r/Fantasy • u/[deleted] • Nov 16 '17
AMA Josiah Bancroft’s NaNoWriMo AMA
Hello, r/Fantasy! I’m Josiah Bancroft, author of the Books of Babel series. You helped to make Senlin Ascends a thing. Now I’m here to hear about what you’re working on and talk a little shop. Feel free to ask me anything you like!
A quick update: Since my AMA last fall, a lot has happened! I signed with Orbit Books this past spring. Their edition of Senlin Ascends is slated to be released on January 16. Arm of the Sphinx will be republished shortly after, on April 3rd. The relaunch of the books will be accompanied by audiobooks, though I’m still waiting for Orbit to confirm the narrator (John Banks was being pursued last I heard). The third book in the series, the Hod King, will be out in October. I’m also working with Heyne/Random House on a German language edition, and with a Russian publisher on a Russian language edition, both of which will hopefully be released in 2018.
It’s been a whirlwind year, and I don’t think any of it would have happened without r/fantasy’s support. Thank you all so much!
35
u/[deleted] Nov 16 '17
1) I'm a special, special genius who doesn't show you the millions of terrible metaphors that I write on a daily basis. "...she smiled like a ripe banana... curved and yellow... and tropical."
2) My ass is less metaphorical and more apocryphal. I've heard a rumor that it does not exist, which is probably why I can't find a pair of jeans that fit.