It's Official: Rugosa Coven Novellas Will See Print!

[dr_pretentious]

Now that the ink is dry on the contract, I can finally announce what I've been talking around since November: Dark Quest Books has picked up the Rugosa Coven series, and a print volume will collect Closing Arguments, Atlantis Cranks Need Not Apply, and my nearly-completed work in progress, tentatively titled And Ria's from Neptune.

The electronic editions of Closing Arguments and Atlantis Cranks will be re-released soon, possibly as soon as March, thanks to Drollerie Press's gracious parting decision to give its authors rights to all formatting and cover art. The Ria story is very close to complete now, and I've run about a third of it by my fabulous critique group, Writers of the Weird. As soon as I have a projected release date for the paper edition, I'll post about it here.

Life is very, very good.

Comments

[laradionne.livejournal.com]

Huzzah!

[annathepiper]

Oh RIGHT ON! Congratulations! :D

[onyxtwilight.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[showingup.livejournal.com]

W00T!!!! YAAAAYYY!!!! And a gazillion expressions of triumphant glee!!!!!

How do we get our hands on copies over here? I want to make sure I lend them to family and friends who will talk about them.


YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[evaelisabeth.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! I'm looking forward to the new one :-)

[sleepymaggie.livejournal.com]

Woo! I love these stories, excited to see a new one.

[sabrinamari.livejournal.com]

Woo-hoo! So very, very happy!

[mindseas.livejournal.com]

Congrats!!!

[castalusoria.livejournal.com]

Hooray!

[ingridsummers.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[kistha.livejournal.com]

I cannot WAIT!!!!!!!!

*ahem*

You are fantastic and I'm so very, very pleased for you.

[jasminewind.livejournal.com]

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!

Will they all be together in one volume or will they be printed separately? It doesn't really matter because I'm buying them regardless. I'm so excited! I LOVE Rugosa!!

Congratulations!!!!

[jasminewind.livejournal.com]

Was too excited to see the very clearly written "print volume will collect..."

I'm looking forward to seeing Ria's story!

[jmward14.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! That's fabulous new--for both you and Dark Quest. :-)

[purpledice.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! That's awesome!

[sppeterson.livejournal.com]

Congrats! Awesome news!

[criada.livejournal.com]

Read your contract carefully. Dark Quest has put some weird stuff in there in the past (like saying you need to ask permission before selling reprints. This from an anthology contract). And they may take for-fricking-ever to put it out.

[criada.livejournal.com]

Oh, and congratulations. :-)

[dr-pretentious.livejournal.com]

Excellent question. I'll look into it. The electronic editions should be easy to get over there. If all else fails, I can put some copies in your hands when you're on this side of the pond to see the in-laws.

[dr-pretentious.livejournal.com]

I'm having a lot of fun with it. As the few remaining big gaps fill in, lots of little connections I didn't know were there are starting to link up. That always happens, but it feels fresh every time.

[dr-pretentious.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I think I'll make them glad to have picked me up.

[dr-pretentious.livejournal.com]

This is an Age of Weird Contracts. I'd give a close, questioning reading to any contract, even from a trusted friend, just to make sure we both understood the language the same way. I've found that publishers I am certain are people of good will often have not thought through the ramifications of their own boilerplate. As my lawyerly father puts it, contracts protect relationships. At least, that's part of the good they can do.

I'm at peace with the possibility of for-fricking-ever. They are novellas, and despite their orphaned form, I have been paid for them before and will be paid for them again. How often does that happen with novellas these days?

Hey, does this mean you're in anghara's anthology with Dark Quest? I've been looking forward to picking that one up. Doubly so, if you're in it.

[criada.livejournal.com]

I'm not in it, but my friend Keffy is, and my friend San illustrated the table of contents. Another friend was in an earlier anthology Dark Quest put out, which is my source.

[showingup.livejournal.com]

Cool - we'll work something out. I want to see a physical copy get passed around, as ebooks still aren't quite the norm, and a physical thing is easier to brandish at people.

[jaime-sama.livejournal.com]

Hooray hooray hooray!! Great news! I'll start making a list of everyone I know who needs the collection as a gift.

The first person on the list will be myself, of course. A new Rugosa story!

[jeneralist.livejournal.com]

I was on vacation when this was posted, so I didn't see it at the time.

YAY!

[violet-moon25.livejournal.com]

I look forward to seeing the new story (or even whatever you have so far).
These stories are great and I can't wait until I can get print copies to send to friends.