Justin Baumann
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K.D. Edwards:
K.D.! I love the series as I am sure many of us do! So knowing that the series is 9 books long (which thank god cause if ended at a trilogy I would be devasted). I noticed that book 1 was pubbed in 2018, book 2 quickly followed in 2019, and then book 3 had a 3 year gap to 2022. I assume bc of COVID as it is mentioned in book 3. However, can you give us an anticipated timeline for book 4 and beyond?
K.D. Edwards
COVID definitely played a part in the delay of book 3 -- but so did the content. It was just so much heavier than the first two books. It was my "Book of Secrets."
Book 4, THE MISFIT CARAVAN, is likely to have as much as an 18-month gap between publications (and I'll push for less!), but there will also be a substantive "expansion novella" in between. (I've talked elsewhere about how I was asked to keep the page count of THT to a certain number, which made me have to cut a huge secondary plot. That plot -- the story of what the kids went through as Lady Jade's captive -- is being written right now, and should be published in late 2022/early 2023.)
After that, I plan on sticking to a novel-a-year. If Book 3 was the "One filled with Secrets", Book 4 is what I consider the "One with all the jokes." There is a lot of humor and healing in it. (Though I retain the rights to throw all the curve balls in the world at the final third of it.....)
And, as always, I'll continue to drop little snippets and stories along the way. My website has an extra content page with about a novel's worth of stories; and I even just posted a tiny snipper scene on Twitter yesterday.
Thanks for reading! I promise, I have a huge story left to tell. I cannot wait to introduce some long-anticipated characters in the next trilogy like Dalton, Amelia, Lady Moon, Lord Devil, Tavis... Rune's story is barely beginning.
KD
Book 4, THE MISFIT CARAVAN, is likely to have as much as an 18-month gap between publications (and I'll push for less!), but there will also be a substantive "expansion novella" in between. (I've talked elsewhere about how I was asked to keep the page count of THT to a certain number, which made me have to cut a huge secondary plot. That plot -- the story of what the kids went through as Lady Jade's captive -- is being written right now, and should be published in late 2022/early 2023.)
After that, I plan on sticking to a novel-a-year. If Book 3 was the "One filled with Secrets", Book 4 is what I consider the "One with all the jokes." There is a lot of humor and healing in it. (Though I retain the rights to throw all the curve balls in the world at the final third of it.....)
And, as always, I'll continue to drop little snippets and stories along the way. My website has an extra content page with about a novel's worth of stories; and I even just posted a tiny snipper scene on Twitter yesterday.
Thanks for reading! I promise, I have a huge story left to tell. I cannot wait to introduce some long-anticipated characters in the next trilogy like Dalton, Amelia, Lady Moon, Lord Devil, Tavis... Rune's story is barely beginning.
KD
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M'rella
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K.D. Edwards:
Thank you for answering! Name Rurik is very meaningful in Russian history, he was the founder of the ruling Rurik dynasty in old Russia. Since there is a Russian family involved, I assumed there was some significance to him in that aspect. What a coincidence! :D So glad to hear about Brand! I absolutely adore him; his banter reminds me of Rocket from the Guardians of the Galaxy a bit X) ?
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