News from Squire’s Isle :: 2008 :: September :: http://www.geonncannon.com/blog

Another one down

Sep 29
2008

This weekend, I finish the first round of edits for World on Fire, and it’s one step closer to ready! The ending is slightly different from what I originally wrote, but it’ll affect potential sequels more than it does this book. I’m very, very happy with the changes, and I hope everyone else is as well! I mean… those who have read it before. People who read it the first time in published form will be none the wiser. Except I just told them. Oh. Um. <g>

In other writing news, I have been utterly uninspired to write lately. I don’t know what it is! I’m sure it’s just temporary. It happens a lot around this time of year, leading up to NaNo. I did catch a good amount of inspiration on a new novel I’ve been planning for a while now. We’ll see what comes of that. As it stands, I have three “finished” novels (either submitted, or ready to submit with some work) that I can focus on: Silence Out Loud, Only Flame and Air, and The Following Sea. Hopefully they will be released (eventually) in that order. The next book after TFS is another Claire Lance (from Tilting at Windmills) book, and I already know what I’ll be writing next. So I have my next five novels pretty much lined up. I shouldn’t sweat inspiration so much. I have time!

I also know I didn’t add a new story to the website in September. I WILL make up for that in October. I’ll be adding Alive Day and, should it ever get done, the Kelsey/Tyler follow-up I’ve been working on for, like, week or so. Keep your eyes open for that!

Wherever you are in the world: Good morning/afternoon/evening/dead of night, and thanks for reading.

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Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Sep 18
2008

I’m yours! Or, rather, Tilting at Windmills is P.D. Publishing’s. I have the signed contract and the sweet little advance check (which I may or may not have already been spending. ~cough~ What can I say, I have trust in my bosses. <g>), so it’s officially official even if the P.D. website hasn’t been updated yet (I understand their need; I figure they’re waiting until they have a nice amount of news to post at once rather than just posting every single new development. Totally wise, and totally what I would do in their case).

So be on the lookout for Claire Lance and the first novel in her series, coming late 2009!

Speaking of the series, I’m thinking of giving it an all-encompassing name. Like “Tilting at Windmills is the first story in the [blank] series.” I’m thinking of the Josh Ritter lyric, “The Stories of My Scars,” which really kind of fits what poor Lance has to go through in these books (she does come out with a scar or two before the series is over, poor thing). We shall see what happens!

And speaking of Josh Ritter… if you already have my novel On the Air, and once you buy Gemini (coming very soon! <g>), consider buying a Josh Ritter CD. Historical Conquests, Animal Years, any of them would be a good buy! /end commercial

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Update!

Sep 17
2008

I was doing so well updating more frequently! Oh, well. It comes in ebbs and flows, I guess. <g>

I do want people to know that I’m writing! And when I’m not writing, I have stories ruminating in my head. There will be more Kelsey/Tyler stories coming soon! I know from feedback a lot of people are wanting to see more of them, so I’ll definitely give the people want they want. I want it too! So we all win. <g>

I promise to update more when I have more to say. I think World on Fire‘s editing is going to get done very, very, very soon, so that’s on the fast-track! And Gemini is going to be out before you know it! So keep your eyes peeled for more info on both of those.

Until then, keep on reading! And leave comments! I love hearing from fans! <g>

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Only Flame and Air

Sep 6
2008

Hi, folks, just dropping by to clarify a little something.

Yesterday, I posted a story called “Alive Day” to the Academy of Bards and said that it included characters from a novel called Only Flame and Air. Well, judging by the reaction people have had to that story, they want the novel and they want it now. Unfortunately, that’s not really possible. It’s still in first-draft form, and it’s a sequel to my forthcoming novel Tilting at Windmills (due late 2009). So it’ll be a bit of a wait.

Rest assured, however, that I wrote/posted “Alive Day” because I love Kelsey and Tyler so much. Their characters are really kind of co-stars in the novel, and the real focus is mostly on Claire Lance. So I wrote this story (and will write more stories) to build up to the release of Only Flame and Air (should PD accept it, fingers crossed! If they don’t, I will just post it online for all you lovely folks <g>) because I couldn’t stand the fact that people wouldn’t get to know Kelsey Quinn and Andrea Tyler until 2010 at the earliest.

So if you think you’ve missed out on something, rest assured, you’re not alone. <g> The publishing world just takes time (a loooot of time), and Alive Day was my way of letting everyone have a peek at what was coming in the future.

That said, look forward to more stories with Kelsey and Andrea in the future! Only Flame and Air was written with the idea it was taking place in 2010. Considering Alive Day takes place in 2005/2006, that gives us a lot of time to explore in short stories.

Thank you for reading!

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September?

Sep 2
2008

It’s already September? Wow, how did that happen? August was a slow month for blog-posting, apparently, but not for me writing-wise. I danced a submission tango with PD, withdrawing Following Sea and exchanging Silence Out Loud, finishing up Tilting at Windmills to give their editors a crack at it and then working with the amazing Medora to finish edits on Gemini (which is, as of now, out of my hands entirely. I think. I still need the blurb and dedication, but that’ll be easy enough to come up with).

On top of all that, I amazed myself (and some of my friends) by tossing out a first draft to a new novel in six days. It’s only 50,000 words and needs to be bulked up (it’ll be easily bulked up; my muse seems to think I left out a ton of important stuff) before I submit it, but I’m very pleased with how it looks. I love two of the characters in it so much, don’t be surprised if they show up in another story before the novel even becomes a “Coming Soon.” <g>

For right now, I need to be focused. I need an NCIS story for an auction winner who paid mightily for the honor of having a story written by me and has been supremely patient for it, and a Halloween story for the Academy of Bards (I just love that place).

My recommendations for September: Get out and read! It may be rainy where you are, or maybe you’ve just turned out your lights in solidarity with those in the path of Hurricane Gustav, but either way, it’s a good time of year for books. Laurie R King has two great series: a modern-day mystery series that focuses on Kate Martinelli, a lesbian detective in San Francisco. The other deals with Mary Russell, apprentice and partner to the great Sherlock Holmes. Both series are very well-written and worth a look!

Be well!