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News: Reboots Ebook Discount

Mercedes Lackey fans can receive a $2 discount on the new Reboots ebook by visiting the Phoenix Pick Store, choosing the publisher's direct channel, and entering the code DIRREBE for the Epub version or DIRREBM for the MOBI version. These coupons are good through the end of December 2011.



News: Dragon Con 2011

Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon and the Secret World Chronicles cast will all be at Dragon Con in September. Mercedes and Larry will have official signings scheduled (see the con program for times). There will also be an 'unofficial' signing with the Secret World crew in the Dealer's Room at one of the booksellers. Mercedes and Larry have readings scheduled (again, see program for times). They will also be at the Secret World panel Saturday night and a few other panels over teh course of teh weekend.



News: Interview with the Dragon Page

Mercedes Lackey recently was interviewed by the Dragon Page. In the interview she discusses her newest anthology Trio of Sorcery and the Secret World Chronicles. Listen to the interview here.



News: New Blog

Mercedes Lackey now has a new blog in addition to her Twitter and Facebook.



News: Parsec Award Nomination

Have you been listening to The Secret World Chronicle, written by Mercedes Lackey, Dennis Lee, and Cody Martin, and voiced by Veronica Giguere? Did you know that it's been nominated for the Parsec Awards, the top award in scifi/fantasy/horror podcasting that's awarded each year at Dragon*Con? UPDATE: The Secret World Chronicle is among the top five finalists for the Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction Story.

Did you know this is a GREAT WAY to get work by your favorite author on a biweekly basis? Check out The Secret World Chronicle at http://www.secretworldchronicle.com, subscribe to the podcast, and help Mercedes and friends win their first-ever podcasting award!



News: Valdemar D6 Role Playing Game

Final Sword Productions will be working with Mercedes Lackey to produce a D6 tabletop roleplaying game and sourcebooks based on the Valdemar books. More information is available in their press release and FAQ page.


News: City of Heroes Content:

Mercedes Lackey has created a mission as part of the City of Heroes Guest Author promotion for their Mission Architect system. More information in the features section.


News: Web Support:

If you are having a technical issue with this website, you can inform the webmaster by emailing webmaster AT mercedeslackey.com.

Please only use this email address for problems with the website itself. Emails sent to this address DO NOT go to Mercedes Lackey herself, so please do not sent any personal emails, questions or other communications.


News: Concerning Fanfiction:

As you folks already know, my agent, Russel Galen, has in the past been opposed to fanfiction. However, he is also Cory Doctorow's agent now, and Cory is a persuasive little gnome.

As a result of this, I am happy to announce that we are officially permitting fanfiction to be licensed as derivative fiction under the Creative Commons umbrella.

What this means is: NO, you cannot make money on it. NO, you cannot self-publish a fanfiction novel of Valdemar (or any of my other stuff) and try and sell it on Amazon. And NO, I still am not going to read it, because I am already so far behind on my research reading I barely have time to read that.

But YES, you may write and post away, folks, so long as you license it as derivative and under Creative Commons. If it is anything other than PG-13, please take all the proper precautions to stick it somewhere that innocent souls won't be corrupted. Do not scare the children or the horses. Have fun!


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