{"id":515,"date":"2013-04-14T10:59:33","date_gmt":"2013-04-14T16:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drewkarpyshyn.com\/c\/?p=515"},"modified":"2013-04-14T10:59:33","modified_gmt":"2013-04-14T16:59:33","slug":"april-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/drewkarpyshyn.com\/c\/?p=515","title":{"rendered":"April 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

Next update April 28<\/em><\/p>\n

Life is good!<\/p>\n

It’s Masters weekend; the NBA playoffs are only a few days away (go, Spurs, go!) and I just got back from a Vegas trip where I actually made money! But, more importantly, it’s time for another blog update!<\/p>\n

I was going to talk about my writing process this update: seems appropriate since I’m deep in the middle of writing The Scorched Earth, the second book in my Chaos Born trilogy. But I think I’ll save that for next time, because there’s lots of cool stuff I want to talk about this week.<\/p>\n

The big news –\u00a0the cover for Children of Fire<\/a> has finally been revealed! Click on the link and you’ll not only see the artwork, but you’ll have a sneak preview of one of the chapters from the book. (For those who don’t know, Children of Fire is\u00a0book one of my original fantasy trilogy, The Chaos Born.)<\/p>\n

The flame-wielding fellow in the cover art is a wizard named Rexol – the most powerful Chaos mage in the Southlands. Rexol isn’t one of the eponymous Children of Fire, but he plays a pretty important role in the story. However,\u00a0if you’re thinking he’s going to be the wise and\u00a0kindly mentor who gently guides his apprentices towards a better understanding of magic and themselves, think again. That’s not his style. He’s arrogant, defiant, confrontational and\u00a0selfish. Controlling Chaos is a dangerous business, and Rexol\u00a0isn’t out there to make friends. People who get in his way… well, most of them aren’t around anymore.<\/p>\n

The excerpt actually gives you a nice glimpse into his character, as well as highlighting some of the political tension that exists between a mage like Rexol and the Order, a group of fanatical monks dedicated to controlling and containing Chaos magic in the mortal realm. Read the official publisher’s jacket blurb <\/a>if you want to know more about the story.<\/p>\n

But the release of the cover isn’t the only thing that’s been going on. Over at Kotaku – one of the major video game news sites – they’ve been doing a Mass Effect retrospective<\/a> all week. Lots of articles about the games, some good and some bad. However,\u00a0there are two in particular that focus on me and some interviews I did. The first talks about my experiences with the original ME<\/a>, the second has me talking about the potential pitfalls of a Mass Effect movie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So, there it is. Hope you like the Children of Fire cover and the excerpt, and I hope you enjoy the Kotaku interviews. I’ll be back in a couple weeks to talk about how I take a novel from initial idea to finished product.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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