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The Misenchanted Page is the personal website of author Lawrence Watt-Evans. It consists of two domains (watt-evans.com and ethshar.com) and assorted appendages, totaling well over 500 HTML files -- but that's counting pop-ups and redirects. (All pop-ups require user action, I don't use involuntary ones.) The site contains no paid advertising, and is entirely the property and creation of Lawrence Watt-Evans, who has been accumulating stuff here since 1995. All content is the author's responsibility, and copyrighted. All rights reserved.

As of November 23, 2007, here's what I have:

• The Front Door: The starting point, with a summary of current news about the author's work, plugs for recent and upcoming books, and a few links to get you started. This should be everyone's first stop.

• Main site: The core from which one can theoretically find one's way to anything on the site -- though in practice that might take some doing. Focuses on my work as a writer, since after all, I assume that's what most visitors are interested in.

• Talk to Me: Ways & means for communicating with me.
  • Discussions & Discursions: My SFF Net newsgroup/forum
  • The Mind Control Lasers Lied to Me: My general-purpose blog. I even have a list of entries here to help you find the interesting stuff.
  • The Vondish Ambassador: A blog to report on the progress of online serials. The name will probably change soon.
  • Luncheon Ex Machina: My LiveJournal
  • The Misenchanted Guestbook: My SFF Net guestbook (with Archives One, Two, Three, and Four.)
  • How to Contact Me: Addresses & such
  • Convention Calendar: Events I'll be attending in the next year or so.
  • E-mail me!

• Me and Mine: About me, my family, and stuff I'm interested in that has nothing to do with writing.
  • About the Author
  • Personal Details
  • Family
    • Julie (wife)
    • Kiri (daughter)
    • Julian (son)
    • My sister Ruth's wedding to Charles Worsley
  • Pets
    • Chanel (cat)
    • Billy-Bob (snake)
    • Spot (lizard)
  • Toys
    • Super Medic
    • Mr. Crabbie
  • Travel
  • Other interests
    • Baseball
    • The Olde Towne Tavern and Brewing Co.
    • Deathrealm

• Frequently Asked Questions About...
  • The Misenchanted Page
  • the Watt-Evans name
  • Comic Books
  • Getting Published
  • Writing
  • Agents
  • Ethshar

• What's Coming:
  • Latest News: Brief highlights of whatever is happening with my work, my family, or me. Most of this text also appears on The Front Door.
  • Upcoming Books: Information about books that are complete and scheduled for publication.
  • Works in Progress: Books that Are in various stages of production, from "I just started writing this" or "I've just signed a contract for this" to "This will be published soon and may also be listed on Upcoming Books.
  • Future Projects: Things I'm hoping to write eventually. I may have started them, or they may just be vague ideas I want to pursue someday.

• Bibliographies: Note that I do not presently have a complete, all-in-one bibliography online.
  • Books by Series (A directory, not actually a bibliography)
  • Books by Date of Publication
  • Books Alphabetically by Title
  • Short Stories
  • Articles
  • Poetry, Comic Books, Story Treatments, Etc.
  • Foreign Publications
  • Other Stuff (A directory, not actually a bibliography)

  Sorted by Genre:

  • Fantasy Bibliography
  • Science Fiction Bibliography
  • Horror Bibliography
  • Color-coded Bibliography

