{"id":28148,"date":"2015-11-09T14:25:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T19:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=28148"},"modified":"2015-11-09T14:25:12","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T19:25:12","slug":"in-which-miriam-black-delivers-some-bad-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2015\/11\/09\/in-which-miriam-black-delivers-some-bad-news\/","title":{"rendered":"In Which Miriam Black Delivers Some Bad News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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soon to be a HEY WAIT A MINUTE<\/p><\/div>\n

Miriam Black is pretty much the poster child for\u00a0bad news delivery<\/em>. Her entire curse in life is to touch people and see how they’re going to die — which sucks for them, and frankly, sucks for her. It’s why, I think, she’s such a spectacularly unpleasant person (by the way, unpleasant people are often the most fun to write, and occasionally the most fun to read).<\/p>\n

It’s bad to have to get the news, sure. But I think it’s also bad to have to\u00a0give<\/em> it.<\/p>\n

Which is where we come around to me giving you guys a couple parcels of bad news.<\/p>\n

First item on that list:<\/p>\n

The Miriam Black TV show adaptation at Starz is dead. Kaput. Miriam touched it, failed to see its demise, and yet —\u00a0IT DEAD. I don’t really know why. Things were going quite well over at Starz! We had infrastructure. We had something just shy of a confirmed pickup. Scripts! Producers! Things! Stuff! And yet, it was not meant to be. (One theory is that they also bought Gaiman’s show, which while quite different\u00a0on paper<\/em> is also a crimey-flavored urban fantasy show, and his is almost assuredly both more expensive and more exciting than mine was. Not slagging on\u00a0BLACKBIRDS<\/strong>, but c’mon. It’s Gaiman, baby.)<\/p>\n

We’ve had rumblings from some other networks, and before it was a TV show at Starz it was once (almost!) a film, so — I’m hopeful that it’s still going somewhere. And if not, hey, whatever. A book is not made better or somehow valid by its adaptation (even though it would’ve been cool).<\/p>\n

Hey, I got paid, at least.<\/p>\n

Now, onto the next item on the list:<\/p>\n

THUNDERBIRD<\/strong>, the fourth Miriam book, is delayed.<\/p>\n

It’s delayed by less than a year — it’ll land now in March, 2017.<\/p>\n

It’s a bummer, I know. It’s not because the book isn’t done — it is, more or less. But it’s due to a couple reasons. First, because it’ll allow people to get caught up on the series properly. Second, because it’ll let us do a slightly more inventive (and much faster) release schedule for the next three. That means all three books will drop quite quickly — three over the course of one year. I don’t have firm dates on all of them, but roughly:<\/p>\n

THUNDERBIRD<\/strong> in March 2017.<\/p>\n

Then THE RAPTOR & THE WREN<\/strong> in fall (?) 2017.<\/p>\n

And finally, VULTURES<\/strong> by or before March 2018.<\/p>\n

Which means with this release schedule the series will conclude earlier than it would’ve on the previous schedule. I figure that’s a silver lining on this dark cloud of angry birds.<\/p>\n

What I may do now is populate the space in between now and THUNDERBIRD<\/strong> with some short stories \/ novellas that tell Miriam-focused tales set after CORMORANT<\/strong>. And there’s already the bridging novella, INTERLUDE: SWALLOW available now as part of THREE SLICES<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Regardless — eek, sorry! More as I know it.<\/p>\n

Of course, as you may know, the books are returning to e-book and print. (CORMORANT<\/strong>\u00a0returns to book shelves in February.) You can check out the books if you so choose:<\/p>\n

BLACKBIRDS<\/strong> (Indiebound<\/strong><\/span><\/a> | B&N<\/strong><\/span><\/a> | Amazon<\/strong><\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n

MOCKINGBIRD<\/strong>\u00a0(Indiebound<\/strong><\/span><\/a> | B&N<\/strong><\/span><\/a> | Amazon<\/strong><\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n

THE CORMORANT<\/strong>\u00a0(Indiebound<\/strong><\/span><\/a> | B&N<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0| Amazon<\/strong><\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Or pre-order THUNDERBIRD<\/strong>\u00a0(Indiebound<\/strong><\/span><\/a> | B&N<\/strong><\/span><\/a> | Amazon<\/strong><\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n

(And if you haven’t seen the book series trailer, here goes<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.)<\/p>\n

And I’ve also got a bunch\u00a0of other new releases coming up —<\/p>\n

ATLANTA BURNS: THE HUNT<\/strong>\u00a0(Feb 2016).<\/p>\n

STAR WARS: LIFE DEBT<\/strong>, Aftermath Book 2 (June 2016).<\/p>\n

INVASIVE<\/strong> (August 2015, was called “Myrmidon,” August 2016).<\/p>\n

STAR WARS: EMPIRE’S END<\/strong>, Aftermath Book 3 (2017?)<\/p>\n

Also, if you’re in PA or NC, I’ve got two appearances of note:<\/p>\n

Doylestown Bookshop, this Friday, with Adam Christopher<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Queen’s University, Charlotte, NC, on November 19th<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

So! Some bad news, but hey, some good stuff, too.<\/p>\n

*grins maniacally while trying not to sob openly*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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