![]() If I started in on writing and so forth, I’d have to admit that when I wrote this interminable tome, I really had no idea what I was doing-and still don’t. If I tried to address all those questions, I’d be stuck with the answers. Here was the chance to answer all the questions people have asked over the years to comment on my writing in general and this book in particular to acknowledge friends and relatives previously unmentioned. When my editor, Sheila Gilbert, mentioned that this printing of Dragon Prince was an opportunity to write a preface, I thought for quite a while about what I might say in it. ![]() ![]() Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage the electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. The scanning, uploading and distribution of this book via the Internet or via any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal, and punishable by law. All resemblance to persons living or dead is coincidental. (With Jennifer Roberson and Kate Elliott)Īll characters and events in this book are fictitious. ![]() DAW Books Presents the Finest in Fantasy by MELANIE RAWN ![]()
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