• Novels:
  • Categories & Series: Each page includes some basic material about the series and links to pages about the individual volumes
    • The Lords of Dus: Four novels, also available as an omnibus, with a cover pop-up of the omnibus.
    • War Surplus: Two novels
    • Worlds of Shadow, also known as the Three Worlds trilogy: Three novels, also available as an omnibus, with a cover pop-up of the omnibus.
    • The Obsidian Chronicles: Three novels
    • Annals of the Chosen: Three novels
    • Ethshar: Ten novels so far
    • Fantasy Novels: Three non-series novels
    • Horror Novels: One non-series novel
    • Science Fiction Novels: Five non-series novels
  • More About Novels
  • My Publishers
  • My Cover Artists: Pop-ups about a few of them
    • Darrell Sweet pop-up
    • Michael Herring pop-up
    • Laurence Schwinger pop-up
    • Ron Walotsky pop-up
  • Individual novels: Pages generally each include a publishing history, a cover image, an excerpt from the book, and some information about how and why I wrote it:
    • The Lure of the Basilisk: First volume of The Lords of Dus; links to a review and a cover pop-up.
    • The Seven Altars of Dusarra: Second volume of The Lords of Dus; links to a cover pop-up
    • The Sword of Bheleu: Third volume of The Lords of Dus; links to a cover pop-up
    • The Book of Silence: Fourth volume of The Lords of Dus; links to a cover pop-up
    • The Cyborg and the Sorcerers: First volume of War Surplus
    • The Wizard and the War Machine: Second volume of War Surplus
    • Out of This World: First volume of Worlds of Shadow
    • In the Empire of Shadow: Second volume of Worlds of Shadow
    • The Reign of the Brown Magician: Third and final volume of Worlds of Shadow
    • Dragon Weather: First volume of The Obsidian Chronicles
    • The Dragon Society: Second volume of The Obsidian Chronicles; links to two cover pop-ups, hardcover and paperback.
    • Dragon Venom: Third and final volume of The Obsidian Chronicles; links to two cover pop-ups, hardcover and paperback.
    • The Wizard Lord: First volume of Annals of the Chosen; links to a cover pop-up
    • The Ninth Talisman: Second volume of Annals of the Chosen; links to a cover pop-up
    • The Summer Palace: Third and final volume of Annals of the Chosen
    • The Chromosomal Code: SF novel
    • Denner's Wreck: SF novel, links to a cover pop-up
    • The Nightmare People: Horror novel
    • Nightside City: SF novel
    • The Rebirth of Wonder: Short fantasy novel
    • Shining Steel: SF novel
    • The Spartacus File: SF novel, collaboration with Carl Parlagreco
    • Split Heirs: Humorous fantasy novel, collaboration with Esther Friesner
    • Touched by the Gods: Fantasy novel, links to notes on the story's background and how I came to write it.

Short fiction: The main list of individual stories is over there on the left. Alas, most of those links go only to placeholders.

• Collections:
  • Crosstime Traffic
  • Celestial Debris
• Anthologies:
  • Newer York, edited by Lawrence Watt-Evans. Includes the story "Watching New York Melt," written in collaboration with Julie Evans.
  • Graven Images, edited by Nancy Kilpatrick and Thomas S. Roche. Includes the story "Heart of Stone"
  • Olympus, edited by Bruce Arthurs. Includes the story "In re: Nephelegeretes"
  • Psychos, edited by Robert Bloch. Includes the story "Grandpa's Head"
  • Far Frontiers, edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff. Includes the story "The Last Bastion"
• Short stories: Basically a placeholder at present, but this is eventually supposed to be a directory/central point for everything about short fiction.
• A note for readers of "The Final Folly of Captain Dancy": What the Parrot was For

• Misenchanted Tales: My online library, supported by reader donations. Complete short stories available free.
  • About "Misenchanted Tales": An explanation of how it's supposed to work.
• Stories by Lawrence Watt-Evans:
  • George Pinkerton and the Bloodsucking Fiend of Brokentree Swamp
  • The Note Beside the Body
  • Sirinita's Dragon
• Stories by other authors
  • Clash of Titans (A New York Romance) by Kurt Busiek
  • Howard, the Tenth Reindeer by Jeff Strand
  • Martin by Bud Webster

Legends of Ethshar:

