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Ever written a scene that sticks in your head, years after writing it?

How well do you know your FR Authors? Every Monday you can expect an update to the author roundtable, featuring many of our best Forgotten Realms authors’ answers to the world’s most important questions, right here on this blog. Submissions for new questions welcome through private message. 

READER: “What’s the most memorable scene (for you) that you ever wrote?” 

Elaine Cunningham (co-author of The City of Splendors): Probably because I’m the mother of two young men, the scene that hit me the hardest was a battle scene in the short story “She Who Is Becoming,” in the anthology The Phantom Queen Awakes.  (Friend Elaine)

Foreword:

A household name in the genre, R.A. Salvatore is the author of dozens of novels, both within the Realms and without, and has contributed his insights and editing to the crafting of dozens more. He’s inspired a cultural revolution in fantasy with his drow ranger, Drizzt Do’Urden, and his creations have been the basis for many fantasy writers getting into the business in the first place (yours truly, for one).

Fresh back from his book tour promoting his new novel, Gauntlgrym, first book in the Neverwinter trilogy, the always-in-demand R.A. Salvatore sat down with the Bookclub to discuss his iconic hero Drizzt, the evolution of the Forgotten Realms, what lies ahead for his work, and his many extracurricular projects.

Q: So first off, Drizzt has seen many, many