Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: ecstatic
  • Music: Katie Graybeal, "Space in the Air."

A treat for Toby fans is coming!

So hey, remember how at the end of Chimes at Midnight, Quentin was all "now you get to meet my parents," and Toby was all "OH FUCK NO," and then we got The Winter Long, but we never got to see the meeting?

We're going to get to see the meeting.

"Full of Briars" is a novelette set between Chimes at Midnight and The Winter Long, narrated by Quentin as he faces that most terrifying moment in a young squire's life: the meeting between his parents and his knight. With bonus "how Quentin sees Tybalt" and "how Quentin and Raj interact when Toby isn't around" (hint: they're glorious shits to one another).

"Full of Briars" will have a price point of $1.99 USD/$2.59 CD, and be released in August 2016, a month before the next October Daye book comes out. The cover art is being done by Tara O'Shea, who does the short story covers for my website. (Right now, it is only available in the US and Canada, because of regional rights issues. I have faith in all y'all's ability to get around that without resorting to illegal downloads. Since wow do I want DAW to let me do more of these.)

Quentin!

Glee.
Tags: good things, publishing news, short fiction, toby daye
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hsb

December 11 2015, 20:41:37 UTC 1 year ago

Dear Seanan's UK publisher, please buy the rights...

(assuming that is the issue)

H

seanan_mcguire

December 11 2015, 21:36:28 UTC 1 year ago

That is the issue...for the UK. Everywhere else has the same issue. Basically, right now, only DAW has the right to publish this story, and DAW only publishes in the US and Canada.

I don't expect any interest from my UK publisher until they've caught up with the series (and hence potentially started making money off of it). Right now, the US is still quite a bit ahead.

hsb

December 11 2015, 21:46:59 UTC 1 year ago

Time to start buying people the first one for Christmas. Get them hooked.

H

Hardy Himmelhund

December 12 2015, 00:34:03 UTC 1 year ago

Yesterday I found and was able to pre-order the Kindle e-book version from the German branch of Amazon. Just now I checked and it's still listed in my pre-orders. I just hope they don't notice that they don't want to sell it to me.