He said the book-signing tour will run through November 22nd. He’ll spend two days fishing in Canada, and then return home to Charleston for Thanksgiving. (He said he finds being on tour exhausting, and always spends the following several days doing nothing at all.) After Thanksgiving, he’ll start in on the next volume.
Someone mentioned the Internet-based rumors about him suffering from heart attacks / other forms of poor health. I couldn’t tell from his expression whether RJ was amused or annoyed: Probably both equally. He replied that he’s in good health with a resting heart rate of 71 beats per minute and good cholesterol.
He told quite a few people that the series would be requiring a minimum of three more volumes, perhaps more—and pointed out that he’d had to find time to work on “New Spring” and the Guide, in addition to The Path of Daggers . He also pointed out that, so far, the books have always been published within a month of completion, which he called “instantaneous for the publishing world”. He stressed that he wants to reach the end (the final scene that he worked out 15 years ago), and would like to be “as compact as possible”. (He said “Don’t laugh.”)
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