A New Novel for NaNoWriMo and Other Upcoming Projects

I’m back from my European vacation (my celebration for finishing up the Emperor’s Edge series this summer, and the first time I’ve taken more than a few days away from writing in the last three years!), and I’m excited to get rolling again. I might have even started something new during the bus and plane rides of the last week….

So, for those who are curious, here’s what the writing schedule is looking like for the next few months:

Finish a contemporary romance/mystery/adventure story set on the Olympic Peninsula (it may very well be the first love story involving a nefarious mushroom plot ).
Write 3 or 4 short story/novellas set in Nuria (I wrote most of the first one on my trip). I’m planning to do a trilogy that takes place over there, and I’m thinking of these as prequels. I’m testing the water with some new characters (we’ll have cameos from familiar EE-verse figures, and someone’s relative will be a major character in the trilogy — nobody you’ve seen yet, but you’re welcome to make guesses!)
Finish the half-written Claimed, the fourth Flash Gold novella.
On November 1st, for National Novel Writing Month, start Republic. This one should (I hope!) make EE fans happy. I’ve plotted most of it out, and it’ll be set in the capital, a few months after the events of the Forged in Blood books. I’m going to break the mold here and have several point-of-view characters. I don’t think Akstyr and Basilard will be in town for this one (though I’ll figure out a way to work in updates for them) but Amaranthe, Sicarius, Maldynado, Sespian, and Mahliki (the eldest Starcrest daughter) will all have stories to tell. I’m still deciding whether the last POV slot will go to Tikaya or Yara. I’m not sure how long the novel will end up being, because there’s going to be quite a bit going on, so I’m not going to throw out a publication month yet, but I’ll keep you updated.

Future projects (later in 2014) will include a second R&R book and the aforementioned Nurian trilogy.

Also, for those who enjoy writing and are thinking of participating in NaNoWriMo this year, stick around, because I’m going to give away some prizes to help encourage people to stick with it!

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