October never ends.: seanan

October never ends.

It is with the utmost delight and no small amount of profound relief that I announce that the next three October Daye adventures have been acquired by DAW Books. That takes us all the way to thirteen, a benchmark I dreamt of but never thought I'd really reach.

The next three books are:

The Brightest Fell
Night and Silence
When Sorrows Come

(For the curious, the titles this time are from "Macbeth," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and "Hamlet.")

I am...I am over the moon. This gets us through some really major story beats that I've been really looking forward to, and moves us toward the conclusion of as "act two" of the whole series (act one officially concluded with The Winter Long). There are two more books to come before I start on this new set, A Red-Rose Chain and Once Broken Faith, and having the security of knowing the story will go on is just incredible.

Thank you, DAW, for having faith in me.

And thank you all, for reading.

(Comment amnesty is ON, ye gods and little fishes.)

replyhazy

September 12 2014, 17:08:02 UTC 2 years ago

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Well, this is good, because when you quit writing these books it appears THE WORLD WILL END. So, thanks DAW, and thanks McGuire.

groblek

September 12 2014, 17:19:46 UTC 2 years ago

Huzzah! I'm glad to see that the folks at DAW who make the decisions recognize a good thing when they see it. After seeing the end of Act One, I want even more to see the whole arc followed to the end. We're hoping Josh can join us in eagerly awaiting the next Toby book many years from now when he's old enough to read them. :)

kyrielle

September 12 2014, 17:21:05 UTC 2 years ago

Eeeeeeeeeeeeee awesome!!

Congratulations!

And many many many thanks to DAW because this means _I get to buy and read these books some day_, which makes my day today (learning it) and will make my day again in the future when they actually are published and available.

Bouncy, happy, glee.

(And, re The Winter Long: omg. omg, omg. I haven't gotten more coherent than that, so.)

dragonsong

September 12 2014, 17:23:11 UTC 2 years ago

*EXCITED SCREAMING*

liddle_oldman

September 12 2014, 17:33:21 UTC 2 years ago

I believe a hearty GOODY GOODY GUMDROPS!! is in order.

Have I mentioned how much we are enjoying this series? ("We", in this case, being my wife and I. I would imagine others are as well.)

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Bonnie Whitley Potter

September 12 2014, 18:15:47 UTC 2 years ago

Woohoo! That's fantastic news. I'm reading The Winter Long as slowly as possible because I don't want it to end. I'm so happy to hear that there's even more Toby on the way.

museclio

September 12 2014, 18:26:21 UTC 2 years ago

Ahem. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is all.

sparrowpunk

September 12 2014, 18:26:29 UTC 2 years ago

This is very exciting news :)

kshandra

September 12 2014, 18:37:43 UTC 2 years ago Edited: September 12 2014, 18:39:09 UTC

That takes us all the way to thirteen, a benchmark I dreamt of but never thought I'd really reach.

I can only imagine that the release party for When Sorrows Come will take place in a corn maze. (EDIT TO ADD: Or possibly at the Winchester Mystery House.) I'm clearing my calendar for it now. :D

Congratulations.

mariadkins

September 12 2014, 18:41:38 UTC 2 years ago

YES!!

anne_d

September 12 2014, 18:45:48 UTC 2 years ago

Happy for you, happy for me and all your other readers, happy happy happy!

badgermirlacca

September 12 2014, 18:49:45 UTC 2 years ago

Woo-hoo!

My only regret is that I'll have to wait so long for them all! I'm currently listening to Ashes of Honor and just finished reading A Winter Long (I'll be getting that in audiobook format, too), and the next book is a whole year away *sob*