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Divine Misdemeanors, the next Merry Gentry book, is still safely in New York, but Flirt was languishing needing some rewrites and editing. I told them they had to wait until Divine Misdemeanors was off, and guess what, its off, so . . . I talked to my editor and my agent today and edited Flirt in the afternoon. Flirt is an Anita novel, but it’s like a surprise bonus novel for next year. The idea came to me and turned into a book in less than a month which has only happened once before. Most Anita books take years to go from seed idea to complete novel, but not this one. Micah was another like that where the idea came and it wouldn’t leave me alone. I actually took a day off from writing I believe, Danse Macabre. I thought a day of writing the idea down and I’d get it out of my system like clearing a log jam so the logs will flow again, but by end of that day I had fifty pages done and the book that would be Micah had no intention of leaving me alone until it was written. Flirt was another book like that and I knew that fighting it actually takes more time so I just put my head down and wrote Flirt and cleared the way to really concentrate on the book I was actually supposed to be working on at the time. 

Probably about the time I get Flirt edited Divine Misdemeanors will be back from New York. So Flirt will go off to New York and I’ll be back working on Merry. With me this busy you guys are getting a lot of stuff, so here’s the breakdown.

For all of you guys complaining you want something new right now, well is October 26th soon enough for you? NEVER AFTER is a collection of novella/novelettes from me, Sharon Shinn,Yasmine Galenorn, and Marjorie M. Liu. They’re stories about fairy tale romances that don’t go according to plan. If you want a main character that just stands around and waits for Prince Charming to sweep them off their feet than this is not the book for you. If you want to read about some very different women that take charge of their lives, kick some butt, or at least don’t let anyone kick their’s then you’ll love this collectiong. My novelette, "Can He Bake a Cherry Pie", had been on a sticky note on my wall of ideas for about ten years. Yep ten years of it setting there waiting to be written. Late summer, or early fall of last year, I took time between books to finally write it because it was finally time, or I was tired of waiting for the time to be right. Either way, if you guys enjoying reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it then it’s a good time for everyone.

NEVER AFTER comes out October 26th. A brand new novelette from me set in a brand new fantasy world. Three new novelettes from three other great writers.

DIVINE MISDEMEANORS the next Merry Gentry novel hits the shelves December 8th.

FLIRT, the surprise Anita Blake novel, is coming your way in March 2011.

The next Anita Blake novel, the official and expected one, is due on shelves June 2011.

One of the things we discussed with New York and brain stormed with Jon and Carri here was the title for that last in the list of the Anita Blake books. (Notice its last on the list, not the last book, please do not, DO NOT, take from anything said here that any of this is the last Anita Blake novel, or the last Merry Gentry book. The rumor that every book is the last book is one I just can’t seem to squash. ) We all came to a consensus on a title but I need to double check with my editor that its absolutely, positively the title we’re all happy with before I announce it.

That’s not counting the comic books. I’ll talk to Jon tomorrow and have him help me do a blog about the comics and when they’re hitting the shelves. So many good things happening. I’ll try to make a master list and dates this week or next. Probably next week. This week seems a little full.