Penric 9 impending
I am pleased to report that I've finished the first draft of a new Penric & Desdemona novella. The title will be "Masquerade in Lodi". The final editing pass/es are still to go, and will take the usual unknown amount of time, but artist Ron Miller is beforehand with the cover art.
It's a sort of pocket prequel, a small-scale tale taking place over one day, set during the period Penric spent working for the archdivine of Adria about a year before his big Cedonian adventure. So in terms of internal chronology, it falls between "Penric's Fox" and "Penric's Mission". It is at the moment a mid-sized novella, about 33k words.
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In other Pen & Des news, the release of Baen's mass market paperback edition of the first collection Penric's Progress is set for February 2021. Page proofs for it just came through here. (This one includes "Penric's Demon", "Penric and the Shaman" and "Penric's Fox".)
The second Baen paper hardcover volume, Penric's Travels (including the novellas "Penric's Mission", "Mira's Last Dance", and "The Prisoner of Limnos") remains available, though you'll mostly need to order it or hit the online booksellers for it. (Its bookstore sales back in May, and that of many other spring 2020 releases, were unfortunately depressed by the first wave of the pandemic, and that shelf space is going to fall titles now.) Uncle Hugo's and Dreamhaven here in Minneapolis can get you signed copies by mail order, btw.
All the Baen editions retain the striking cover art by Dan dos Santos.
Ta, L.
It's a sort of pocket prequel, a small-scale tale taking place over one day, set during the period Penric spent working for the archdivine of Adria about a year before his big Cedonian adventure. So in terms of internal chronology, it falls between "Penric's Fox" and "Penric's Mission". It is at the moment a mid-sized novella, about 33k words.
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In other Pen & Des news, the release of Baen's mass market paperback edition of the first collection Penric's Progress is set for February 2021. Page proofs for it just came through here. (This one includes "Penric's Demon", "Penric and the Shaman" and "Penric's Fox".)
The second Baen paper hardcover volume, Penric's Travels (including the novellas "Penric's Mission", "Mira's Last Dance", and "The Prisoner of Limnos") remains available, though you'll mostly need to order it or hit the online booksellers for it. (Its bookstore sales back in May, and that of many other spring 2020 releases, were unfortunately depressed by the first wave of the pandemic, and that shelf space is going to fall titles now.) Uncle Hugo's and Dreamhaven here in Minneapolis can get you signed copies by mail order, btw.
All the Baen editions retain the striking cover art by Dan dos Santos.
Ta, L.
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Glad to hear it, if I'm honest, I kinda thought you'd retired from writing. Good luck with the editing/second draft.
Good news! I thought there seemed to be plenty of room for new stories in that time period.
Very nice. And here we all thought you were taking this summer off.
I was thinking it was about time for another visit with Penric & Desdemona.Thank you! The cover is gorgeous as always, and a chance to see him at a time between other adventures is quite welcome.
Shane wrote: "Very nice. And here we all thought you were taking this summer off."Yeah, so had I. But when the Muse drops a gift on me, I've learned it's best not to argue. Or, "Oh. I guess this is the story I'm writing now. OK..."
Ta, L.
Patrick wrote: "Glad to hear it, if I'm honest, I kinda thought you'd retired from writing. Good luck with the editing/second draft.""The Physicians of Vilnoc" was just published in May. How soon we forget...
But, yeah, semi-retired, which I take to mean I write what I want, when I want... or, y'know, not.
Ta, l.
Always good news. I look forward to it.
I'm so happy to hear this, and I'm excited to read a story set earlier.
Yay! I adore Penric and Desdemona! Knowing that you’re semi-retired, I try very hard not to *expect* more books, so a new story announcement is always a wonderful surprise.
Hooray! Write on! (Just finished reading Curse of Challion and then Paladin of Souls again).
Another Penric is great news. Thank you.
Lois wrote: "Patrick wrote: "Glad to hear it, if I'm honest, I kinda thought you'd retired from writing. Good luck with the editing/second draft.""The Physicians of Vilnoc" was just published in May. How soon..."
Fair enough, you've certainly published a lot of books already, you deserve to go at your own pace.
The cover art is very Georgette Heyer, so appealing 😊! Thankyou for something to look forward to in this year of Pandemic, I treasure so many things now I took for granted earlier and new works from favourite Authors are high on my list. "Be careful out there" as they used to say on Hill Street Blues! Denise
Do give your Muse our collective thanks. The gift she dropped on you is for all of us ! Yay, woo hoo and all thèse kind of things
Lois wrote: "Yeah, so had I. But when the Muse drops a gift on me, I've learned it's best not to argue."So, the Muse dictates. As always, probably. I'd hate to have to write to deadline, but I understand some writers thrive on that kind of pressure.
BTW the cover seems very Venetian.
Yes. Strong Venetian vibes from that cover - looking forward to it. I wonder if you've ever tried any of Donna Leon's books set in Venice? A phrase you used when talking about the Rivers of London books - and Many thanks for that recommendation - comes to mind with Leon, about the joy of finding a pleasant headspace to inhabit. And the additional joy of a spectacular setting.
So fast! Hooray! I guess I'll have to read all the other ones again in preparation! (Not sad.)
Glad to hear that it is coming so soon. My only real stumble reading these stories comes at the "had had" in Penric and the Shaman. I always mentally repeat the sentence using "had" in that place. I recognize that "had had" is an acceptable grammatical construct, but I just have trouble with it in that sentence. "Author's preference" governs, as it should, but I still stumble there.
Cynthia wrote: "really like the cover art"Thanks!
Marina wrote: "I was thinking it was about time for another visit with Penric & Desdemona.Thank you! The cover is gorgeous as always, and a chance to see him at a time between other adventures is quite welcome."
Thanks for the nice compliment!
That was lovely. Lovely in the “I can’t wait to re-read it” way.
