Paul S. Kemp leaves Wizards of the Coast
Posted By Jesse on November 19, 2009
via Paul’s blog @ http://paulskemp.livejournal.com/264405.html
Normally, I would not write anything about this, but I feel obliged to let those of you awaiting the release of Godborn know that I have ended my relationship with Wizards of the Coast. As a result, I will not be writing Godborn and my contribution to the Forgotten Realms will end with The Twilight War. I sincerely apologize to those of you who were awaiting The Cycle of Night.
All that happened here is that Wizards made a decision that they thought was appropriate (and was, in fact, based on perfectly valid reasons), but that decision conflicted with what I thought was appropriate. We tried to resolve matters in good faith, but it just wasn’t to be. It’s unfortunate, but it goes that way sometimes. And that’s all I’ll have to say about it so please don’t ask for further details.
I remain grateful to Wizards for publishing my novels, and in particular have nothing but the highest of praise for my editor, Phil Athans. Honestly, my primary regret here is that I feel like I’ve let a lot of you down. So again, please accept my apologies if you were one of those awaiting Godborn.
-Paul S. Kemp
This The Cycle of Night series was to start next year and undoubtedly Godborn was my most anticipated novel of 2010. I suppose this is part of the problem with publishers and shared fiction in general, now we may never get to read the tale of Vasen Cale…
Damn I was looking forward to this.
I know Paul will continue to churn out great works of fiction but alas I am not a fan of star wars books and that seems to be what he is working on at the moment. I am disappointed in Wotc for not doing whatever it took to keep on one of the best FR novelists.
You can keep up with Paul at his live journal: http://paulskemp.livejournal.com/
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