Blame it on my webmaster and the Danamaniacs, I’m on Facebook now. Go here to take a look. A very nice site, I have to admit, and very easy to navigate.
My agent and my editor have duked it out, I have a new contract with Minotaur that includes two more Kate Shugak novels and the fifth Liam Campbell novel, which I am calling Bones out of the Grave. I’m working on Liam5 as we speak (well, I am when I shake this horrific cold that came down on me like a sledgehammer on Sunday night, bleah).
Photo is of Tez Miller’s Manny, who evidently has great taste in books. Purr, purr… I like the sticker on the book, too, “Popular Author, 2 Week Loan.” Love libraries.
More news: Mapmaker Cherie Northon is making a map of Kate’s Park, which will be in the front of Kate16. As soon as I have a digital image of the first draft, I’ll post it here and on the Danamaniacs’ website. Do me a favor, give the map a close look, and if there is a place name from one of the books that you would like to see represented on it, let me or the ‘maniacs know. Time is a factor, sez my editor, so the sooner the better.
Speaking of the Danamaniacs, they now have their own Zazzle store, with some very cool items for sale, including the T-shirt in this photo.
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Hi Dana,
Glad to hear that you have a new contract, hope and presume it’s favorable. But do have one question… you mentioned two Kate Shugak and one Liam Campbell books as being contracted, but no reference to Silk & Song. Anything going on that? The characters and plotline thus far are quite intriguing. It would be disappointing for that full story to have to remain untold.
Regards,
Carol G
Thanks, Carol. I think I’m going to have to finish that book before anyone buys it. When publishers find a brand that works they like to stick with it (as in Kate Shugak). And I have to eat. But apropos of Silk and Song, look for another excerpt up by the end of the week.
AWESOME!
Dana,
On one hand, I can understand the publisher’s desire to go with the known. The more I like a series, the more impatient I am for the next book. When a new Kate (or — oh, joy! — a new Liam) arrives, I beat a path to the nearest bookstore. Contributing, I guess, to the publisher’s “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” business model.
On the other hand, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the “Coastie” books. So, even though stand-alones make the wait for new series books longer, I hope the publishers figure out what your readers already have — you tell one fine story. Regardless of setting and “known brand”.
Chris
Thank you, Chris. You comfort me.
I also like the way you sling a pen. Very excited by this new venture. Should we start asking Amazon.com when it is coming out? Perhaps that would put a burr under the saddle of your publishers? I am anxiously awaiting the next installlment!
A penslinger, I like that. Delighted you’re enjoying Silk and song, Jenny, it is a project very dear to my heart.
I am thrilled to learn there are more Kate books coming! I recently read all four Liam books and just loved them. So excited another is coming, too.
Thanks for the kind words, Amy, I couldn’t do it without you!
Dana,
Just visited your facebook page and saw how you had joined the “Jimmy Buffet” group and read about your first time. Dang girl, how do you remember that one night in such detail? Wow! Sounds like I sure missed a party!
I wrote it when I got back so I could send it to friends who weren’t there, so they’d be really, really jealous. It was a matchless evening, I’ll never forget it.
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