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Upcoming goodies!
I’ve been back from tour for almost two weeks now, but I’ve been super-busy finishing two shorter works and haven’t had the time to blog.
Quick recap of the last stops on the tour: had a glorious time in Charlotte at Park Road Books and at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill. Got to hang out with some readers in Charlotte and that was awesome. Got to catch a minor-league baseball game in Durham and that was a wee dream come true. Met some fabulous people at the Library of Congress in DC and then got stranded in Denver on the way home, due to bad weather and a missed connecting flight. The miracle of social media worked in my favor: after I posted on Facebook that I could use a ride in Denver, I got far more offers of help than I needed. Thank you all for being so kind. ALSO! I stopped by the Broadway Book Mall on 200 S. Broadway and signed a ton of books. If you’re in Denver that’s the place to go!
Once home, I finished up TWO RAVENS AND ONE CROW, a novella that will be released in late August as a digital-only special. (If you don’t have an e-reader, that’s okay, you can download an app for free to your computer or smartphone and read it that way!) I’ll post the cover, price, and final date for that as soon as I’m allowed to, but I can tell you this in the meantime: You should consider this to be IDC 4.5. It’s important to the series and the events in this novella will be referenced in book five, TRAPPED. Many of you have noticed that there’s a huuuuuge time jump between books four and five, and TWO RAVENS gives you a peek at what’s happening in the middle of it. The novella is set six years after TRICKED and six years before TRAPPED. You get to find out what happened to Thor’s hammer. You get to learn why Airmid taught Atticus the recipe for Immortali-Tea. Plus: the Morrigan scared the bejesus out of me. And from what I understand, there will be an audio version of this as well, released on the same day as the electronic version! How cool is that?
I also just finished an IDC short story called “The Chapel Perilous,” which will appear in the anthology UNFETTERED early in 2013. It’s a story from Atticus’s past—the year 537 in Wales, to be exact. This anthology has the most incredible fantasy lineup I’ve seen, folks, and I am so honored to be a part of it. But I’m especially happy to help out Shawn Speakman, a great dude who recently beat cancer; sales from UNFETTERED will help him beat the medical bills. The full lineup is available at Grim Oak Press, but here’s a partial list of contributors besides me: Patrick Rothfuss; Terry Brooks; Naomi Novik; Brandon Sanderson; RA Salvatore; Tad Williams; Peter V. Brett; Carrie Vaughn; Jacqueline Carey; and MORE!
I’ll be working on book six, HUNTED, for the rest of the summer, but I have other goodies on deck. There’s another anthology I’ll be involved in but it’s not ready to announce yet, and I also have a science fiction project coming down the road that I’ll be excited to share with you when it’s time.
There will be a couple of opportunities to come see me in July and beyond:
InConJunction, July 6-8, Indianapolis!
InConJunction is a spiffy sci-fi convention that invited me as Guest of Honor, so I’m geeking out about that and looking very forward to meeting the people out there! People from Chicago and other places even remotely nearby—this is as close as I’m getting to you for a while. I’m meeting you more than halfway, right? :) I can’t afford to visit every city, so I’m grateful to go where I’m invited and hope you can manage to swing by. There’s still time to register for this, so I hope you can!
San Diego Comic Con, July 12-15
I’m on an Urban Fantasy panel Saturday morning from 10:30 to 11:30, followed by an official signing thingie from 12:30 to 1:30. Unofficial signing thingies will be happening most every day at the Del Rey/Random House booth, so stop by there to check times! They’ll be giving away special con-only copies of HOUNDED there and I’ll be signing ’em, so I hope to catch up with you if you’re going! Full details of my panel can be found on my Events and Appearances page.
Heart of the West Writers Conference, October 5-6, Utah!
So grateful to be invited to this. It’s a conference in Deer Valley sponsored by the Utah chapter of the Romance Writers of America; they asked me to speak to them about creating dynamic characters, regardless of genre. The guest of honor is Sherrilyn Kenyon, and if you’re an aspiring writer, a wonderful agent from my agency will actually be there hearing pitches! It looks like a great conference and there is still plenty of time to register and make plans to attend.
There will be a signing on Saturday, October 6, from 5-7 pm, that’s open to the public. If you’re in Salt Lake City or anywhere else near Deer Valley, Utah, please do come see me!
