Dragon Prophecy 3: The Art of War. Another confusing update

[merlinscribe]

I am reminded I have been dilatory in sharing the current news about Dragon Prophecy 3. TLDR: this is likely to push the publication date further into the future.

Here we go...

At the beginning of April, I received shocking news. My long-time editor at Tor (and no fan of the Obsidian books) had left the company. The books have been assigned to a new editor, who (potentially; I haven't spoken to her in depth yet), will be a fan of the genre and be a booster for the series.

I don't know much of anything right now. I don't know if New Editor is going to accept the new ending of the book. I don't know how much clout they have in-house. I don't know how the pre-pub process (editorial revisions, copyedit, copyedit check) is going to go with the series under new management. Of course I hope New Editor will adore the books and back my vision for big sprawling epics that do deep-dives into all corners of Jer-a-kaliel.

It's early days yet. We'll see. I'll keep you posted.

Comments

Re: Thank you!

[merlinscribe]

Well, I hope it holds at least one more trilogy or one stunningly enormous book because there's a story I have wanted to tell for years...

Re: Thank you!

[(Anonymous)]

And what would that story be? Don't drop something like that and NOT expect this question. Or do you think that telling us will cause too much of an outcry over how long it will take? LOL