It is part of the , series and is a EBook retailers are offering From the Two Rivers for 99 cents at the moment on Kindle, Nook, and iPad). There is a bonus in purchasing The Eye of the World in two parts: there are illustrations in both books and the added “Ravens” prologue in From the Two Rivers while To the Blight also offers a bigger glossary. Although, unless your eReader displays in color, I don’t see much point in eBook illustrations… The reason for splitting the first two books in the WoT series in half is to entice those readers who are intimidated by the heft of the original books. This truly must be a psychological thing as, if the reader becomes enthralled, s/he’ll still have to read the whole thing… Y’all know how obsessed I am with chronology, so I’ll just mention that WoT begins with a prequel, New Spring, which brings Lan and Moraine together. The actual series begins with The Eye of the World which the publishers have split into two eBooks: From the Two Rivers and To the Blight. Second in the series is The Great Hunt which was split into The Hunt Begins […]

Over at Heroes and Heartbreakers, they’ve posted a blog by Sarah Anderson on what terms are used, hated, abused, or just downright turn you off when it comes to referring to the vagina [no longer available from Heroes and Heartbreakers as of 21 Apr 2018]. You might like to check out Sarah Anderson’s post on “A Penis by Any Other Name…” [no longer available from Heroes and Heartbreakers as of 21 Apr 2018] as well. You writers who are working on your own sex scenes, might want to take a look…at the least you’ll laugh your ass off!