor to be allowed, no, encouraged to destroy something wonderful with your own paltry additions. I can just imagine.

And, yes, he certainly does like those other authors...they're his best source of ideas!

(This is going to be a goldmine of quotes, I can tell already!)

Robspierre · Post by **Robspierre** » 24 Jun 2008 21:05

I signed up but the fucking admin hasn't approved my account damnit!

Rob

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 24 Jun 2008 21:07

Alas, and this is no joke, I can *write* a novel faster than I can read one. I get about half an hour of relaxation reading in the evenings before I go to bed, and I'm a fairly slow reader. But even that gets swallowed up sometimes: just today I received the 514-page typeset galleys for PAUL OF DUNE to be proofread by the weekend...so guess what I'm going to be doing every waking moment until then.

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:47 am.

Damn...they are dragging their feet on this one, aren't they?

But back to the beginning of the quote: NO SHIT.

(I'm now hearing Kevin sing, "I can whip out an idear, hike it up in the pan ... 'cause I'm a WO-O-O-O-MAN"

er, never mind!)

Dune Nerd · Post by **Dune Nerd** » 24 Jun 2008 21:11

Well, that's kind of like asking "How does a marriage work?" Different people do it different ways. And you really do have to get along with your collaborator because it's VERY tough on the ego. But I've done 29 novels with my wife Rebecca, and we've been married almost 17 years. Brian Herbert and I have done a million and a half words together, and we've gotten in one five-minute fight.

Cause he knows I will beat the afro shine off that head...

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 24 Jun 2008 21:12

Hey, the bastard's online over there as we...er, I, speak...or type.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 24 Jun 2008 21:17

AGAIN WITH THE FUCKING FOOD?!

>>How do you plot? What methods work best for you?

I'm not even sure I can answer that, since I've been doing it for so long. Stories just keep popping around in my head, and I put the pieces together in a way that seems natural to me. It's like taking a bunch of ingredients in a kitchen and making a gourmet dinner. Only this time the Iron Chef challenge is to use plot elements.

Dune Nerd · Post by **Dune Nerd** » 24 Jun 2008 21:18

>>How do you keep plot ideas from seeming cliche?
By reading a lot, watching a lot of TV and movies, so that you are very familiar with what's out there.

Yea we can tell.....

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 24 Jun 2008 21:19

Our Robbo is over there! Yeah!!!!

Expanding on the earlier question,

How important is it in your mind to remain consistent to the established canon of a universe you did not create?

Finally answered:

Immeasurably important. You have to know the other universe inside and out and you have to get everything right -- this is especially true because the fans of those universes (Star Wars, Star Trek, X-Files, Dune, etc.) also know the series inside and out and [because *they* all want to write novels there] they are trying to catch you at any mistake.

So, Kevin thinks we all want to write Dune books and are just jealous of him.

We were right....he IS stupid as well as full of shit.

Robspierre · Post by **Robspierre** » 24 Jun 2008 21:25

Lets see if he responds to any of my questions.....

Rob

Dune Nerd · Post by **Dune Nerd** » 24 Jun 2008 21:26

^^^

Immeasurably important. You have to know the other universe inside and out and you have to get everything right -- this is especially true because the fans of those universes (Star Wars, Star Trek, X-Files, Dune, etc.) also know the series inside and out and [because *they* all want to write novels there] they are trying to catch you at any mistake.

Ummm...wow, he knows what he is supposed to do but sucks so just can't quite achieve it.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 24 Jun 2008 21:28

Sorry, I just edited his reply into my post above.

Note that parenthesis in square brackets!!!

BH · Post by BH » 24 Jun 2008 21:29

Brian Herbert and I have done a million and a half words together, and we've gotten in one five-minute fight.

Oh God! The remedial measures he took on me after that were.....exquisite!

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 24 Jun 2008 21:37

I write because if I didn't write, then my head would explode from all the ideas that keep coming.

EMOTICON ARTISTS TO THE FORE!!!