Silver Borne is Finished!
By: Mike Jan 4, 2009
It's finally done. Patty's been working insane hours, but she finally finished Silver Borne, the fifth Mercy Thompson novel. She thought she was almost done a couple of weeks ago, but after finishing it the first time she wasn't happy with the ending, and decided to re-write the last hundred-plus pages virtually completely. She'd been sending chapters to her editor and copy-editors, so when she finally finished the book, she got it back with a four-day turnaround time for revisions and edits. She finished it this morning at about 8:00, after staying up all night working on it.Update from Patty
By: Patty Jan 28, 2009
Welcome Dear Reader, to my home on the Internet. Herein you can find where I'm doing book signings or convention appearances. A bit about writing and more on my books. And make sure to check out the Forums where a lot of really cool people hang out.
So -- my newest release is the paperback version of Bone Crossed (1/26/2010, Mercy Thompson #4), and that awesome cover is as terrific on the paperback as it was on the hardback. Subterranean Press released a collectible version of Alpha and Omega (the novella that began the Alpha and Omega series) in a hardback illustrated by Maurizio Manzieri. It is scrumptious. Last August saw the release of Hunting Ground in paperback (an Alpha and Omega novel) and the graphic novel Homecoming (which tells the story of how Mercy came to the Tri Cities approximately a decade before Moon Called). The graphic novel is the hardcover collection of the first four Mercy Thompson comics, written by David Lawrence (based on a rough novella I sent him) with art by Francis Tsai and Amelia Woo.
For a while it was up in the air whether there would be more comics -- but the Dabel Brothers have teamed up with Dynamite which seems to have cleared up most of the problems. The result is that there will indeed be comics based on Cry Wolf and Moon Called appearing shortly. Those comics will, eventually, become graphic novels. We have hung onto David Lawrence to write the adaptations (Yippee) for both series of comics. We also are keeping Amelia Woo for the Mercy comics. The Alpha and Omega comics artist is Jordan Gunderson, with whom I am well pleased
Upcoming releases:
The next book, Silver Borne, is Mercedes Thompson #5 and it will be out March 30th 2010. This is Samuel's book and also deals with the terrible things that can happen when you are late returning a borrowed book.
What I'm working on now:
Currently I am revising Masques and its unpublished sequel Wolfsbane. Masques was my first book and it has been out of print for about fifteen years. Both books belong to the loosely tied together Sianim series which also includes Steal the Dragon and When Demons Walk. I am ecstatic to get the chance to revise my first book -- and get it back into print. They will be release winter of 2010. After that it will be back to the next Mercy book. Hopefully Mercy Book Six will be released Feb 2011. After Mercy Six, it is back to Anna and Charles for the third Alpha and Omega novel. I am also writing a short story for the anthology Down These Strange Streets edited by the terrific Gardner Dozois and George R. R. Martin and published by Ace. The anthology is a cross of the hardboiled private eye yarn with fantasy, horror, and paranormal romance. Fantasy noir. It should be great fun.