Hey, book lovers and bookstore owners! Tomorrow kicks off the 2016 edition of Book Expo America (and the accompanying one-day BookCon), making a return for the first time in years to Chicago, Illinois. If you’re attending this four-day book-publishing lovefest, be sure to stop by the Independent Book Publishers Association cooperative booth area and check out SWC’s popular how-to reference book for fantasy authors: Terra Incognito: A Guide to Building the Worlds of Your Imagination!
In Terra Incognito: A Guide to Building the Worlds of Your Imagination, bestselling author Richard C. White (Gauntlet: Dark Legacy: Paths of Evil, Star Trek: Echoes of Coventry) takes fantasy writers and gamers through the step-by-step process of constructing a world for their characters, from societies and governments to currency and religion. Included is an interview with New York Times bestselling author Tracy Hickman (Dragonlance) that discusses his methods of world building, as well as his creative experiences during his time as a designer for gaming company TSR, the original home of Dungeons & Dragons.
Terra Incognito was not just the hottest #1 title when it made its debut last October at RPGNow’s sister site, DriveThru Fiction, but it then held the #1 position for weeks as DTF’s hottest title for nonfiction books and writers’ reference guides! And critics enjoyed it, too:
“I think Terra Incognito is a solid introduction to the subject of world building. The book succeeds in helping the aspiring writer in creating a skeletal framework for which to hang the moving parts required of a believable fictional setting.”—The Gaming Gang
You can place an order for Terra Incognito for your bookstore simply by speaking with one of IBPA’s representatives, and they’ll pass along your information to us, so we can get that order filled ASAP.
Thanks in advance for showing some attention to The ’Warp’s latest BEA entry, and enjoy the show!
