Announcing "Dame Beatrice J. Delacroix III's Guide for Training Your New Beholder"

Y'alllllll.

I wrote a Dungeons & Dragons.

Me. I did this. 👇

"Dame Beatrice J. Delacroix III's Guide for Training Your New Beholder" is an accompanying booklet for an officially licensed light-up Beholder figurine. It's also quite possibly the most hilariously enjoyable project I've worked on.

Working with the Dungeons & Dragons team at Wizards of the Coast and my editor Brit Brooks-Perilli at Running Press, I was given a lot of freedom to have fun writing this guide about training your brand new (and very disgruntled) Beholder pet, and, well... it goes just about as well as you'd imagine.

The blurb:

Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder with this officially licensed miniature figurine.

FIGURINE WITH LIGHT: A one-of-a-kind 3-inch figurine of the popular monster: the Beholder with a glowing eye
BOOK INCLUDED: Learn more about this iconic monster in this fully illustrated 32-page miniature book
PERFECT GIFT FOR D&D FANS: Display on a shelf, desk, or bookcase and show off your love of Dungeons & Dragons
OFFICIALLY LICENSED: Authentic Dungeons & Dragons collectible

This might be a relatively small story in the overall Dungeons & Dragons world, but it's a thrill to get to introduce fans to Dame Beatrice J. Delacroix III, her granddaughter Pip, and their menagerie of dangerous creatures. "Dame Beatrice J. Delacroix III's Guide for Training Your New Beholder" is a 32-page mini guidebook that walks you through your early days with your new Beholder, how to set up its new home, tips for feeding and care, and offers tons of advice for what to do when (not if!) things go awry.

Obviously, working in the Dungeons & Dragons world—which has been a huge part of my life since adolescence—has been an absolute treat. Dame Beatrice J. Delacroix III and Pip have already stolen my heart (along with a few... let's call them unregulated living curiousities), and with any luck this won't be the last you see of them.

This figurine (with a glowing eye!) and the guidebook will be available in April, 2022, and is available for pre-order now!

But, just remember: Dame Beatrice J. Delacroix III’s Menagerie of Unusual Kind does not offer refunds or returns on products.

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