Ever since I began the C.L. Wilson book launch countdowns and started giving away art, mugs, shirts, and more to help celebrate the release of my novels, I’ve had readers asking where they could purchase the Fading Lands merchandise I was giving away during the countdowns. Well, at long last, after years of false starts, delays and technical difficulties, I am thrilled beyond words to announce the grand opening of my online store, Tairen’s Lair.

The Tairen’s Lair is the online site for official C.L. Wilson merchandise, featuring art, gifts, t-shirts and more based on scenes and characters from the Fading Lands novels. The Lair is the culimination of a joint effort between me and my dear friend, artist Heather Carr, who has literally plucked my vision of the tairen straight from my head (and the pages of my novels) and brought them to life both in full color oil paintings and delightful pencil sketches.

Follow any of the links in this post to pop in and look around our store. Or, from my clwilson.com site, just click The Store menu and follow the links. In addition to Fading Lands merchandise, the Lair also showcases a selection of Heather’s other original fantasy art. We hope to add more new products and more fabulous fantasy artists in the coming months, so keep checking back.

To celebrate our grand opening, from now until December 31, 2012, all orders over $50 will automatically recieve a 10% discount at checkout.

You can also visit Heather and I in person each year at the Tairen’s Lair booth we host at Atlanta’s premier fantasy & science fiction convention, DragonCon.

As always, miora felah and beylah vo for being a friend of the Fey!

I’m so thrilled to announce the launch of my new, updated author website!

Thanks to the talents of friend, fellow author, and web designer extraordinaire, Lisa Paitz Spindler, I have a gorgeous new home on the web! The URL is the same, www.clwilson.com, but the site’s had a major overhaul and a truly professional beautification. I hope you pop in to check out my new digs.

What’s new and different beside the look:

• A map of Eloran
• A reader’s resources area
• A bookseller’s resources area
• One-click links to my twitter, Facebook, myspace and goodreads accounts
• A new and improved News and Events section
• A website search feature to make information on my site as easy to locate as possible

For me, administratively, the new site allows me greater control over content, so I’ll be able to update information much more quickly.

And I’m not done yet! I’ve got several new exciting additions to the website in the works, including a Members Only section that will be chock-full of great info, so do check back.

As always, beylah vo! And thank you for your continued support.

I've just received word from the wonderful ladies at The Romance Reviews (TRR) that Crown of Crystal Flame has been nominated by TRR reviewers for Best in Fantasy Romance for 2010.

Although TRR's reviewers selected the nominees, readers will vote to choose the winner.

You can browse all the nominees in all categories and vote for your favorites here: http://www.theromancereviews.com/bookvote.php.

Only one winner will be chosen in each category.  Winners in all categories will be entered into a drawing for one of several TRR advertising packages. 

Voting will end on March 31. Winners will be announced on April 2.

So please, take a moment to visit The Romance Reviews, check out this year's nominees and vote for your favorite reads of 2010!

It's incredible, but it's true!

On its debut week, my debut novel, Lord of the Fading Lands hit the USA Today list of the top 150 best selling books in America. It debuted at #127.

Thank you! Thank you everyone who has supported this book and everyone who went out to buy Lord on its first week in the stores. You are my heroes!