Monday, November 17, 2003
Maybe there's nothing to write about today.
I suspect most days are like that, but, as writers, we are forced to write, anyway.
Or. There are too many things to write about today, and the clamour is shutting me down.
Drought and flood, and sometimes I can't tell the difference. Too much or not enough, but excess either way. All I have to do is finish this entry, something that will allow me to trick myself into feeling as if I've written today, talk to my NYC agent, maybe talk to my LA agent, and then make it through the hundred or so pages of chapters Seven and Eight, and what the frell's so difficult about that, anyway? A walk in the park. Easy peasy. Yeah, I know.
So, let's do an e-mail and move along:
Hello there,
I am a long term fan of yours from London. I have just finished Low Red Moon and thought it was absolutely WONDERFUL. I know that you have written a follow up book Murder of Angels and intend to write another, which I believe (correct me if im wrong) will complete your cycle of interconnected dark fantasy.
Do you have any idea yet how this last book in the cycle will connect with the others in terms of character/location. Do you know whether it will involve the set of characters from Silk i.e Daria etc or those from Threshold or will it possibly be a culmination of the two. I am deeply interested in the process of your writing and any information would be most appreciated.
Regards
Michael x
As things stand, it's unclear whether or not the next novel I write will be the final book in the five-book cycle that I began with Silk. That was my original plan, and I'm sure I've stated it somewhere. But I may need to write an unrelated novel before I finish the cycle. These things happen. As for it's relation to the other books, the fifth will follow from (more than simply continue) the events in Threshold and Low Red Moon (and the Dancy stories, too) rather than from the events in Silk and Murder of Angels. That's how it looks at the moment, at least. Everything is always subject to change. Nothing ever happens only once or only one way. On the other hand, nothing's ever really finished, either, and even when I've written that planned fifth book, there's no guarantee that I won't continue the story beyond the "final" book. Thanks for the e-mail, Michael, and I'm very pleased you liked Low Red Moon so much.
Nice save, Kiernan.
I also wanted to say that, this afternoon, I am extremely optimistic about the future of Farscape. Even CNN is reporting the unfolding events that will, I pray, lead to some sort of closure and, perhaps, continuation beyond that. Because, like I just said, nothing's ever really finished.
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