Tracy Hickman Interview

While not specifically cRPG-related (well, maybe partially to SSI’s classic Dragonlance titles), I thought some of you might be interested in a new two-part interview (here and here) with fantasy author Tracy Hickman that’s surfaced over at Fantasy Flight Games.  Apparently Tracy is working on a new “Embers of Atlantis” novel that’s based on the Fireborn RPG ruleset, and as you might have guessed, that’s the primary subject of the interview:

FFG: What is your favorite part of the Fireborn world?

TH: My favorite part of the Fireborn world is the fusion of the modern, recognizable world with the worlds of classic, epic fantasy. How would vampires integrate into London’s North End? Are there gremlins at Heathrow? Setting these fantastical elements in familiar places has been invigorating.

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FFG: How do you feel your experience writing fantasy novels like your novels set in the Dragonlance world or science fictions novels like The Immortals affected your writing for Embers of Atlantis?

TH: I tell writers in writing seminars that great writers cling to one humbling thought: that they have not yet written their greatest work. Writers must constantly be growing in their craft every book should be a little better than their last. I drew on my experiences with Dragonlance, The Immortals, Annals of Drakis, and The Bronze Canticles trilogy I did with my wife, Laura, and in a sense have felt they are all a prelude to this book.