Bookplates Are Back! One Available Now For Mask Of Silver
Back when I started writing for novels, some folks wanted signed books. Only I was nowhere near where they were and shipping books back and forth was very expensive. So like all good writers, I borrowed a creative idea from another. I once had the joy of meeting James Gurney, the artist behind the Dinotopia series. Loved his books but it hadn't even occurred to me to lug my copies to the convention where we met. "No problem," said the affable Mr. Gurney when I mentioned this. He whipped out a bookplate (a sticker to place inside the books) that was printed up to his design. So my Dinotopia contains a signed "passport" to travel wherever I want in his imaginary land. While I have several signed books in my collection, including a goblin sketch by the one and only Brian Froud, I must admit that the Dinotopia bookplate ranks very high as a favorite. So I started making bookplates for my titles. My first, for Crypt of the Moaning Diamond , promised that no small