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Newt's Emerald and General Update
I have sneaked a surprise book out into the world. It is Newt's Emerald
A Regency romance with magic, I wrote the first version of this book in 1990-91. Back then it was a book within a book, a thriller set in a publishing house.
But the combined book didn't work and I shelved it long ago, thinking that one day I would go back and separate out both parts and make them individual novels. The thriller, unfortunately, has dated badly (mobile phones and the Internet have put paid to some key plot points) but of course this problem didn't apply to the Regency romance.
Earlier this year I decided to get it out again and fix it up, thinking it wouldn't take long. Of course, I was wrong and it took much longer than I anticipated. However, I am pleased with the result.
For the time being it is only available as an Amazon exclusive for Kindle, but in due course I hope it will be a print book and also available in other ebook formats.
Clariel
I recently finished going over the copy-edits of CLARIEL. The final part of the process will be to check the page proofs, but it is essentially done. I have seen the US and Australian cover roughs and as always it will be very interesting to see the different final covers.
The release date has been moving around a bit, but it is now confirmed as 21 October 2014 in the USA. The Australian release will be probably a week or so earlier, and the UK release will be very close to the American date.
One big change is in the UK, where I have moved to a new publisher. CLARIEL and the next Old Kingdom book will not be published by HarperCollins, but by Hot Key Books. Hot Key will also be publishing the e-books of SABRIEL, LIRAEL and ABHORSEN in 2014, though the print books will remain with HarperCollins in the UK.
A Regency romance with magic, I wrote the first version of this book in 1990-91. Back then it was a book within a book, a thriller set in a publishing house.
But the combined book didn't work and I shelved it long ago, thinking that one day I would go back and separate out both parts and make them individual novels. The thriller, unfortunately, has dated badly (mobile phones and the Internet have put paid to some key plot points) but of course this problem didn't apply to the Regency romance.
Earlier this year I decided to get it out again and fix it up, thinking it wouldn't take long. Of course, I was wrong and it took much longer than I anticipated. However, I am pleased with the result.
For the time being it is only available as an Amazon exclusive for Kindle, but in due course I hope it will be a print book and also available in other ebook formats.
Clariel
I recently finished going over the copy-edits of CLARIEL. The final part of the process will be to check the page proofs, but it is essentially done. I have seen the US and Australian cover roughs and as always it will be very interesting to see the different final covers.
The release date has been moving around a bit, but it is now confirmed as 21 October 2014 in the USA. The Australian release will be probably a week or so earlier, and the UK release will be very close to the American date.
One big change is in the UK, where I have moved to a new publisher. CLARIEL and the next Old Kingdom book will not be published by HarperCollins, but by Hot Key Books. Hot Key will also be publishing the e-books of SABRIEL, LIRAEL and ABHORSEN in 2014, though the print books will remain with HarperCollins in the UK.
