Blade of Empire Update

[merlinscribe]

As of last week, BLADE OF EMPIRE has gone through *two* editorial revisions and is now in production at Tor! This puts it on schedule for a Fall 2017 release.

I will almost certainly be turning in SCOURGE OF FATE by the end of this year, though what Tor does with it after that, and when, is anybody's guess.

Comments

Here it comes!

[lusional]

Hey James, just thought I'd drop a comment since this site has gone quiet again and I can't seem to find any other sites/social media when searching for you.

I saw on twitter that Kate Rudd is in the process of recording the audiobook for Blade of Empire, which is awesome since she did an awesome job with Crown of Vengeance... which I just listened to yet again. Anyhow - any updates on life, love, or your favorite flavor of Doritos?

Re: Here it comes!

[merlinscribe]

How wonderful that the same voice artist is back to record the second book! Thank you for letting me know about this--normally the audio book folks would contact me for a pronunciation guide, but it doesn't look as if they needed to this time.

As for my personal updates: I am a Cool Ranch Doritos loyalist. I prefer coffee or tea to soda, but when I do drink soda, I prefer Classic Coke.

Aside from this journal, I have an author's page: www.merlinscribe.com but it doesn't currently seem to be reachable. (I will contact my page agent about this.) It hasn't been updated recently, alas.

And I have no idea why Tor thinks I live in Maryland...

Re: Here it comes!

[lusional]

Yeah, that author's page has been down for quite some time. I've tried searching for you on tor.com occasionally, but the newest result has long been the "The House of the Four Winds Sweepstakes!" (I enjoyed that one, too, by the way - too bad the series was canceled)

I would have thought Tor would at least have something show up in the search for Blade of Empire or The Dragon Prophecy, but no. Nothing. It's kind of sad that I have to go to Amazon or goodreads instead of Tor's own website (or search Kate's twitter feed) for stuff like this. It seems like your agent and publisher aren't doing a very good job of publicizing you.

I fully approve of your snack choices - they are timeless.

Re: Here it comes!

[merlinscribe]

An ancient adage states: The only authors a publisher publicizes are those not in need of publicity. Sad but true.