The Sequel

Question: Is it insane that I'm already writing the sequel to Mary of the Aether. I haven't even sold the first book, and I might never sell it. Nevertheless, I started writing the sequel yesterday. I have 6300 words already. The thing is, the story for the next book is so clear in my mind, and the characters are now so familiar to me, that it was just about the fastest 6300 words I've ever written.

I guess it could theoretically help if some publisher asks about sequels, and I am able to tell them I am already working on one. I think the Aether Saga would be three books, possibly four. I know where the overall story will end. Some of the steps along the way aren't clear, but the second book is already worked out in my head.

Anyway, the working title for the sequel is Mary of the Darkness.

Well, there you go. Bed time.

Living the Dream?

Haven't posted on here in a while, so I figured I'd update things. I currently have three stories in print: "Stone Breaker" appeared in Wolfsinger Publications' magazine Mystic Signals, "Panorama of Failure" appeared in Black Matrix Publishing's Realms #2, and, most recently, "Oumings in the Dark" appeared in Black Matrix's Encounters #4. So there you go.

In other news, my manuscript for Mary of the Aether is under consideration by a publishing house called Belle Bridge Books. I queried them back in September, and they asked to read the full manuscript. Unfortunately, I didn't actually expect to generate interest, so I had to scramble to get it ready.

Aether Again?

Just learned about a whole bunch of book publishers that I previously knew not of over at Duotrope's Digest. They are smaller publishers than, say, Tor or Baen or whatever, but there are a lot of them. So I decided to go ahead and query some of them about my novel that used to be called Mindy Lightbearer (it is now called Mary of the Aether). Hey, I have this whole, completed novel sitting on the hard drive. Might as well not abandon it. Live the dream, Mary Lanham, wielder of the Aether. Don't let the Devourers stop you from seeing print.