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Happy New Year, ladies and gentlemen! Here's the deal: Gardens of Mist is finished, it's ready, and I'll be uploading it ASAP.
As usual, Amazon has to put the book up on their end after I upload it, which can take as much as a day. Based on how long it took them last time, I suspect Gardens of Mist will be available for sale late this afternoon or evening. That's a guess, though. Once I upload it, which will happen soon, it's all in Amazon's smooth, delicate hands. I'm sure you guys know the drill by this point: Gardens of Mist will show up if you search for it before it will show up on my Amazon page, so it will be available for sale hours before it officially shows up on my page. Once I get a link that works, I'll put it up here. But there are more of you than there are of me, so if you're able to buy a copy before I post a link on the blog, let me know! Send me an email or leave a comment with a link to the book, and I'll update as soon as I can. Hope you enjoy it, and Happy New Year's! I don't know about yours, but my 2013 was pretty fantastic. -Will
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'Twas the night of midwinter, and all through the House
Not a creature was stirring. Not even you, little mouse. My darlings were nestled all snug on their shelves, Why, they were so tired they'd silenced themselves. When out in the hall there arose such a cry, That I sprang from my bed to summon the Nye. Then what to my wondering eyes should appear, But the Eldest of Nye, with a single bright tear. "I did not mean to wake you. It's not nearly dawn, but tonight is the night we can speak of what's gone. We once were much more than one house, you see And nobody remembers. Not even me. On midwinter, my people, we speak of the past, Of what our world was, right up to the last. We came from a land of both shadow and steel, Until those proud fools, they shattered the seal." The Eldest, he spoke more than I'd ever heard, But I only caught perhaps every third word. You see, I was tired, and my dolls were asleep, And you know my hate for that old Nye runs deep. So that's all that I know, now I'm going to bed. If you want to know more, ask the Eldest instead. *** As he watched Kai walk through the bedroom door, Simon couldn't help but think he should have seen this coming. Kai never gave him a straight answer. In the morning, he would try and ask Indirial, see if he had anything to add about the origins of Valinhall. Why did Kai ever feel the need to speak in rhyme, anyway? Quick update tonight: I've decided not to push Gardens of Mist out for Christmas. It will still be out before the end of December, but after Christmas.
Why? Because now I get to spend some time with my family. I was going to work today and tomorrow uploading the stories, then head home for Christmas on the 25th. Now I get to relax today, and head home tomorrow. I could still have gotten the book out, but honestly I think I'm doing the right thing by waiting a few days. As many of you have said, it's best to take some time off over the holidays. So now you know. Gardens of Mist out a few days later than I was hoping, but still before New Year's. To compensate you a little bit, I will reveal that Crimson Vault paperbacks are finally available, but only through this direct link. Once Amazon shows the paperback properly on the normal Crimson Vault page, I'll make a wider announcement. Also, thanks again for your enthusiastic participation in the last blog post! I got a lot of suggestions, some of which were e-mailed, tweeted, or private messaged to me. It's neat to see what you all want in your stories, and your responses are helping me decide where to go after the Traveler's Gate Trilogy. If you want to keep leaving suggestions/requests, feel free. I still monitor the comments on old blog posts, as long as they're not TOO old. Thanks for reading, and have a Merry Christmas Eve Eve! This just occurred to me to ask, so I thought I'd pop a quick blog post up here. Maybe this is more appropriate to Twitter or Facebook, but...hey, we'll see!
Here's my question to you: After the Traveler's Gate Trilogy, what kind of book would you like to see from me? You can feel free to interpret this question however you like. I'm not sure what I mean either. Do you want to see the first book in a long series? A couple of stand-alone novels? A YA steampunk romance? What? I'm just curious. This may or may not have any bearing on what I actually write next. I'm just interested to see what you think. This is your chance to try and convince me to write a series from the perspective of that blind dwarf psion you played in your last D&D game! Go nuts! (HINT: It's always going to be fantasy genre. I don't really have any ideas that don't have magic in them. It's possible that I could branch somewhat into sci-fi or horror, but I'll never stray far from my magical roots.) ...sort of. Not really, as a matter of fact, I don't actually have a Christmas present for you. Unless, of course, you're one of the handful of people for whom I did actually buy a Christmas present. Uh, let me start over. Book 2 of the Traveler's Gate Chronicles, Gardens of Mist, coming this month! Probably before Christmas! It's almost done! Here, have an eye-catching image:  |
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