Sarah Prineas

Okay, I know you guys aren’t going to like this much, but I’ve got a publication date for the fourth Magic Thief book, and I’m very happy about it, and I’ll tell you why.

Chimney Swifts (as it’s currently known) will be out in Fall 2014.  Two and a half years from now.  I know–it’s a long time to wait!  But I’m happy with this date, and here’s why:  I have two other books that have to come out before that.  Winterling was out in January 2012.  Its sequel, The Summerkin, will be out in around May 2013.  And then the third book in that trilogy (it doesn’t have a title yet), is out in January 2014.  Chimney Swifts just can’t come out until all three books in the Winterling trilogy have been published.

Really, it’s awesome that my publisher is willing to put out two books by me in the same year, one in January 2014 and one in Fall 2014.  Usually it’s just one book per year.

I’m just glad I don’t have to wait until 2015!  (though I hate to tell you–if you’re in a country other than the US, it probably WILL be 2015…!)

Meanwhile, what do you think (based on previous blog about the cover for Chimney Swifts):

Amethyst for the cover?

Or slowsilver?

Or maybe bricks?

Or sooty black?

(The sootball picture is called “Lone Soot” by evilmuffins on Deviantart)

Okay, I know you guys aren’t going to like this, but I’ve got a publication date for the fourth Magic Thief book, and I’m very happy about it, and I’ll tell you why.

Chimney Swifts (as it’s currently known) will be out in Fall 2014.  Two and a half years from now.  I know–it’s a long time to wait!  But I’m happy with this date, and here’s why:  I have two other books that have to come out before that.  Winterling was out in January 2012.  Its sequel, The Summerkin, will be out in around May 2013.  And then the third book in that trilogy (it doesn’t have a title yet), is out in January 2014.  Chimney Swifts just can’t come out until all three books in the Winterling trilogy have been published.

Really, it’s awesome that my publisher is willing to put out two books by me in the same year, one in January 2014 and one in Fall 2014.  Usually it’s just one book per year. Just be glad you don’t have to wait until 2015!

So, what do you think: Amethyst for the Chimney Swifts cover?

Or slowsilver? Or maybe bricks?   Or sooty black? (The sootball picture is called “Lone Soot” by evilmuffins on Deviantart)

For those of you who are already AQ players–welcome to my site!  If you have any questions about Conn or magic or the Wellmet world, here is the place to ask (in the comments).

To readers of the Magic Thief books, if you want to quest with Conn, you can play a free Magic Thief adventure at Adventure Quest.  It’s a massively multiplayer online role playing game enjoyed by millions of players around the world.  It’s free to register!  You can go on a biscuit hunt, battle misery eels, and join Conn and AQ wizards on a quest to find out who’s stealing the magic in the combined Wellmet-Lore worlds.

Battle on!