1.) So -- you disappeared. What's the deal? |
| Ah, that requires more time than we've got. Let's just say that I got the evil trifecta -- striking home, work, & health -- and I've been spending my time surviving, trying to find out what hit me, and recovering. |
| I'm writing again. |
| I promise. |
| I hope that this time it won't be submerged. (That's the easiest way to describe it. Once I started "out of the woods", shall we say, all kinds of stuff popped up from my subconscious, proving that the creative part of me was still creating. It simply couldn't communicate with the brain and hands.) |
2.) I loved the Allie stories. Will there be any more tales of Alfreda? |
| Yes. So far there's a new short story about Allie called "Ducks". It's in a chapbook called WINGS OF MORNING published by the fine professionals at Yard Dog Press. May I suggest that it will make a fine gift for a friend? Supporting the chapbook shows that there is demand for the character (I.E. more novels.) Buying it directly from Yard Dog Press instead of someplace like Amazon.com means that the publisher and I both make a little money after paying for the printing. Amazon, while a fine place to buy many things, is not always the best place to buy small press stuff -- because they demand such a deep discount, the publisher loses money. Buy bestsellers from them. Or kitchen stuff. |
| At this time I have no plans to incorporate the short story into a novel, so this is your one chance to find out how Allie learned to hunt ducks. Yard Dog Press is also a great place to find unusual novels and short story collections, filled with humor, youthful angst, and even suspense. Check them out! |
| And your reward for buying chapbooks is, other than a fine short story -- I've started another Alfreda novel! |
3.) I have almost worn out my copies of the Nuala books. Will there be any more Nuala books? |
| Actually, there were going to be more Nuala books. Meisha Merlin was going to buy them and re-release the early ones, and also new books in the various time lines. However -- Meisha Merlin, sadly, is no more. I don't know if there will be more Nuala books. I had ideas for more books (the civil war that united the clans under Atare, what happens to everyone in enemy territory after FIRE SANCTUARY) but since I am still trying to reach a larger audience, right now they are not on the front burner. |
4.) What are you working on right now? |
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Well, I'm working on three things right now. Shoveling out my office (you think I'm kidding, don't you?) Getting well (which is taking a LOT longer than I'd hoped) and writing down anything that occurs to me. These things include: |
| SPIRIT TRACKS -- Working title for the next Allie book. I'm into Chapter 4, which is 90+ manuscript pages. |
| A reworking of a mystery I wrote once, adding a strong fantasy element. This one is for adults, as opposed to the Alfredas, which can appeal to all ages. |
| Flirting with a contemporary fantasy that takes place in Austin, TX. Whenever I am mad, I work on this one. The humor is pretty black. |
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Compiling a
lot of notes on a big fantasy project. Adult, multi-volume -- it will
get written. It just may never get published. (Sorry -- it was the book
I was planning on writing when I was too sick to write. So, what does
my creative brain want to do the minute it's talking to the left side
of the brain? 40 pages of notes on the work I couldn't seem to write.
So -- it's got to come out sometime.)
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| Any other questions? Mail usually
reaches me here. Or visit
my Live Journal; I'm Alfreda89. http://alfreda89.livejournal.com/ |
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Thank-you
for your interest!
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