does anyone know when the third book of the saga will come out??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

The following is from my review of North! Or Be Eaten posted on my personal blog:

This second book is a treat, even better than the first, but I highly recommend reading them in order. You'll better understand why and from what the Igibys are running, and you'll further be prepared to expect the random bits of humor in the story, the personalities of the main characters, and the footnotes on various pages in the book. Speaking of humor... this book is spot on! I love Andrew's wit and feel he's really improved since the last book at incorporating it more neatly into the story. I laughed out loud several times, especially when I read about Podo Helmer "quivering in a boat like a belcher's belly" and Janner Igiby being disturbed by the superfluous punctuation of the "FORK! FACTORY!" as he was about to be imprisoned in it.

My wife and I went to Cincinnati to celebrate our second wedding anniversary. We thoroughly enjoyed the zoo and the bed and breakfast we stayed in, The 1861 Inn. We recommend them both!

On our way home, we mused that perhaps our copy of North! Or Be Eaten would be waiting on us when we got there. When I pulled up, I could see that the mailbox was stuffed even though we were only gone two days. Stuffed inside a white mailing envelope marked "Media Mail" was our long awaited copy of North!

We were semi-surprised / very excited... so excited, in fact, that Christina read the whole book that evening while I worked (or at least tried to) in the recliner nearby. I asked her not to spoil it for me, and we won't spoil it for you either. Expect a couple of reviews from us in a couple of weeks as part of the book's "blog tour."

My wife and I saw Andrew Peterson in concert at Springdale Community Church tonight here in Louisville, KY. It was an awesome, small show in a pretty nice facility. We got to hear some good stories about several songs that (to me at least) really made them come alive. Naturally, Andrew gave a quick plug for his books toward the end of the concert, and I enthusiastically expressed my appreciation before the crowd.

We had a great time, and I got to pick Andrew's brain about writing after the concert. His advice? For him, he used three things to make it to the end of On the Edge:

• Discipline
• Audacity
• Friendly competition

After the first book published, it starts to look more like a job. In the meantime... anyone up for some friendly writing competition?

» Read the full post at my personal blog.

I had a funny (to me anyways) thought the other day... Due to the similarity in sound of the words jewel and tool, the first Fangs to govern Skree could have been confused. Perhaps they thought that they were supposed to be on the lookout for the lost tools of Anniera. This would explain why they're so picky about who gets to use what tool when, especially in Glipwood where tools must be checked out through those awesomely ridiculous forms.

I'm sure the Fangs figured out eventually that the tools weren't near as special as the Jewels. However, I am curious to discover just how many tools are mentioned in the book and whether any are used with special significance in the fight against and flight from the Fangs of Dang.

I've created a list page in the Wiki that you can help me fill up with all the supposed "Tools of Anniera" you can find in the books. Just follow the format I've started to include book names and pages for the appearance of the tools and any special significance they have.

Well, I finally got my act together and got this site up onto my web server. It's been living on my laptop, sadly neglected for the past few months. The idea to do a fan site struck me as soon as I read On the Edge the first time. Now it's time to see where it leads!

Funnily enough, as I was building the site, I e-mailed Andrew Peterson and found out that he was actually working on an official site as well. How's that for timing? Turns out it was just recently launched! Check it out at http://www.wingfeathersaga.com.

Andrew's site is pretty sweet and may change the way I conceive of the wiki here working. He's developing an awesome illustrated Creaturepedia and Wingfeather Encyclopedia with short entries on all the things I imagine would go in a wiki! Check them out and feel free to brainstorm with me where a fan site like this would come in.

For Christmas in 2007, my wife and I were given a gift card to Amazon.com by my parents. We didn't use it for a little while, but finally in February 2008 we purchased On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness and Tim Keller's Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism. We eagerly tore into On the Edge and had a great time reading it aloud to one another.

Now recently on a trip from Louisville to my grandparents' house in Abingdon, VA (where we surprised my mom to celebrated her 50th birthday!) we decided to pick the book up again. We're definitely looking forward to the read through, not just because it's a fun read, but also because we've decided to use this trip through the story to start filling in the Wingfeather Wiki!