• The World of Ethshar
• An introduction to Ethshar
• Ethshar Novels:
  • Planned novels
  • Published novels:
    • The Misenchanted Sword: Links to a cover pop-up
    • With A Single Spell: Links to a cover pop-up
    • The Unwilling Warlord: Links to a cover pop-up, an outtake, and an explanation of the cover.
    • The Blood of A Dragon: Links to a cover pop-up
    • Taking Flight: Links to a cover pop-up
    • The Spell of the Black Dagger
    • Night of Madness: Links to cover pop-ups for the hardcover and the paperback
    • Ithanalin's Restoration: Links to a cover pop-up
    • The Spriggan Mirror: Links to a cover pop-up, the site of the original serial, and unused cover designs.
    • The Vondish Ambassador: Links to the serial version. (I am not providing links to all the chapters here; you'll need to click through for those.)
    • Appurtenances to the series of The Spriggan Mirror and The Vondish Ambassador:
      • footnote to The Spriggan Mirror
      • footnote to The Vondish Ambassador
      • Chapter comparison, The Spriggan Mirror
      • Advertising graphics for serials
• Short Ethshar Stories
  • "Portrait of a Hero"
  • "The Guardswoman"
  • "Sirinita's Dragon" (available online )
  • "The Bloodstone"
  • "Night Flight"
  • "Weaving Spells"
  • "Ingredients"
  • "The God in Red"
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Crossword puzzle

• Bookselling
  • Books for Sale
  • International Booksellers

Non-fiction:

• A guide to my several Smart Pop essays
• Miscellaneous articles by Lawrence Watt-Evans
  • "My Haunted Home"
  • "Dr. Wertham, EC Comics, and My Misspent Youth: In Search of the Unholy Grail"
  • "The Other Guys"
  • "I Just Wanted to Say..." (About fan mail)
  • "Why I Don't Write Science Fiction Novels Anymore"
  • My Philosophy of Web Design
• Articles about Science Fiction Conventions:
  • What Are Science Fiction Conventions Like?
  • Pros & Cons: Panel Discussions
• Writing advice by Lawrence Watt-Evans
  • The Rules of Writing
  • The Second Draft
  • Watt-Evans' Laws of Fantasy
  • Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
  • Playing God: Deus ex Machina and Writing Fantasy
  • Research: "What are You Doing with that Broom?"
  • Scientific Magic: What's the Difference Between Science Fiction & Fantasy?
  • On Infinite Possibilities: Writing Alternate History
  • "So You Want to Be A Writer" Home
    • "So You Want to Be A Writer" Part 1
    • "So You Want to Be A Writer" Part 2
    • "So You Want to Be A Writer" Part 3
    • "So You Want to Be A Writer" Part 4
    • "So You Want to Be A Writer" Part 5
    • "So You Want to Be A Writer" Part 6
    • "So You Want to Be A Writer" Part 7
    • "So You Want to Be A Writer" Part 8
    • "So You Want to Be A Writer" Part 9
  • Frequently Asked Questions About Getting Published
  • Frequently Asked Questions About Writing
  • Frequently Asked Questions About Agents

E-Books

• My E-Books
• What the Heck is An E-Book? An Explanation
• E-Book Publishers: Past & Present
  • Alexandria Digital Literature
  • Mind's Eye Fiction
  • Fictionwise

• Deathrealm: A horror magazine of which I was once part-owner.
  • Deathrealm #23 (Spring 1995)
  • Deathrealm #24 (Summer 1995)
  • Deathrealm #25 (Autumn 1995)
  • Deathrealm #26 (Winter 1995/1996)
  • Deathrealm #27 (Spring 1996)
  • Deathrealm #28 (Summer 1996)
  • Deathrealm #29 (Autumn 1996)
  • Deathrealm #30 (Winter 1996/1997)
  • Deathrealm #31 (Final issue)
  • The First Annual Deathrealm Awards
  • The Second Annual Deathrealm Awards
  • Announcement regarding the future of Deathrealm.

