Lynx
First off, a few bits of good Messenger news:
1) My US publisher, Del Rey Books, sent me an e-mail on Friday that they had received copies of The Desert Spear from the printer, and they look awesome. I am bouncing in my seat to see my samples on Monday.After three years of writing/editing and another eight months of production, I can’t wait to hold one in my greedy, greedy hands and hug it like a baby.
2) All pre-orders of The Great Bazaar have shipped, and most everyone I know who ordered one has received theirs. If you are still waiting, it should be any day now. My mom found hers in a soaking wet box on her doorstep just this afternoon. Apparently the Messenger couldn’t be bothered to ring the bell, even in the pouring rain. Thankfully, the fine folks at Subterranean Press wrapped the books in plastic, so there was no damage.
3) I’ve shipped all early requests for bookplates this past week, so if you put in for one, expect it soon. I’ll do a full post about the plates–with information on how to get one for yourself–shortly. I first wanted to do a trial run and see what it would cost to ship them to some of the more exotic corners of the world where my readers lurk and hide.
In other news my first Desert Spear Interview is live online as of last night, this one with Annie, the Superfast Reader. You may recall that Annie was one of my earliest US supporters, posting both a wonderful review of The Warded Man and an interview with me early last year. She has since moved to first place, likely because she reads so damn fast. The interview is spoiler-free, but nevertheless contains some insight into the characters and cultures in the new book, as well as a lengthy discussion of my writing process. You can read the interview here. More will be popping up in the near future.
If you’re interested in winning a signed copy of The Warded Man in paperback (on sale March 23!), head on over to Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist and follow his entry guidelines. All you need to do is send him an e-mail and you will be put into a lottery to win.
I found a funny little entry about The Warded Man on the website TV Tropes. It has a couple of spoilers, but they are invisible unless you highlight them with your mouse, so fear not if you haven’t read the book.
Lastly, if you have read The Great Bazaar and are looking to chat about it, there’s an interesting little thread on the A Song of Ice and Fire forum that google pointed me to last night. SPOILER ALERT!!! The poster pretty much gives away the ending, so if you haven’t read the story yet and intend to at some point, I STRONGLY encourage you to not look at this until you have. But if you are one of the lucky few who got the book in the mail this week and have read the 60-page title novelette, by all means, click here. I’m considering responding myself, but holding back for the nonce.
That’s all for now. I’m off to dinner/baby time, and then have an article for a German SF magazine to edit and 1,000 words of The Daylight War to write before bed.
Can’t wait for my copy from Amazon to come 😀
And just in time for the holidays too, perfect.
Still nothing from Amazon UK!!! Maybe I need to order from the US. Has anyone in the UK received theirs yet?
” (…) and then have an article for a German SF magazine to edit (…)”
Oh, which magazine and what kind of article? *is curious when/where to get/read it in her home country :)*
Rec’d my copy of The Great Bazaar yesterday — looks terrific. A welcome addition to the attic library.
Chantal/Sam – I don’t expect that Amazon UK will ever have this book in stock, as it was a limited run printed here in the US. So far as I know, it is only available from Subterranean press, Amazon US, and select retailers who deal in collectible books.
Kathy – The article is for the Magical Places column in the SF magazine Nautilus. It’s due Monday, so I expect it’s for the April or May issue. I’m not sure how often it comes out.
Jay – I hope the attic is warm and dry despite the friggin’ monsoon outside.
Congrats t’you, and same, but less so [’cause of the rain that is] t’your Mam :P.
I’m ashamed to say, I totally didn’t get why this article was called “Lynx” until I gave it a read-through again – I was wondering what cats and deodorant [‘though that might be Axe in the US, I forget] had t’do with your books, heh.
The Trope is amusing indeed. Is there any chance we’d get a read of this article sometime after it’s printed, or would there be copyright issues?
“A Thousand Words Before Bed” sounds like some of the stories my ‘rents used to read to me when I were a lad, good times =).
Just got my bookplates in the mail today and they are sweeeet!
No idea about The Great Bazaar. I think I had it shipped to my house so I am eagerly anticipating spring break now.
Thanks for the info! I have ordered The Great Bazaar through a third party seller on Amazon UK who apparently have a new copy! 🙂 BTW my copy of The Painted Man is doing the rounds of friends and family to great acclaim.
I got my copy of The Great Bazaar though the post today. I was like a little kid again now to finish The painted man again.
My copy of the great bazaar shipped earlier this week to Ireland. I’m of course eagerly awaiting it as I have just finished another read through of the painted man.
Also looking forward to applying for a bookplate.
It sounds interesting but (very tiny and mild spoiler of the interiew and possibly the story) I cant help but get worried at all this POV throwing around, I want to follow arlen and the more characters you throw in and then try to give an important the more I feel my favorite character might get burried, that said I may read it and love the new characters but…. I dunno Ill reserve my opinion until I read it but for me it was arlen who made the first book awesome, as he is obviously a hero type character with a few extras thrown in to make him less of a stereotype. hmmmmm
I understand where you’re coming from Dave, but for me the storytelling experience is about exploring different characters and their perspectives. They all have exciting tales to tell and special qualities yet to be revealed. Arlen was definitely the focal character of the first book, but that won’t always be the case. You may even find by the end of The Desert Spear that you have a new favorite.
But that said, there are a LOT of Arlen POV chapters in TDS!
Elicius, I don’t think there are copyright issues for the article because it will be in German. I have asked the publisher if I can post it here in English at some point, though I will likely wait until after the magazine comes out so they can have an exclusive.
cool. I dont by any means mean to judge it before I have read it and I will probably love it no matter what but i tend to like stories that are linear, Im quite obsessive that way, like how I have to watch things in the right order preferably from the begining, I know most people do this but I get quite… stearn about it
mainly i just like to see the story progressing and feel that would be hard to do when you have to tell 6 or so chapters just to progress the story by one chapter
That’ awesome Peat, I really look forward to reading it in that case!
The Great Bazaar is now available from Amazon UK! Pity I have bid on one on Ebay 🙁
Got outbid on ebay so was able to get the last one in stock. It should arrive at work tomorrow!! :-)))