Susie
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Susan Trombley:
Hi Susan I just wanted to ask you if you have any plans in the near future to release any more books on the Sanctuary universe? I absolutely love that series and as Jessabelle's Beast ends with so many possibilities for more I was just wondering, oh and any chance of maybe the executioner maybe getting his own book? He's really intrigued me.
Susan Trombley
Hi Susie,
Thank you for asking! I'm thrilled that you love my Shadows series! I do have plans for at least three more books in the series, and yes, one of them is for the executioner. He's also a very intriguing character to me. :D My initial plan when I finished Jessabelle's Beast was to write Uriale's story next, and I already had an outline, a good idea where I was going, and a strong impression of the characters by the time I finished Jessabelle's book (which made me perhaps a bit overconfident in announcing it).
Unfortunately, even with all of that, the story just wasn't coming together as I'd liked, so I switched to a different project to give myself time to work out the issues I had with it. I'm still going back and forth on it, but I'm thinking that I might need to write one of the other stories first, given that they take place in different areas and don't need to be chronological. I hate to disappoint those who are waiting for Uriale's story, and I'm still working on it and have every intention of releasing it at some point, but it just isn't coming together as I'd hoped, so it might be time to revisit that series with a different book, and I am anxious to write those stories too.
As for when I'll have the next book out, even if it's not Uriale's, I can't say yet. I don't want to set another deadline and then miss it, so I'm going to be very cautious in the future about announcing a time frame for books. I will say that I write every day, and I am eager to bring these stories to my wonderful readers.
Thank you for asking! I'm thrilled that you love my Shadows series! I do have plans for at least three more books in the series, and yes, one of them is for the executioner. He's also a very intriguing character to me. :D My initial plan when I finished Jessabelle's Beast was to write Uriale's story next, and I already had an outline, a good idea where I was going, and a strong impression of the characters by the time I finished Jessabelle's book (which made me perhaps a bit overconfident in announcing it).
Unfortunately, even with all of that, the story just wasn't coming together as I'd liked, so I switched to a different project to give myself time to work out the issues I had with it. I'm still going back and forth on it, but I'm thinking that I might need to write one of the other stories first, given that they take place in different areas and don't need to be chronological. I hate to disappoint those who are waiting for Uriale's story, and I'm still working on it and have every intention of releasing it at some point, but it just isn't coming together as I'd hoped, so it might be time to revisit that series with a different book, and I am anxious to write those stories too.
As for when I'll have the next book out, even if it's not Uriale's, I can't say yet. I don't want to set another deadline and then miss it, so I'm going to be very cautious in the future about announcing a time frame for books. I will say that I write every day, and I am eager to bring these stories to my wonderful readers.
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Caitlan
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Susan Trombley:
I love your books so much, Susan! I started on the Serpent's Mate and gorged on the rest of the Iriduan Test Subjects then moved on to Lilith's Fall and devoured all in that world. I just read the Princess Dragon and it was amazing! Do you have suggestions for other authors that you like that are similar to your work?
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