This is all suricattus's fault.

The approximate shape of 2008:

To write, like, already contracted:
THE PRETENDER'S CROWN (Inheritors' Cycle, Book 2, due Feb 1 (agh))
CAULDRON BORNE (Walker Papers #4, due June 1)

To write, not already contracted:
TAKE A CHANCE 5-12

To revise:
RIGHT ANGLES TO FAERYLAND

To write if the stars align:
TRUTHSEEKER
CENTENARIAN

To propose:
THE IMPERATOR'S HEIR (Inheritors' Cycle, Book 3)
ElectriCity
Project Of Sufficient Coolness & Yet Obviousness That Mentioning Its Name Would Give Somebody Else Perhaps In A Better Position To Pursue It The Right Idea (henceforth known as PoSC)

To attend:
P-Con (Dublin, March 29-30, GoH)
San Diego Comic Con (Jul 24-27)
RWA National (San Francisco, July 30-Aug 2)*
WorldCon (Denver, August 6-10)*
MeCon (Belfast, August 29-31)
Colorado Gold (Denver, Sept 12-14?)
World Fantasy (Calgary, Oct 30-Nov 2)*

To admire on the shelves:
HOUSE OF CARDS (March)
THE QUEEN'S BASTARD (May)
HANDS OF FLAME (August)

...actually, that really *doesn't* look that bad.

*Ideally, anyway.

Hm, it's the first of the month (ye gods), which means this is a good time to post a Currently Working On, right? Right. Especially since that means taking another 10 minutes away from doing my job, which, as we all know, is an important thing to do. So:

September 2007 WiP:
Writing: HANDS OF FLAME (The Negotiator: Book 3)
Revising: THE PRETENDER'S CROWN proposal
Submitting: HANDS OF FLAME, I hope!
Publishing: --
Waiting: --

Gosh. That didn't take anything like 10 minutes. Drat.

Possibly the Best Fanmail Evar:

I was in line at Borders Bookstore, waiting with the horde for the release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." I decided to buy a book to read as I waited... [and] "Urban Shaman" called to me. I got though the first 4 chapters before I had to stop to complete the original task. I was hooked!!

I had the latest Potter and "Urban Shaman" at home the next day. I started Potter, put it down after about 150 pages, picked up your book and I did not put I down until I was done. ...I am looking forward to reading more of your works in the near future (like tomorrow!). I will just have to work the last Potter book in when I don't have one of your books to read.

Take THAT, JK! Who's your daddy?! Who's your daddy! Huh? Huh?!

O.O

veilofgrace requests a reminder of my publishing schedule. I'm the only one who can keep this straight. :) So, in order of appearance over the next 2 years, the books are:

HEART OF STONE (Book One of the Negotiator Trilogy, Nov 2007)
HOUSE OF CARDS (Book Two of the Negotiator Trilogy, March 2008)
THE QUEEN'S BASTARD (Book One of the Inheritors' Cycle, June 2008)
HANDS OF FLAME (Book Three of the Negotiator Trilogy, Sept 2008)
THE PRETENDER'S CROWN (Book Two of the Inheritors' Cycle, Jan 2009)
CAULDRON BORNE (Book Four of the Walker Papers, May or June 2009)

This information can generally be found under the currently working on tag. I'll stick a link to it in my nav bar. :)

I decided I'm taking today off, where the value of 'taking today off' is:

- get a gym membership
- clean kitchen
- clean bathroom
- work on TQB map
- do page 1 rough sketch for Chance #4
- get stripe redone/make appt to get stripe redone
- call estate agent
- work on TPC proposal
- work on Chance #5
- HoF AFS
- find Chance printouts & get ready to submit it
- read Harry Potter

I'll be happy if I get half of those done. I suspect tomorrow will be another Day Off like that. Wednesday we're going up to Dublin for Dad's birthday, so realistically I'm not going to get HoF started until Friday, which is okay, as long as I get Chance 5 done before then. And, er, the TPC proposal, which is probably the more important to finish. Heh. :)

( Superhero nephews behind the cut! Also Emily and me. )

Over the last couple of months I have gotten *lots* of emails saying, "I've visited your website and don't see anything saying there will be more Walker Papers! Don't tell me the series is ending! Augh!" I could've sworn I had something about it posted on cemurphy.net, but let me just make it clear:

Don't worry. The series isn't ending. :) The next Walker Papers book (tentatively titled CAULDRON BORNE) will be out sometime in 2009, and I'm contracted for two more books after that.

However, between now and then, I will have a new urban fantasy series, The Negotiator Trilogy, coming out. Book one, HEART OF STONE, is out in November 2007. Book two, HOUSE OF CARDS, is out in March 2008, and book 3, HANDS OF FLAME, is out in September 2008.

But wait! There's more! I also have *another* new series starting next year. This series (tentatively titled The Inheritors' Cycle) currently consists of THE QUEEN'S BASTARD (June 2008) and THE PRETENDER'S CROWN (January 2009).

So, that's right, that's _five books_ you get from me between COYOTE DREAMS and the next Walker Papers book. I'm hoping all those new books will salve the pain of not getting a new Walker Papers for two years... :)

dea_zinn requests a list of forthcoming books. I think I did this recently, but I'll do it again 'cause she asked. :) Real quick-like, by series rather than publication date (I have confidence people can figure it out from there):

The Walker Papers:
COYOTE DREAMS, May 2007
CAULDRON BORNE, ~May 2009
WENDEGO HUNTS, ~a long time away
RATTLESNAKE DANCES, ~even further out

The Negotiator Trilogy:
HEART OF STONE, Nov 2007
HOUSE OF CARDS, Mar 2008
HANDS OF CHANGE, Sept 2008

Untitled series from Del Rey:
THE QUEEN'S BASTARD, May 2008
THE PRETENDER'S CROWN, Summer 2009

Titles subject to change, but that's the publication schedule as I know it for the next couple years. And my God but it's weird to be looking at 2009 and 2010 (TWO THOUSAND *TEN*!) for titles. o.O

And hey, since I'm here anyway and haven't done it in ages, a currently-working-on schedule:

March 2007 WiP:
Writing: HANDS OF CHANGE, Chance 5 & 6 (*snort* in theory, anyway)
Revising: HEART OF STONE
Submitting: --
Publishing: --
Waiting: Chance submission

For this, the first day of 2007, I'm going to read RIGHT ANGLES TO FAERYLAND, my YA fantasy novel that's been languishing for the last two years while I've been...doing other things. My January goal is to revise it and get it sent in to arcaedia to see what she thinks.

January 2007 WiP:
Writing: TRUTHSEEKER proposal, Chance 5 & 6
Revising: RIGHT ANGLES TO FAERYLAND
Submitting: --
Publishing: --
Waiting: Chance submission, Walker Papers 4-6 submission

knappenp was trying to remember what I was working on when I said, "I should finish my book." Since I don't expect anybody who's not me to remember, here, maybe this'll help. :)

November 2006:
Writing: nothing (sing, choirs of angels)
Editing: THE QUEEN'S BASTARD, COYOTE DREAMS
Submitting: Take a Chance (comic book); Walker Papers 4-6 proposal
Publishing:: --

December 2006:
Writing: Chance issues 5 & 6
Editing: --
Submitting: --
Publishing:: THE PHOENIX LAW, by Cate Dermody