Special Announcement for Peter S. Beagle Fans

If you love Peter S. Beagle, author of The Last Unicorn and many other wonderful fantasy stories, check out the article my lady wrote about her meeting and interview with him at this year's Dragon*Con, which appears in the latest issue of Jake Magazine . You'll also find one of his wonderful tales, The Fable of the Moths there. If you don't live in the Indianapolis area and want to order a free print copy of Jake, visit the Jake blog for more details.

If you're one of the first 2,000 people to purchase one of the new The Last Unicorn audio books, read by the author himself, from Conlan Press , you can receive a free autographed copy of Two Hearts, the follow-up story to The Last Unicorn. The story is also featured in the October/November edition of Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine, which is available for $4.99 in most U.S. bookstores. If you haven't read anything by Peter, my lady strongly encourages you to check him out. I like him because of the wonderful cat characters who appear in his stories. Of course, I'm biased. (purr)

You know what really pulls my tail? Well, you would think that a classic fantasy novelist like Peter, one who has touched millions of lives over the years with his magical stories, would be living comfortably. Well, that's just not the case. I recently learned that he has not received the money he deserves for The Last Unicorn animated movie, which is based on his book and for which he wrote the screenplay. There has been talk of a live action movie as well but, since he doesn't own the movie rights to the story, the project is in limbo. I sincerely hope that the movie isn't made until Peter gets back his rights to it. It would be a tragedy to see this wonderful story in the hands of anyone else. He also didn't receive the money he deserved for writing the screenplay for the animated version of The Lord of the Rings. But, with the help of his business manager, Connor Cochran of Conlan Press, he's fighting to get back what is rightfully his.

It's a shame that Peter has been treated like this. He deserves much better. I encourage everyone out there who loves his stories to join the letter-writing campaign, buy his books from Conlan Press instead of the local bookstore and spread the word. Peter has brought magic to millions over the years; it's time he had a little magic of his own.

To learn more, and find out how you can help, visit Conlan Press. If you're still wondering, "who is this guy and why should I help?" just watch these videos that Meg (a/k/a dead_duck_soup in Live Journal) filmed during Dragon*Con. You'll see and hear Peter singing a song from one of his novels and reading a book excerpt, as well as Connor explaining the problems they've had with getting the live action movie made. (The videos are near the bottom of the page, so scroll down until you find them.)