So, I've had to make some changes in my publication lineup. Here's the new one for the rest of 2013:
Crusader: The Sanctuary Series, Volume Four - Late May/Early June
Broken: The Girl in the Box, Book 6 - Late June/Early July
Enemies: The Girl in the Box, Book 7
Thy Father's Shadow: A Sanctuary Novel
Called: Southern Watch, Book 1
Unearthed: Southern Watch, Book 2
Legacy: The Girl in the Box, Book 8
Thieving Ways: A Sanctuary Novel
(Title Withheld) Southern Watch, Book 3
Everything after Broken is obviously not listed with much of a release window...yet. I always let those out closer to time. A few caveats:
Whether I write Thieving Ways (which is a novel that focuses entirely on Aisling from the Sanctuary series) is contingent on how well Thy Father's Shadow does. It will be a full novel, as will Thy Father's Shadow (it was originally supposed to just be a novella about Terian, but it grew quite a bit) and both will contain some MAJOR plot points that will help you understand what's going on as we roll into Master: The Sanctuary Series, Volume Five. This is especially true of the ending to Thy Father's Shadow. It has a HUGE twist at the end, something that will influence things to come in the Sanctuary universe, and if you don't read it, you will probably scratch your head at least a little during Volume Five.
I ended up bringing the seventh Girl in the Box book up in the lineup for a couple very good reasons. Number one - Girl in the Box 6 is short. Really short. Shorter than Alone. I feel bad about this, but it's a simple story. A very necessary one, one that has some serious emotional punch as Sienna takes a major step in her character arc, but it's just not a very long and complicated book. Also, I've booked my trip to London (setting of book 7) so I figure I should try and put the London "feel" into the book as soon as possible. So I'm writing it next. I'll try and actually do some of it while I'm in London, but I'll be making copious notes about all sorts of details, major and minor, so that I can get to work on this ASAP. So, that's good news for Team Sienna.
Kinda good news for Team Cyrus, as well, right? Making Thy Father's Shadow into a full novel and adding another Sanctuary novel to the schedule this year? I had said before in an earlier post that Master would be the first thing to fall out of the lineup if I had any problems (and I haven't, yet, exactly) but I wanted to make sure even if I can't get Master out this year (which is likely; I hadn't edited Crusader when I set the schedule, and didn't realize how long it takes to do an edit of a book that big, plus get it to my beta readers, etc) you'll at least have a few things to look forward to between now and when it comes out. These two non-main novels won't be as long as something like Crusader (or probably even Avenger) but hopefully they'll satisfy for the time being.
Obviously I also delayed the Southern Watch series for a little bit. Easy reason there; I am going to write the first book (or at least part of it) when I'm in the south. So I'll be doing it this summer. Sorry for the delay for those of you who have been looking forward to it. Hopefully additional books in your other favorite series will make it worth the wait.
As a last note, I will be in London from the 25th to the 29th of April. I'm planning to do some sort of hang out for fans on the 25th or 26th. If anyone is interested, I'm planning for it to be pretty low-key. My books aren't in bookstores anywhere, but if you want to buy them off Amazon and bring them to the hang-out, I will be glad to sign them. Otherwise it's probably just going to be me, in a pub or something of the like, chatting for an hour or so. Let me know if you're in the London area (or will be on those days) and would like to attend.
So that's it; still shooting for 10 books, made a couple changes, and trying to hurry to keep up with everything that needs to be done. Sounds like normal, huh?
Crusader: The Sanctuary Series, Volume Four - Late May/Early June
Broken: The Girl in the Box, Book 6 - Late June/Early July
Enemies: The Girl in the Box, Book 7
Thy Father's Shadow: A Sanctuary Novel
Called: Southern Watch, Book 1
Unearthed: Southern Watch, Book 2
Legacy: The Girl in the Box, Book 8
Thieving Ways: A Sanctuary Novel
(Title Withheld) Southern Watch, Book 3
Everything after Broken is obviously not listed with much of a release window...yet. I always let those out closer to time. A few caveats:
Whether I write Thieving Ways (which is a novel that focuses entirely on Aisling from the Sanctuary series) is contingent on how well Thy Father's Shadow does. It will be a full novel, as will Thy Father's Shadow (it was originally supposed to just be a novella about Terian, but it grew quite a bit) and both will contain some MAJOR plot points that will help you understand what's going on as we roll into Master: The Sanctuary Series, Volume Five. This is especially true of the ending to Thy Father's Shadow. It has a HUGE twist at the end, something that will influence things to come in the Sanctuary universe, and if you don't read it, you will probably scratch your head at least a little during Volume Five.
I ended up bringing the seventh Girl in the Box book up in the lineup for a couple very good reasons. Number one - Girl in the Box 6 is short. Really short. Shorter than Alone. I feel bad about this, but it's a simple story. A very necessary one, one that has some serious emotional punch as Sienna takes a major step in her character arc, but it's just not a very long and complicated book. Also, I've booked my trip to London (setting of book 7) so I figure I should try and put the London "feel" into the book as soon as possible. So I'm writing it next. I'll try and actually do some of it while I'm in London, but I'll be making copious notes about all sorts of details, major and minor, so that I can get to work on this ASAP. So, that's good news for Team Sienna.
Kinda good news for Team Cyrus, as well, right? Making Thy Father's Shadow into a full novel and adding another Sanctuary novel to the schedule this year? I had said before in an earlier post that Master would be the first thing to fall out of the lineup if I had any problems (and I haven't, yet, exactly) but I wanted to make sure even if I can't get Master out this year (which is likely; I hadn't edited Crusader when I set the schedule, and didn't realize how long it takes to do an edit of a book that big, plus get it to my beta readers, etc) you'll at least have a few things to look forward to between now and when it comes out. These two non-main novels won't be as long as something like Crusader (or probably even Avenger) but hopefully they'll satisfy for the time being.
Obviously I also delayed the Southern Watch series for a little bit. Easy reason there; I am going to write the first book (or at least part of it) when I'm in the south. So I'll be doing it this summer. Sorry for the delay for those of you who have been looking forward to it. Hopefully additional books in your other favorite series will make it worth the wait.
As a last note, I will be in London from the 25th to the 29th of April. I'm planning to do some sort of hang out for fans on the 25th or 26th. If anyone is interested, I'm planning for it to be pretty low-key. My books aren't in bookstores anywhere, but if you want to buy them off Amazon and bring them to the hang-out, I will be glad to sign them. Otherwise it's probably just going to be me, in a pub or something of the like, chatting for an hour or so. Let me know if you're in the London area (or will be on those days) and would like to attend.
So that's it; still shooting for 10 books, made a couple changes, and trying to hurry to keep up with everything that needs to be done. Sounds like normal, huh?
