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Huzzah! I have escaped the clutches of the Head Plot Bunny!
...Turns out their special project was just a fanfic involving the Easter Bunny and the Godiva Chocolates Lady. No, I'm not going to share it. No, I'm not going to say what it was about--actually, if you want to know something similar, it was inspired by the chocolate-eating scenes from The Mage, which is already available in trade paperback and ebook form from Berkley, and which will be re-released this June 2012 in mass market paperback. (I recommend reading the other seven books in the Sons of Destiny series first, if you haven't read those. The Mage has a LOT of fantasy plot in it, as well as romance, chocolate, and smutty scenes involving romantic applications of chocolate.)
If you cannot wait until then to read something of mine, Flying Pen Press' release of Space Battles will be coming out soon in trade paperback, with my short science fiction story "The Joystick War". It's a tale of civilians who were in the wrong place at the wrong time at the start of the Second Salik War, and yes, this is official canon in my Theirs Not To Reason Why universe. This anthology should be available by the end of the month.
Speaking of Theirs Not To Reason Why, this brings me to my post-Norwescon 35 report: I had a fantastic time and enjoyed being on several great panels. (The one on what those confusing contracts mean was especially well-received.) I also had fun nicknaming myself the weekend's "designated target" as I was the only Philip K. Dick nominee able to attend, and it was a big thrill seeing my book cover for A Soldier's Duty blown up into a huge poster sitting next to all the others...but as even my main character Ia would say, 1 in 7 odds aren't spectacular, and I did not win. Still, being nominated in the first place beat some pretty steep odds! The recitations from the other books sounded very intriguing, so I encourage everyone to go look them up.
If science fiction is not your cuppa, never fear; we're less than one month away from the release of The Shifter in trade paperback and ebook formats from Berkley. It's the tale of a half-trained Corredai mage named Solyn, a Shifterai named Kenyen, and the evil shapeshifters who have been stealing the faces and identities of prominent men in Solyn's home valley.
In the meantime, I shall have to get back to work. I have a short steampunk story for a forthcoming anthology from Berkley/Jove, the fourth book in my military scifi series to finish, and the first of the new eight book series, the Guardians of Destiny, to start writing soon.
...One last thing. While I was being held captive by the various plot-bunnies, they graciously permitted (okay, cattle-prodded) me into finishing the third Vulland Chronicles story, "Vardo At The Faire." A bit of an airship pirate, Vardo is a charming fellow when he's happy, and I did my best to make sure he had a good time at the Spring Faire. Click here for this free download of Vulland Chronicles: Vardo at the Faire, I hope you enjoy it.
~Jean