• Trip Reports:
  • California vacation, 1996: Worldcon, Disneyland, etc.
  • Kentucky Vacation, 1997
    • Part 1
      • Road Games
        • The Annoying Vehicles Game
        • "I Have A Question"
        • Handshark
      • About Ale 8 One
      • Pop-up: Arby's: Death by Cholesterol
      • Pop-up: Possibly the World's Least Successful Chinese Restaurant
    • Part 2
  • Small Press Expo
    • Small Press Expo '97
    • Small Press Expo '98
    • Small Press Expo '99
    • Shorecon 1997
  • 1998 Cruise
    • Planning and Departure.
    • Three days in Cancun.
      • More of Las Ruinas del Rey.
    • Cozumel.
    • Across the Gulf of Mexico.
    • Key West.
    • Great Stirrup Cay
    • Port Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center.
    • Charleston, Alexandria, and home.
  • China Photos 2006
    • Part 1.
    • Part 2.
    • Part 3.
    • Part 4.
    • Part 5.
    • Part 6.
    • Part 7.
    • Part 8.

Stuff that Doesn't Go In Any Particular Category:

• Directory: A previous attempt at a directory to the entire site. Long out of date.
• Links Page: Every website should have one.
• "What's New" Archive: For more than four years I had a page announcing additions to the Misenchanted Page; I archived those announcements. Here's the archive.
• Doodle Gallery: Some of Kiri's drawings
• Investments: Some of the things we've put money into. Grotesquely out of date.
• Meaning of "antepenultimate": It's a pop-up footnote, but I forget what it's a footnote to.
• Relics: Leftover bits of previous versions of the Misenchanted Page
  • No-Frills News, September 2000
  • No-Frills Explanation
• The Enchanter Completed cover pop-up
• Alternate versions of pages about novels:
  • The Nightmare People
  • Shining Steel
• The April Fool "hijacking": A few years back I set this up at the front page. You can run through the whole gag by clicking on Start, or look at any of the individual pieces.
  • Start
  • Hijack
  • Cyberspace Police: Arrival
  • Hijackers Fight Back
  • The New Economy Revolutionary Front
  • Cyberspace Police: Situation Under Control
  • Cyberspace Police: Move Along
  • Finish

Blog Entries

• A list of entries on The Mind Control Lasers Lied to Me: (The first several were originally on an earlier blog called "Strange Days")
  • July 14, 2001
  • July 21, 2001
  • July 25, 2001
  • July 30, 2001
  • August 9, 2001: Useless Things I Wonder About, #13,287
  • August 28, 2001: Across America
  • Friday, November 9, 2001
  • Friday, December 28, 2001: I Want the Fat Guy in the Cheap Suit Back
  • Saturday, January 19, 2002: Why I Hate Autograph Collectors
  • Monday, January 21, 2002: There Are Two Kinds of Weblogs
  • Wednesday, February 6, 2002: Stop Alien Abductions
  • Saturday, February 9, 2002: Harriet Carter
  • Tuesday, February 12, 2002: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Robots
  • Tuesday, March 5, 2002: The Longer Day
  • Wednesday, August 7, 2002: My Wife is Psychic
  • Monday, March 31, 2003: A Statement of Lack of Principles
  • Sunday, August 10, 2003: A Really Bad Day
  • Thursday, December 2, 2004: I'm in Love with My Car
  • Thursday, January 13, 2005: Writing Advice
  • Tuesday, November 8, 2005: Comments?
  • Kicking the Tires
  • Beer Log, March 2005
  • The Rest of the Story
  • Where Is Everybody?
  • Girl Cooties
  • Everything Old is New Again
  • Why I Haven't Been Posting
  • Announcing Helix
  • The Misenchanted Guestblook
  • More About the Guestblook
  • More Guestblook
  • Yet More Guestblook
  • Theoretically, We Now Have Dates
  • Forward into the Future!
  • Oops, I Did It Again... (The Vondish Ambassador begins)
  • Helix Returns
  • Goodbye to All That (resignation from SFWA)
  • A Minor Correction Regarding Helix
  • It's quiet...too quiet!
  • Helix: Third Issue is Up!
  • A guest post from Peg Robinson
  • Just Breathe
  • Helix: Our First Year is Complete
  • In A New York Minute
  • Announcing the 2007 SF Limerick Contest
  • Helix enters its second year
  • It's the Little Things
  • There's something out there...
  • Helix Redux
  • Asking for Trouble
  • The Fall of the Sorcerers: Mareet Saruis
  • The Dragon's Price
  • Sorcerer's Bane

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