Jacqueline Carey's Official Author Site

May 2012

Happy spring!

A few things to report this month. First, Naamah's Blessing is out in paperback! If you've been waiting to find out how Moirin's saga ends, wait no longer. Second, I finally took the plunge and joined Twitter, where you can now follow me at @JCareyAuthor. Of course, I'm still active on Facebook, and I'll do my best to keep duplicate posts to a minimum.

I've also got a couple of new side projects involving short stories in the works. My literary agency, DGLM, has ventured into digital publishing. I'm exploring the program by releasing a short story in e-pub format -- In the Matter of Fallen Angels, which was originally published in an anthology dedicated to raising funds for tsunami relief. It's a charming (if I do say so myself, and I do) little contemporary literary piece unrelated to any of my books. I'm excited to have the opportunity to make it available, and since it's a short story, it will be priced at 99¢. We're soooo close to having it published, but as of this writing, I don't have links yet. Next month for sure!

Speaking of anthologies, I'm delighted to share an announcement regarding a forthcoming anthology titled Unfettered: New Tales by the Masters of Modern Fantasy. Many of you are familiar with Shawn Speakman from The Signed Page. In 2011, Shawn was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. After undergoing the recommended chemotherapy, he was left with almost $200,000 in medical bills.

At the suggestion of renowned fantasy author Terry Brooks, Shawn called upon a number of authors who have come to consider him a friend, and were glad to contribute a story for an anthology to help alleviate the cost of his treatment. I'm honored to be one of them! Unfettered will be released in early 2013 by Grim Oak Press. Other contributors include Terry Brooks, Patrick Rothfuss, Naomi Novik, Brandon Sanderson, Carrie Vaughn... oh, heck, pop over to the site to check out the press release and get excited about the line-up, not to mention the limited edition leather-bound copies signed by all the contributors.

The piece I'm contributing both is and isn't a Terre d'Ange story. It's called The Martyr of the Roses, and it's a short story that actually contains the first spark of inspiration for what became the Kushiel's Legacy series. I set it aside, thinking to find a home for it after the books became popular; however, as I continued writing, my plotting and expanded worldbuilding evolved in such a manner that the story no longer fit the canon of the series. But I still thought it was a really cool story, and somewhere, somehow, I'd find the right venue for it, where readers would appreciate it as a literary curiosity. I think this is perfect.

Updates will be forthcoming, of course. And for those of you wondering if I'll be offering signed books through The Signed Page in October when Dark Currents comes out, all I can say at this point is that I hope we'll be able to make that happen again.

In closing, as (almost) always, be sure to check out the Tattoo Gallery for a couple cool new submissions!