{"id":8430,"date":"2011-09-23T06:30:48","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T18:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=8430"},"modified":"2011-09-22T22:03:43","modified_gmt":"2011-09-22T10:03:43","slug":"more-looking-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2011\/09\/23\/more-looking-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"More Looking Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday<\/a>, I was getting into the spirit of spring equinox and looking ahead to what was coming up in the next 6 months—still not fully taking in that daylight saving starts this weekend! And today I got an email asking me to confirm potential dates for a Christmas party—I mean, seriously, a Christmas<\/em> party … How can it possibly be almost Christmas again, already?!<\/p>\n

So as I hadn’t got much past October 18 with my looking ahead, I thought I had better extend myself! So here goes …<\/p>\n

Well, in 6 months time, The Gathering of the Lost<\/strong><\/em>, the second novel in The Wall of Night<\/a> <\/strong>series, is going to be published in both the USA and UK\/AU\/NZ. At the moment, the information I have suggests the last week in March for the US and first week in April for the UK\/AU\/NZ. It doesn’t feel quite real at the moment (after all, it’s a whole ‘nuther equinox away \ud83d\ude09 ) but I am sure it will as I get closer. I’m also sure I will have some covers to show you some time before then—and there is something about having a cover officially “out there” that makes everything seem that little bit more real.<\/p>\n

A whole lot closer in time, in the next month or so I should be doing a couple of guest blog spots on SF Signal-<\/strong><\/a>–most likely around epic Fantasy, since that’s kinda my thing, but there’s a few other ideas floating around out there, too … Anyway, watch this space, because I’ll definitely let you know when they’re up and running.<\/p>\n

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Nicole Murphy; photo by Cat Sparks<\/p><\/div>In the meantime, I’ll still be doing my regular first-of-the-month post on the Supernatural Underground<\/strong><\/a>—and speaking of which, right now Aussie author Nicole Murphy<\/strong><\/a> has an interesting post running there, weighing up the pros and cons, with urban fantasy, as to whether mainstream human society “should” know about the alternate \/ paranormal beings existing in parallel with them—or not. Click here<\/strong><\/a> if you want to weigh in with your own thoughts.<\/p>\n

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I also hope to be doing more interviews with other writers, similar to the interview with Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris<\/strong> that I posted yesterday, here<\/strong><\/a>. Authors I hope to catch up with include Mary Victoria<\/strong><\/a>, whose third and final novel in the Chronicles of the Tree<\/strong> series, Oracle’s Fire<\/strong><\/em>, will be out next month—and possibly Daniel Abraham<\/strong>, to talk about the first in his new epic Fantasy series, The Path of Dragons.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

So as I always say, ‘watch this space’ … But as you can see, there’s plenty for me to keep busy with, quite aside from Christmas coming up (like a rocket!) and the ongoing post-earthquake situation here, which is pretty much ubiquitous at present. (And yes, I know, I “should” do another Earthquake Report<\/a> update—but quite honestly, mostly I’d rather not even talk about it. Just getting through it day-to-day can be tough enough.)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>And don’t forget—the Phoenix Rising<\/strong><\/em> giveaway<\/strong><\/span> as part of the Pip Ballantine\/Tee Morris interview<\/strong> will run through until midnight, Sunday 25<\/span> (the official end of NZ Speculative Fiction Blogging week.) All you have to do is comment on the interview, here<\/a>, to go in the draw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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