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Hilarious! I’ll be giving a chapter to the infinitely patient Pat at the Hotlist, and perhaps another bit to Adrian over at Grimdark, but not until we have some firm dates on the table.
Just got back to find there’s been some developments! I’d resolved to say nothing anticipating anything–it just makes me feel foolish anymore. Until we have all the details hammered out, there’s not much I can say except that Overlook’s July 2016 date is tentative. I fear I can’t comment on their press release, either. Things seem to be close, though.I know it’s been a preposterously long haul, folks, but hold on just a bit longer. The laws of physics are bound to kick in at some point, after which I can start delivering some more reliable predictions.
Whoever the Dunyain are--we will find out more about them on July 5th, 2016! Overlook Press has CONFIRMED the release date on Amazon!http://i.imgur.com/bZJbNq0.png?1
my UK publisher has finally come to terms on the fourth book.I had intended on chronicling what’s been going on behind the scenes these past months, the ups and downs, the false starts, the miscommunications, but now I’m really not sure what purpose would be served outside prolonging the prolonging. The important thing is that The Great Ordeal will be published next year, and The Unholy Consult will be published the year following. The exact dates still need to be worked out between my US and UK publishers–I’ll pass those along as soon as I know them.Why has the book been split? For the same reason The Prince of Nothing was split into a trilogy many moons ago: not because of greedy publishers or a greedy me, but because the story proved longer in the execution than in the planning, plain and simple.
Would you say that Unholy Consult would be about the same size as Great Ordeal , which is listed at just below 500 pages by Overlook?
The file is bigger, but then the Encyclopedic Glossary has grown quite big. My guess is that the story will weigh in somewhere over 400 pages, with the EG taking up another 200 or so. My guess.
Please, sir. May we have our merest fraction now?
Part of the problem was that my Overlook editor quit (without forewarning), so as it stands, I’m still waiting to be assigned editors for either Overlook or Orbit. As soon as that happens, I can get Pat the rest of the chapter I promised him way back, as well as work out something with Grimdark magazine. You shall have you taste soon enough.
so is there any hope to have an extended encyclopedic glossary coming out toghether with The Unholy Consult or as a separate piece?Just out of curiosity, have you already started writing The Book That Should Not Be Named? Or anything else related to Eärwa? (such as the Isûphiryas).
The EG was the big reason for splitting the books, and its only thing still requiring any serious work. I’ve been writing fragments for the final series for years now–as soon as I’ve finished it and rewritten TUC, the final dualogy is my first priority.
I’m already working on the copy edited version of The Great Ordeal, so the July release date looks firm.
Hey guys,Good news! Just heard back from Scott and it appears that we can expect that second part of the Achamian extract in early May! I told him we'd take it any time, so we'll see how it goes.Cheers,Patrick
