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The Sorcerer’s Widow: Progress Report Sixteen

No actual news, really, but I had to log on here to clean out some spam, so I figured I’d post. It’s scheduled for June now instead of May — sorry about that. I still haven’t seen the cover art.

Once I’ve mailed out all the donor copies, I’ll start the next Ethshar serial. It will be either Ishta’s Companion or Stone Unturned, don’t yet know which. Both titles are subject to change.

Ishta’s Companion has been known by several titles over the last thirty years — yes, it’s that old an idea. I think I’ve mostly referred to it as A Stranger in the Forest. I’m midway through writing Chapter Four of maybe twenty.

Stone Unturned has also had several titles, but in a much briefer period; around here I’ve generally called it “the big fat Ethshar novel,” because none of the previous titles were any good. This one looks like it might stick. I’m midway through writing Chapter Five of… a lot. Like, maybe fifty, if it stays a single novel. It could split into three or more — not the usual way, being chopped up chronologically, but by getting split among the viewpoint characters. If that happens, three of the pieces will be Lord Landessin’s Gallery, The Petrified Prince, and The Demon’s Master. Lord Landessin’s Gallery was previously known as The Wizard’s Garden. A couple of other old story ideas, A Slave of Wizardry and Pender the Jeweler, are probably also going to be incorporated into this one. (The Petrified Prince is new.)

Stone Unturned may be too complex to do as a serial; we’ll see.

Anyway, whichever serial it is, it should start in late June or early July. I hope.

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8 Responses to “The Sorcerer’s Widow: Progress Report Sixteen”

  1. raphfrk Says:
    January 23rd, 2013 at 1:05 pm

    If it is split into 3, would that be a separate serial each (so one per year-ish) or would the sections be done as a block (with alternating viewpoints)?

  2. Lawrence Says:
    January 23rd, 2013 at 3:17 pm

    Three serials, I think — but I’m not sure, which is one reason Ishta’s Companion will probably be the next serial.

  3. Mycroft Says:
    March 24th, 2013 at 1:19 am

    Then it is up in the air wether my new articles will get published before the book or not. The editor told me tonight a “summer” issue. Three part article. My first professional sale as an author. And the cover shot is related to my articles. Model train magazine.

  4. Dustin Says:
    April 2nd, 2013 at 5:36 pm

    So, I was checking on amazon just to see if any new books by my favorite authors are coming out and I saw the Sorcerer’s Widow on the list. I was reading the description of it and the first line says “The great wizard Nabal’s death…” and could not stop laughing. The TITLE of the book is “Sorcerer’s” Widow but the description still says “Wizard”, and in the world of Ethshar, they are not exactly the same thing.

  5. Lawrence Says:
    April 2nd, 2013 at 5:43 pm

    Oh, jeez. I totally missed that.

  6. Lawrence Says:
    April 2nd, 2013 at 5:44 pm

    And my name is misspelled on the cover. Sigh. I’ll have a few words with the folks at Wildside.

    And… July 30? I thought it was June!

    Thanks.

  7. Lawrence Says:
    April 2nd, 2013 at 5:51 pm

    Incidentally, this is the first time I’ve seen the finished cover art, and I like it even though Dorna has black hair in the text.

  8. Lawrence Watt-Evans Says:
    April 14th, 2013 at 3:22 am

    Wildside says everything will be fixed by the time the book actually comes out, which will indeed be June, not July.

    We’ll see.

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