I realize I've been remiss in updating. Where has the year gone?

I'm getting quite a few comments and questions about what's going on with my publishing schedule. First of all, I'm completely flattered to receive questions via facebook, goodreads and livejournal, even email, about when my next book is coming out! It's wonderful to know I actually have fans out there waiting to read more about Ki'leah and friends. I did leave them all in a bad spot, and if I don't get them out of it soon, characters and fans alike are going to rebel! Rest assured, I am planning to get back to their story as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, I've got a couple of projects I'm trying to finish and send out into the world that demand my more immediate attention. As far as my own writing goes, I'm working on rewrites for Outcast, a novel I finished several years ago that has been sold to Hadley Rille Books. This novel is a YA set in the same world of Sildehna, but far south in the country of Erados. There are crossover characters between Outcast and the later books in the Song series. This is a lot of fun for me to write, and I hope readers will enjoy it as well. Outcast was due out the end of summer, but I pulled it from the schedule to give it a more thorough rewrite. I'm hoping to still get it out this year, but most likely, fans will have to wait until early 2013.

I've also spent a few months working on Chrono Mechanics, the zany sci-fi novel I'm co-authoring with Art Thibert, based on characters and a world he created. We are in the revision stage of this novel, and hope to have it turned in to Hadley Rille by the end of the year. Watch this space for a cool kickstarter campaign we're putting together soon!

August is reserved for outlining Book Three in the Song series, the long-awaited sequel! I don't have a tentative release date yet, but I'm really looking forward to spending all of my time on this project once I get the other two novels finished (along with my editing duties-- see below!) I know it's a long wait, but it will be worth the readers' while! For certain, you will see some beloved characters finally get together, and others will face new problems. Britta will have to deal with the consequences of her experience with Ayu-Mah, as will those around her. Readers will learn more about Delveran. War is coming. And there will be pirates....

I'm working on some editing projects that are filling up my summer fast. I'm so pleased to announce, belatedly, that Melissa Mickelsen's Nightingale, which I edited, is available. It's an amazing YA fantasy novel that everyone MUST read! This was my first editing job and I'm super proud of Melissa, who is a superb writer and thoroughly deserves success. I'm currently editing Julia Dvorin's Ice Will Reveal for November publication, and I can't WAIT to see this book on shelves! Epic fantasy readers who love a solid, well-built world and strong characters will LOVE this. At the end of this month I will be working on Beta Test author Eric Griffith's YA paranormal for kindle release, and in July I'm working with Terri-Lynne DeFino on her forthcoming novel, Beyond the Gate. If that weren't enough, I've also got two full manuscript submissions to read for Hadley Rille.

Phew! So much for a summer off! No wonder I'm tired! :) 

More updates soon as I catch up to myself. Meanwhile, enjoy your summer!