Recalculating
I just don't feel ready for this new year. I'm already racing to catch up thanks to a couple of projects left from last year -- and then an untimely bout of flu which has me sounding like a cross between Lauren Bacall and end stage emphysema. But so many of you have been kind enough to ask what this year's schedule looks like, so here's how 2011 is shaping up...
Snowball in Hell reprint - Carina Press - April 4th (see the neato new cover?) 
This Rough Magic - Loose Id - Aprilish
This has undergone a change or two since I first envisioned it. It's now 1930s hopefully madcap comedy about engaged San Francisco socialite, Brett Sheridan, who hires tough, down-on-his-luck PI Neil Patrick Rafferty to find a missing Shakespearean folio of The Tempest.
Come Unto These Yellow Sands - Samhain - May
Very angsty mystery about a Maine College Professor and ex-poet (and recovering addict) who helps a student and then learns the student is suspected of murder.
Dangerous Ground4: Night Moves - Loose Id - July
Taylor visits Will in Paris and finds Will's former lover, Lt. Commander David Bradley also on the scene.
Mummy Dearest - Samhain - September 30
Halloween-themed contemporary comic romance. It’s October 31st and Dr. Drew Larson has arrived at the Lasse Dime Museum in Walsh, Wyoming to examine the mummified remains of the Princess Merneith -- only to learn that museum curator Dr. Solvani has authorized reality TV host Fraser Fortune to film a segment of his popular show The Mysterious on the same day.
Green Glass Beads - Blind Eye Books - December
Actually, the title is tentative. This is a fantasy novella for a four author collection with stories by Nikki Kimberling, Ginn Hale, Astrid Amara and me. The stories all deal with a law enforcement agency known as The Irregulars whose job it is to hunt down dangerous artifacts of magical power.
Jack of Swords - Loose Id - December
First book in an action-adventure fantasy series about reformed treasure hunter and now museum curator Adam Halliwell and his former lover, soldier of fortune Jack Griffin who both want the same thing: King Arthur's fabled dagger Carnwennan.
There's also a Petit Mort story in there somewhere, details yet to be hammered down.
Also planned but not yet officially proposed or contracted (because I don't have time to write the damned proposals) is:
About the Author, book three in the Holmes & Moriarity series. Kit and JX are setting up house together in San Francisco. While JX is off at a writer's conference, Kit unpacks a moving crate and finds a body inside.
Shadow on the Sun - 2nd book in the Doyle & Spain series (sequel to Snowball in Hell) -- Nathan looks into the disappearance of a Japanese American college friend after he and his family are interned.
Am I forgetting something? I think that's pretty much it for the year. Trying to keep it very light, but it already looks pretty busy, doesn't it?
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Wow! That's seems like hell lot of work for me)) How do you manage to find and keep all this staff in one head)Will be nervously waiting)))
Agree with Suhi that they all sound great! Can't wait to read them! Looks like a really good mix of things-- comedy, angsty, contemporary, historical, and fantasy. Although I'm I big angst lover, I've really enjoyed the humor of the Holmes and Moriarity series, so I'm glad to see you've got a couple of comedies coming out in addition to H&M 3.Will this be the last Dangerous Ground or are you planning more? I love Will and Taylor.
Hope you're feeling better, Josh.
Ya know, I have to apologize to you, Josh. Sincere apologies. Intense grovelling should be involved. Because I used to think you were insane to keep up that kind of schedule.Now? *SNORT*
Well, as a reader/fangirl, I'm one happy camper. LOL. Seems like you're leaning more into sci-fi/fantasy in the coming year. Is that me just not being awake enough to function (coffee work faster) or are you genuinely interested in exploring more in that direction?
The schedule sounds amazing (I'm drooling at the thought of Green Glass Beads and About an Author), but...it also sounds very hectic! I hope...if it isn't too forward to say so...that there is also some downtime scheduled.I hope you're feeling better soon!
I really need to introduce myself to Taylor and Will :)
Julia514 wrote: "Wow! That's seems like hell lot of work for me)) How do you manage to find and keep all this staff in one head)Will be nervously waiting)))"
I take a lot of notes! ;-D
Nichem wrote: "Agree with Suhi that they all sound great! Can't wait to read them! Looks like a really good mix of things-- comedy, angsty, contemporary, historical, and fantasy. Although I'm I big angst lover,..."Thanks, Nichem. I'm getting there.
No, there will be more Will and Taylor after this. That's a series that could run for as long as they continue to amuse me.
Kari wrote: "Ya know, I have to apologize to you, Josh. Sincere apologies. Intense grovelling should be involved. Because I used to think you were insane to keep up that kind of schedule.Now? *SNORT*
Well, a..."
It's not as bad as it looks because three of the books are basically done. And two are mostly outlined, so...it's busy but not crazy busy.
Except this month and next. ;-D
I enjoy the spec fiction. It makes a nice break from the other stuff, but one or two stories a year is plenty.
Samantha wrote: "Any year that brings us more Taylor and Will and then the possibility of more Kit and JX is a damn fine year if you ask me. ;)":-D
Thanks, Samantha.
orannia wrote: "The schedule sounds amazing (I'm drooling at the thought of Green Glass Beads and About an Author), but...it also sounds very hectic! I hope...if it isn't too forward to say so...that there is also..."Thanks, Orannia. It looks worse than it is. Three projects are basically done and two are outlined, so it's busy but it's not like last year (which really was looney farm time)
The cover for Snowball in Hell is lovely and the schedule looks great too; I'm really looking forward to each and every one. :DHope you feel better soon, Josh.
Mary wrote: "The cover for Snowball in Hell is lovely and the schedule looks great too; I'm really looking forward to each and every one. :DHope you feel better soon, Josh."
Thanks, Mary!
Alycia wrote: "OOoooo I cannot wait for Come Unto These Yellow Sands. Bring on the angst! And the dangerous ground sequel sound juicy too. I will be impatiently waiting for all these books to come out :P"Thanks, Alycia. I look at the lineup and see a lot of books I think I'm going to enjoy writing!
Oh, WOW!!! That's a lot of stuff to look forward to!! I don't know how you do it but, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!I almost feel guilty about begging for more AE!!! *almost* ;)
So much great stuff to look forward to - thank you! That being said, all I want for Christmas is something with Adrien and Jake actually together and happy - possibly a Christmas/holiday story? Oh please, pretty please??!!
Nancy wrote: "So much great stuff to look forward to - thank you! That being said, all I want for Christmas is something with Adrien and Jake actually together and happy - possibly a Christmas/holiday story? Oh...":-D
Probably not this year. We'll see. Thanks for the kind note!
Heather C wrote: "Oh, WOW!!! That's a lot of stuff to look forward to!! I don't know how you do it but, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!I almost feel guilty about begging for more AE!!! *almost* ;)"
It's nice knowing readers actively look forward to these stories--sometimes you guys remember dates better than I do!
Lol. We keep calendars with release dates of all our favorite authors/series.
