You must know me, I'm one of your secrets

Lately I've been getting a veritable slew of email wanting to know what, precisely, is the deal with all this travel I've been doing. There are rumors afoot that I'm working on a movie/movie deal, or in negotiations to do so; I heard from somewhere that I'm recording an audio book, and I heard from somewhere else that I'm doing voice acting for an animated feature.

None of that is true.

But here are some things that are true.

A couple of weeks ago, I resigned from my position as an associate editor with Subterranean Press. The decision wasn't made lightly, and it wasn't made under any duress – or with any rancor. I love the folks at Subterranean and hope to work with them again in the future. They did not do anything that made me want to quit, and they did not fire me.

But a fantastic jump-now-or-forget-about-it opportunity landed in my lap, and I felt like I had to take it. I explained the whole shebang to my now-former boss, who waved his pom-poms of support and wished me the best (because he is awesome). And with his blessing, I jumped for this New Thing.

Unfortunately, I'm not at liberty to discuss the New Thing, except to say that it is a new day job – something separate from my book-writing activities. All the usual publishing stuff is still GO, and all the usual deadlines remain in place. I will still be attending every publishing-related event (conventions, conferences, signings, etc.) for which I am scheduled. None of that will change.

As soon as I'm given the all-clear to blab, you may safely bet that I'll be shouting details from the rooftops. But until then, I will not be answering any questions about the project, nor responding to any guesses as to its nature. Please respect my position on this, and don't be an ass about it.

Anyway. I'm putting this out here now, because (a). people are starting to notice (and ask about) how much I'm on the road, and (b). the only TRUE rumor making the rounds was that I'd left Subterranean, and I don't want anyone to think that it happened under nasty terms or that there's any bad blood there.

Subterranean Press is an excellent company staffed by exceptional people, and I send them all giant tackle-hugs every chance I get. I've appreciated their understanding and support (regarding this matter, and many others) more than I can possibly convey.

So, there you go.

And I think I'll go ahead and lock down comments on this post, just to keep this the final word on the matter (for now). Thanks for reading, thanks for your patience – and I promise, I will tell you all about it one of these fine days.

[Crossposted from my website. If you'd like to comment, you can do so either here or there.]