I'm feeling a bit like with that thread title there should be a "Yes, what have you been up to, young lady!" But (setting aside my grey hairs) I am about to answer that question at length.
Obviously I haven’t been posting much around the Chronicles for a while, and frankly there has not been much happening in my personal and writing life either—until just recently.
Yes, I'm still struggling with depression (boring subject—not depression in general, but my particular variety—so won't go into it) but I’ve now pulled myself together enough to get started on a few projects. When they are completed and available, I’ll post about them in Press Releases, but for now a progress report and a request for input on a few items.
Books:
Gary is in the process of returning the rights to Goblin Moon and Hobgoblin Night back over to me. Not sure when that will be, because he is also in the process of helping me get those two books out as Audio books through Audible. We’ve found a narrator we really like and are negotiating with her, but the production process can be lengthy, so the first book will probably not be out until early summer. Will keep folks up to date if that changes.
I am also revising a couple of short stories that appeared in anthologies several years ago. I hope to self-publish them sometime in the next few months. (And yes, I am still working on the third Rune of Unmaking book some of the time, but I thought working on and completing a shorter piece of writing, and moreover one that is largely already written, might give me a much-needed boost.)
Which brings me to my first question, which some of you may be kind enough to answer. I have the rights back to most of my short fiction, and all the Celydonn books. (HC seems determined to hold on to TQN and the Madeline Howard books for the time being.) So do you think that I would be best advised to focus on self-publishing my old short fiction, or to bring out a new edition of the long-out-of-print Green Lion trilogy? (For those who don’t know, it’s a sort of halfway-between-adult-and-YA high fantasy with alchemical and mythological roots. They were my first published books, and so are very dear to me, and many people have written to me over the years telling me how much those books meant to them. But though I could possibly do well with them if promoting them as YA, they might be considered a bit old-fashioned for modern readers.) The trilogy is in a very different vein from Goblin Moon and Hobgoblin Night, so would not be competing with them.
Facebook:
Meanwhile, I’ve been improving my second Facebook page, the one devoted to my books, which had been sitting pretty much idle for a long time. I am giving it a new look and making it into a sort of online cabinet of curiosities in the 17th and 18th century style, interspersed, of course, with writing news when I have it. So I’ve been posting links to videos and articles about automatons, orreries, clocks, and other period artifacts that I think people will enjoy looking at. (If you visit the page https://www.facebook.com/Teresa-Edgerton-216405445092241/ be sure to take a look at the video of the amazing desk.) Which brings me to another request for input: If anyone knows of any other videos along the same lines, please point me in their direction! All this, of course, is to create an atmosphere in keeping with Goblin Moon, Hobgoblin Night, and the unrelated world, but still in the baroque style, of The Queen’s Necklace.
Tarot Cards:
For quite some time I have sporadically been working on a Tarot deck based on the world and characters of GM and HN. These are for my own amusement and not for sale, but I thought readers (present and future) of the books might find them interesting to look at and read about, so I have started posting them, a couple at a time, on the Facebook page mentioned above. So far I have posted two, but there will be more in the coming weeks. In fact, by the time you read this, I may have posted a couple more, as I intend to do so this Monday or Tuesday. I may post the cards here, too, if there is interest.
Editing:
Yes, I am still doing freelance editing when something comes my way. Last autumn I was working with someone very important to the Chrons on a science fiction trilogy, and I look forward to the day (soon I hope) when he announces he is about to publish it.
Obviously I haven’t been posting much around the Chronicles for a while, and frankly there has not been much happening in my personal and writing life either—until just recently.
Yes, I'm still struggling with depression (boring subject—not depression in general, but my particular variety—so won't go into it) but I’ve now pulled myself together enough to get started on a few projects. When they are completed and available, I’ll post about them in Press Releases, but for now a progress report and a request for input on a few items.
Books:
Gary is in the process of returning the rights to Goblin Moon and Hobgoblin Night back over to me. Not sure when that will be, because he is also in the process of helping me get those two books out as Audio books through Audible. We’ve found a narrator we really like and are negotiating with her, but the production process can be lengthy, so the first book will probably not be out until early summer. Will keep folks up to date if that changes.
I am also revising a couple of short stories that appeared in anthologies several years ago. I hope to self-publish them sometime in the next few months. (And yes, I am still working on the third Rune of Unmaking book some of the time, but I thought working on and completing a shorter piece of writing, and moreover one that is largely already written, might give me a much-needed boost.)
Which brings me to my first question, which some of you may be kind enough to answer. I have the rights back to most of my short fiction, and all the Celydonn books. (HC seems determined to hold on to TQN and the Madeline Howard books for the time being.) So do you think that I would be best advised to focus on self-publishing my old short fiction, or to bring out a new edition of the long-out-of-print Green Lion trilogy? (For those who don’t know, it’s a sort of halfway-between-adult-and-YA high fantasy with alchemical and mythological roots. They were my first published books, and so are very dear to me, and many people have written to me over the years telling me how much those books meant to them. But though I could possibly do well with them if promoting them as YA, they might be considered a bit old-fashioned for modern readers.) The trilogy is in a very different vein from Goblin Moon and Hobgoblin Night, so would not be competing with them.
Facebook:
Meanwhile, I’ve been improving my second Facebook page, the one devoted to my books, which had been sitting pretty much idle for a long time. I am giving it a new look and making it into a sort of online cabinet of curiosities in the 17th and 18th century style, interspersed, of course, with writing news when I have it. So I’ve been posting links to videos and articles about automatons, orreries, clocks, and other period artifacts that I think people will enjoy looking at. (If you visit the page https://www.facebook.com/Teresa-Edgerton-216405445092241/ be sure to take a look at the video of the amazing desk.) Which brings me to another request for input: If anyone knows of any other videos along the same lines, please point me in their direction! All this, of course, is to create an atmosphere in keeping with Goblin Moon, Hobgoblin Night, and the unrelated world, but still in the baroque style, of The Queen’s Necklace.
Tarot Cards:
For quite some time I have sporadically been working on a Tarot deck based on the world and characters of GM and HN. These are for my own amusement and not for sale, but I thought readers (present and future) of the books might find them interesting to look at and read about, so I have started posting them, a couple at a time, on the Facebook page mentioned above. So far I have posted two, but there will be more in the coming weeks. In fact, by the time you read this, I may have posted a couple more, as I intend to do so this Monday or Tuesday. I may post the cards here, too, if there is interest.
Editing:
Yes, I am still doing freelance editing when something comes my way. Last autumn I was working with someone very important to the Chrons on a science fiction trilogy, and I look forward to the day (soon I hope) when he announces he is about to publish it.
