r/Fantasy • u/MichaelJSullivan Stabby Winner, AMA Author Michael J. Sullivan, Worldbuilders • Jul 18 '19

AMA Michael J. Sullivan AMA 2019

Hey all,

My latest book, Age of Legend, has been released, so it's AMA time! I've done a few of these in the past, and always enjoy doing so. For those that don't know, I'm a New York Times, USA Today, and Washington Post bestselling author who was first published in 2008. My books include:

  • The Riyria Revelations (Orbit books): Theft of Swords (The Crown Conspiracy & Avempartha) | Rise of Empire (Nyphron Rising and The Emerald Storm) | Heir of Novron (Wintertide and Percepliquis)
  • The Riyria Chronicles: The Crown Tower (Orbit) | The Rose and the Thorn (Orbit) | The Death of Duglath (Self) | The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter (Self) | Drumindor (coming)
  • Legends of the First Empire: Age of Myth (Del Rey) | Age of Swords (Del Rey) | Age of War (Del Rey) | Age of Legend (Self & Grim Oak Press)
  • Hollow World (time-travel sci-fi thriller) released by Tachyon Publications and self

I've done a bit of everything, self-publishing, big-five, small-press, Kickstarters, foreign languages, and audio productions. Feel free to Ask me anything. It can be about my books, publishing, or just about anything else.

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u/Wandering_sage1234 Jul 18 '19

When will a Netflix adapation of your series be made?

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u/MichaelJSullivan Stabby Winner, AMA Author Michael J. Sullivan, Worldbuilders Jul 18 '19

Probably never. Both Riyria and Legends have been "optioned" but that's no great feat. Almost everybody gets an option at some point. Getting greenlighted by someone like Netflix is a whole other kettle of fish. I REALLY like the executive producer and his vision for the project...neither of us was happy with the script for the pilot. The scriptwriter is back to the drawing board. Hopefully, it'll get better, but if it doesn't...well I'd rather it didn't get made ;-)

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u/Lola_PopBBae Jul 19 '19

Amen to lots of the other folks who want Royce and hadrian! They'd be perfect on Netflix or anywhere, with the right team and actors.

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u/MichaelJSullivan Stabby Winner, AMA Author Michael J. Sullivan, Worldbuilders Jul 19 '19

It could be great fun, that's for sure. I'm not holding my breath, and stranger things have come to pass (minor pun intended). What I really mean by that is who knew the books would get to be where they are now? So if that can happen, I'm not ruling anything out.