I’ve been working very hard on Daughters of Suralia. The manuscript is finished; I just need to polish it up some more and run it past an editor. It’s looking good for a mid-to-late April release date.

There is (whisper it softly) a possibility of some illustrations. Someone in the stronghold is an artist. You’ll have to wait to find out who!

Meanwhile, I’m at sixes and sevens trying to decide which major project to work on next. Here are the possibilities:

1. Book 3. It’s mostly written, but I can’t say much about it without spoiling a major plot point in Daughters. I can tell you that it takes place mainly in the province of Parania, with a short foray into Monralar because the Monral is still up to his old tricks. Working title: The Fall
2. Book 1.5. This is actually probably a novella-length story, half-written as of this moment. A young adult adventure in Tolari space, it’s about the second salvo in Central Command’s shenanigans trying to get Marianne back. A young aristocrat ends up on Tolar. Takes place after The Marann and before Daughters of Suralia. Working title: Stranded
3. Something completely different. A scout ship slips sideways into an alternate universe where its Kline-Thompson-Nishida engines do the crew, Lonnie Lafontant and Darryl Antonucci, no good at all. Novella length for sure. No working title yet, except for “That Alternate Universe Story.”

What do you think, gentle reader? Feel free to comment and let me know. 🙂