I started it yesterday morning and am about 50 pages in (out of nearly 600). It's great to be back in The Land again!

That's how Locus does their interviews. Charles N. Brown (Charlie Brown) gets the subject talking and then puts it all together afterward as if it were narrative. It's an interview style I don't see anywhere else, but it effectively takes the interviewer completely out of the picture.

The one and only!

By the way, if you happen to latch onto a copy of today's USA Today, check out page 8D or click on www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2004-0 ... ebar_x.htm

My 15 seconds of fame as we wait to see what Ivan the Terrible has in store for us in SouthEast Texas.

Locus has posted excerpts from the interview online:

www.locusmag.com/2004/Issues/09Donaldson.html

I'll keep an eye out for her...

By the way, I plan to meet up with Mr. Donaldson at the World Fantasy Convention next month. I've promised him a copy of The Road to the Dark Tower--apparently he's a fan of the series.

Thanks for the warm greeting, all. I look forward to hanging out around here as time allows.

Hi, all -- my name is Bev Vincent and I'm new here as a poster, though I browse from time to time. I'm the author of the upcoming The Road to the Dark Tower (details in sig), which is an authorized exploration of Stephen King's Dark Tower series. Out two weeks from today! I started the Covenant seri...