Cor, has it really been five months since I posted here? I suppose I could blame it on the busy winter semester (partly true) and baby duty (also partly true) but the whole truth is, I have a new book in the works, and when there's a new book and a baby and a busy semester something had to go, and what went was this blog.
But the contracts arrived today from Random House, so I think I can safely announce that The Countess, my new book about the life of Erzsebet Bathory, is heavily in the works at the moment and if all continues to go as planned, will come out sometime in 2010 or early 2011 under the Crown imprint. I am crazy excited about it, not only because it's such a different book from Icebergs (first-person, single narrator, linear [for the most part] narrative) but because it's such a different experience writing a second novel than a first one.
I suppose the most important difference is how much more I trust myself and the process, to know how much I really need to accomplish and when. And even though I'm on a crazy deadline, it's going pretty well.
Wish me luck, and check back here more often, because I'll be back. That's official.
Oh yay! Both cuz you're back and because I have a new book from you to look forward to!
Posted by: babelbabe | June 11, 2009 at 07:33 AM
I'm so excited for you. I can't wait to read it.
Posted by: churlita | June 11, 2009 at 09:07 AM
Buf -- you are all woman! that is the best news ever.
Posted by: barb | June 11, 2009 at 10:11 PM
GET OUT! Seriously? Oh my gosh, not only am I familiar with the history of Countess Bathory, I totally DIG her story! When I was 10, I read about her and I was intrigued as much as I was freaked out. I can't wait to read your book!
Posted by: Margaret | June 11, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Thanks ladies. And Mags, I have to agree--in writing it, I am in equal measure intrigued and freaked out.
Posted by: TLB | June 12, 2009 at 11:39 AM
congrats! that is great news!
Posted by: Kathleen | June 14, 2009 at 11:09 PM