Here's how it was, after he left me,
Queen of this island, and mother of his child.
I knew the risks—war's always chancy—
Still, I was happy to wait, for a while...
In fifty days—less, if historical stocking oopsies bear out one more time—you'll be able to walk into your local bookstore and pick up a copy of One Salt Sea, the fifth of the October Daye adventures. In fifty days, you'll be able to find out what happens next. In fifty days, you're done waiting, for at least a little while.
I admit it: I'm terrified. Late Eclipses was incredibly well-received, and that makes the stakes even higher for book five. What's more, One Salt Sea is the book that, for a very long time, I couldn't write, because I was so sure that the series would never find a home that I ran out of steam about a quarter of the way into book five, over and over and over again. In a way, I never did write that particular book. The one you'll be able to buy is very different, even though the skeleton is the same. The Brightest Fell, my original book five, may never see the light of day...or if it does, it will show up as something new and strange. And that's okay.
Fifty days. I can barely believe it. We've come so far, so fast, and it's all so strange.
Thank you for coming with me.
Because ten years is a very long time
When there's no guarantee he'll come home,
And the war was so far away,
And I was still Queen...Queen, and alone...
(All lyrics quoted today are by Talis Kimberley, who is awesome.)
(All twitchiness is mine.)
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and Talis is awesome but I've not heard this one. What is it from?
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July 18 2011, 16:25:39 UTC 5 years ago
Seriously, Seanan, you are the one and only author whose releases I actually get gleefully excited about. Well, you, and CE Murphy with her Urban Shaman series. But that says something. Because the only other authors that cause that sort of giddiness in me are the legendary Neil Gaiman and Sir Terry Pratchett...
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*holds your hand*
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I don't think the Toby series is going to end at seven... hell, if your readers are lucky, seven isn't even the halfway point... but aside from ANYTHING else, that means that Book Five was going to get a major rewrite. Which it obviously did.
Yes, you're twitching. I think we're all used to that by now. I'm sure One Salt Sea will be Made Of Awesome just like the four Toby books preceding it. I'm also sure that Toby is going to get more and more unhappy with you with each new book, but that's nothing new either!
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But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
O;>
(I'm looking forward to it.)
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'Ten Years' is my take on Penelope, who was, the poet has it, patient beyond all reason. No, I haven't recorded it... yet... but it was a stalwart of my live set a bunch of years ago and a song of which I remain very fond.
No promises... but if I do record it, believe me, you will be the first to know. (Well, after my sound engineer, but ykwim... oh, hush...)
One day perhaps I'll gather all my classical songs in one place. Persephone. Circe. Er... and Mrs Pythagoras, who popped up recently, on the bus, wearing her second-best hat.
July 18 2011, 22:53:22 UTC 5 years ago
Golly! I bet there's a story in that...
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July 18 2011, 22:54:46 UTC 5 years ago
Your books are always fun, and it's not like your career is pinned on a single series, or anything.
*hugs*
July 19 2011, 14:46:20 UTC 5 years ago
Thank you.
July 18 2011, 23:15:14 UTC 5 years ago
I love that you publish two to three books a year. I know it stresses you out a lot, but please know that the avalanche of Seanan-writing is very much appreciated.
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And to learn their are cats that like showers.
July 19 2011, 14:47:10 UTC 5 years ago
And you are seriously welcome. :)