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swan_towerIt's May 1st. Do you know what that means?
Time for me to start work on the sequel to In Ashes Lie.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the Onyx Court series will continue! I'm slated for two more books: one in the eighteenth century, one in the nineteenth. Technically they have working titles, but around the house, they’re known as “the comet book” and “the Victorian book.” (Exciting, I know.) The latter was first announced back in 2007 -- the original plan was for me to write that one instead of In Ashes Lie, because I was going to do these things out of chronological order. The comet book goes in between: culminating in 1759, it mashes together Halley’s comet, Sir Isaac Newton (yes, I know he’s dead by then), alchemy, and the consequences of the Great Fire of London (coming in June to a bookshelf near you).
So, the series in order: an Elizabethan faerie spy fantasy, a Stuart faerie disaster fantasy, an Enlightenment faerie alchemical fantasy, and a Victorian faerie steampunk fantasy.
(And then maybe a Blitz book and a modern book, but I’d have to think up plots for those first.)
There's a bit of a shakeup on the back end, though it won't mean much for you the readers: the publisher for these next two will be Tor, not Orbit. No terribly exciting drama to tell you about; it's just that Orbit wanted me to work on something new before returning to this series, but I was keen to keep going. The intent is for Tor to put out the comet book in 2010, and the Victorian book in 2011. Both will be trade paperbacks, with a possible later reissue as mass-market. And OMG I can’t wait to write these things.
I'll in London again in early June, doing the research round. Look for Trip-Blogging Part Three then, and ongoing posts about my reading and wordcounts, which I will endeavour to make interesting. (In fact, stay tuned for revelations as to which recent questions on this journal have been secretly comet-related . . . .)
Eighteenth century, here I come!
Time for me to start work on the sequel to In Ashes Lie.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the Onyx Court series will continue! I'm slated for two more books: one in the eighteenth century, one in the nineteenth. Technically they have working titles, but around the house, they’re known as “the comet book” and “the Victorian book.” (Exciting, I know.) The latter was first announced back in 2007 -- the original plan was for me to write that one instead of In Ashes Lie, because I was going to do these things out of chronological order. The comet book goes in between: culminating in 1759, it mashes together Halley’s comet, Sir Isaac Newton (yes, I know he’s dead by then), alchemy, and the consequences of the Great Fire of London (coming in June to a bookshelf near you).
So, the series in order: an Elizabethan faerie spy fantasy, a Stuart faerie disaster fantasy, an Enlightenment faerie alchemical fantasy, and a Victorian faerie steampunk fantasy.
(And then maybe a Blitz book and a modern book, but I’d have to think up plots for those first.)
There's a bit of a shakeup on the back end, though it won't mean much for you the readers: the publisher for these next two will be Tor, not Orbit. No terribly exciting drama to tell you about; it's just that Orbit wanted me to work on something new before returning to this series, but I was keen to keep going. The intent is for Tor to put out the comet book in 2010, and the Victorian book in 2011. Both will be trade paperbacks, with a possible later reissue as mass-market. And OMG I can’t wait to write these things.
I'll in London again in early June, doing the research round. Look for Trip-Blogging Part Three then, and ongoing posts about my reading and wordcounts, which I will endeavour to make interesting. (In fact, stay tuned for revelations as to which recent questions on this journal have been secretly comet-related . . . .)
Eighteenth century, here I come!
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Date: 2009-05-01 06:49 pm (UTC)I was talking to someone from my German publisher who was saying how awesome MNC was. Your fame is international :-)
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Date: 2009-05-04 12:37 pm (UTC)I'd be surprised if they didn't go for MNC and the rest, though.
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Date: 2009-05-01 06:47 pm (UTC)I don't expect they'll be all that central of Hanoverians, mind you, but they'll be off in the background.
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Date: 2009-05-01 05:37 pm (UTC)I confess a great deal of excitement for the Enlightenment faerie alchemical fantasy. Well, and the others, but that one seems to have the magic mix to my heart.
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Date: 2009-05-01 07:49 pm (UTC)I loved Midnight Never Come and hearing that there will be more made me dance in my chair a bit.
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Date: 2009-05-01 07:56 pm (UTC)(Actually, that's a lie. I kind of shrieked and ran around the house flailing. But the other one sounds more dignified.)
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Date: 2009-05-01 07:57 pm (UTC)I would have done the second one.
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Date: 2009-05-01 08:16 pm (UTC)congratulations
Date: 2009-05-01 08:37 pm (UTC)And that excerpt has me wanting to read more about Jack
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(sorry to comment out of nowhere-I don't have an lj but liked MNC)
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Date: 2009-05-01 08:41 pm (UTC)I'm glad you liked Jack. I wrote the book in chronological order -- that is, I did all four parts, then backtracked and inserted the four days of the Fire -- and so I spent months looking forward to the point at which I'd really get to play with his point of view . . . .
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Date: 2009-05-02 08:36 am (UTC)Congrats, and good luck with the planning!
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