He says the next Vlad book is almost done and will probably be called Dzur — unless someone at Tor convinces him to break with the pattern, because even people in the audience who are presumably familiar with the world said “huh?” when he said the name. Anyway, he says it begins about thirty seconds after Issola ends. Someone asked, “So what does Vlad order?” and he replied that he wasn’t going to give the whole book away. :) He says there’s a lot of food in this one.

There was a lot of discussion about the Khaavren books, but it went over my head because I haven’t read those yet. I’ve been warned repeatedly that Paarfi’s style is infectious, and I’m writing contemporary stuff at the moment.