Is this for a novel, or the upcoming rulebook related to the recent "Horror Classes" Unearthed Arcana?

What kind of research did you conduct when writing this book? Where there any difficult moments where you experienced "writers block" and how did you overcome that? Also, thank you for the signature card for preordering the book! :)

Looking forward to it. I haven't thought of any questions yet, but I'll give it some thoughts this weekend. The book was really good. I wrote a review for an online publication that should be published soon. It will please readers whether or not they've experienced Ravenloft before. I enjoyed all the previous Ravenloft books published in the '80s. This one belongs on the shelf with them.

I loved this book so much and hope to see more books with these characters! What was your inspiration when creating the five main characters? Were any based of PCs from games? Did you fully create all five of them or was it more WOTC creative decisions? (backstories, class, race, etc). 

Hi Delilah! As a huge Ravenloft fan, I adore how atmospheric and magical you truly made Strahd's house of horrors! 
My question to you, is how were you able to so perfectly make Strahd a sympathetic villian?
You truly toy with the reader in siding with him despite his intentions. Thank you for giving so much thought and love into the handsome devil himself! I hope you get to write more of our favorite Darklord again soon! :) <3

Hi Delilah, I loved the book and I was curious about your character creation process for the novel. Did you create Fielle, Alishai (my favorite), Kah, Chivarion, and Rotrog using some form of D&D charactermancer as if you were creating a party to run in Curse of Strahd or did you just use your imagination and create them from whole cloth? Or was it some combination of both approaches. And congratulations on the new Titan Books three-book deal!

Loved the book. Obvious question is how did it feel taking something as well known and well loved as Curse of Strahd and finding a new way to tell the same basic story? And are we going to see more of the Boo Crew?

Is the novel based on a game you participated in, community input, or a mix of both? how big was the actual "Curse of Strahd" when writing the novel?

Okay so we have to talk about Murder... Where did this idea come from?! 

At first I was disgusted because all I could think about was the sound of the rough cat tongue on the leathery bat wings but they grew on me and became one of my favorites by the end.

Excellent book, chef's kiss, oh and I'll never think about grease or pigskins again the same way ha ha

Hello! I finished the book last week, and enjoyed it.

-I was wondering if you ran or participated in a Curse of Strahd campaign with friends as the basis for this story, and if so how did that change your writing process?

-Are there any immediate plans for a sequel featuring these characters? I will be vague to avoid spoilers, but there is a certain somewhat antagonistic character that gives a mission to the group, but for various reasons they don't follow up on that mission here; will they follow up on it in a later sequel...please? (Everything with that character was my favorite part). 

-How does writing for an IP like Dungeons and Dragons differ from writing a personal project? Are you given a list of rules to follow? Did they provide you with an outline?

-Will D&D release character stats for the Main Characters those interested in playing them? (NOTE: I listened to the audiobook so I don't know if they were included with the physical book already)

-Finally, can you give us a glimpse into your process as a writer? Do you prefer to outline or do you prefer to 'write by the seat of your pants'? Do you tend to write linearly, or do you write your favorite parts first and fill the rest in later? What keeps you going in the middle of a project?

Thank you for taking the time to look over these questions and I appreciate whatever answers you can offer,

Best

Noah

I loved this book, the minute the prologue introduced the realm of Barovia I knew we were in good hands. The part about a corpse of a stags ribs being like praying hands sent shivers down my spine.

Was it hard trying to balance the gothic horror aspects of Ravenloft that have a preset environment, its tone and cast of characters with the party characters you created?

Because they feel like the kind of characters players would make for a campaign that fell into ravenloft which is perfect, its what its all about. Their such well written characters and if possible would love more of them in the future, but which was your favourite to write for? Mine is Kah.

And finally if you could write another book set in the Domains of Dread (of which Ravenloft is one), which domain would you like to set it in?

Omg yes! Love that freaky lil guy!

Hello! I really enjoyed the atmospheric writing of the book, it felt very in line with the Domains of Dread, and felt like a natural fit to the canon of the previous Ravenloft Barovia material.

My question is, how did you decide what action to walk us through, versus reference as off-page events? To avoid spoilers, in particular I was thinking about the ending of the book, with the climactic showdown. How did you choose what to give us details on, and what to leave to the reader's imaginations?

Will the Book be translated in other languages?

You're written books both in the Star Wars universe and now the D&D universe.  How does writing for D&D compare to writing for Star Wars?  How much creative freedom do you have with both? Could you describe how the process is different between the two IPs?  

Can we expect more D&D books from you?

P.S. I just bought the book, am I am enjoying it so far.

Hi! I really enjoyed seeing some of the creative uses of some of the new statblocks from "Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft" in this novel! On that note, how much of 5th edition stats did you have to think through when writing this book, or did you mainly stick with the concepts of monsters and classes? And did you use anything from 5.5e?

Also, I thought your descriptions of several of the rooms in Castle Ravenloft were spot-on, though I was a little confused by the layout of the Castle itself as compared to the maps, starting in I6:Ravenloft. Did you have a specific reason for this (avoiding spoilers for the module, maybe)?

Are there plans for a sequel?

Thank you!