THE QUEEN'S BASTARD is out today. Fine bookstores everywhere should be selling it. This is my first non-Harlequin title, and I'm both excited and nervous over the whole thing.
I talk quite a bit about the nerve-wracking aspect over at Magical Words today, and Joshua Palmatier invited me to participate in his author introduction series...where, it turns out, I talked about the nerve-wracking aspects of this book, albeit in a *slightly* different way. :)
I should be less nervous, maybe. It's my tenth book, which you'd think would settle my nerves some in and of itself. It's gotten some really nice reviews (money shot from Booklist's starred review: “...the first of what promises to be an outstanding series featuring a masterfully intricate dance of politics and intrigue in a world with parallels to the Elizabethan era., and Kate Elliott said it was really good, which means more to me personally than Booklist, because ZOMG Kate Elliott! o.o). It has, in fact, already gone back to print, thanks to a big library supplier order, which, y'know, bodes well.
Still. Nervous. Excited. Hopeful. Very hopeful.
I'd love to astound my editor by having the book go back to print again by the end of May. It only (only!) needs to sell about 15,000 copies to do that. So send people to read the excerpt and to drool over the cover and help me make a little noise about this one, please? *looks charming and hopeful* :)
-Catie
HOUSE OF CARDS--out now!
THE QUEEN'S BASTARD--May 2008!
W00T!
I'm so happy for you Catie!
Jayne
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Just read the excerpt, it
Just read the excerpt, it looks great. Is it a two book series or a three book series?
Cady
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Sounds good, Caitie. Is it
Sounds good, Caitie. Is it out in MMPB?
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:)
Cady--well, it's a two-book *contract*. :) I'm hoping it'll be a 4 or 5 book series, depending on how long it takes to tell the story. :)
FF-- I'm sooooorrry! It's trade paperback. My publishers seem to like putting me out in trade. I don't know when or if a mass market edition is planned.
-Catie
HOUSE OF CARDS--out now!
THE QUEEN'S BASTARD--May 2008!
*Sigh* It's not your
*Sigh* It's not your fault. It's the publishers. This kind of decision makes me absolutely crazy.
The publishers who don't pub MMPB won't get my business and the authors won't get any royalties since I will most likely buy the ones I really want used. It's a lose-lose decision.
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