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I have been waiting and waiting for the opportunity to share this good news, and today I finally got the go-ahead from my agent to tell the world about it --

I have sold two more faery books to Orchard, my wonderful publisher in the UK!

Like Knife and Rebel, these next two novels will be more or less complete stories in themselves, but (like Rebel) they are also sequels to the earlier books, so we'll be seeing some familiar characters and plot threads cropping up as well.

If all goes well, then Arrow, the third book, will hit bookstores in the UK and Commonwealth in 2011 and Swift, the fourth volume, in 2012.

My delighted thanks to the good folks at Orchard Books UK, and to all the enthusiastic and loyal young readers, librarians, teachers and booksellers overseas who have helped to make my faery books a success!
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Date: 2009-12-09 06:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] izhilzha.livejournal.com
Amazing and wonderful! :)

Date: 2009-12-09 06:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sarahbethdurst.livejournal.com
Wonderful news! Congratulations!!!

Best wishes,
Sarah

Date: 2009-12-09 06:30 pm (UTC)

Date: 2009-12-09 06:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sarah-prineas.livejournal.com
Yay again! This is such great news. Have fun writing the next two!

Date: 2009-12-09 06:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] patty1943.livejournal.com
That's wonderful. I can hardly wait to read them.

Date: 2009-12-09 06:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tartanshell.livejournal.com
Oh, Rebecca! That's WONDERFUL! *twirls, dances, throws confetti* Not entirely unexpected (because this series is That Good), but SO DARN FANTASTIC!

Congratulations! And of course if you want a sounding board or enthusiastic beta, I'd be jumping up and down thrilled to do it.

Date: 2009-12-09 06:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] olmue.livejournal.com
Congratulations! That's great news!

Date: 2009-12-09 06:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fandoria.livejournal.com
That's fantastic news! Congratulations!!!

Date: 2009-12-09 07:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meredith-wood.livejournal.com
Wonderful news! Congrats!

Date: 2009-12-09 07:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] faerie-writer.livejournal.com
Oh, Rebecca, I am so happy for you! Congratulations!!! :D

Date: 2009-12-09 07:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deenaml.livejournal.com
SWEET!!!! FAERY REBELS goes out all the time from the YA section of my lib!

Date: 2009-12-09 07:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rj-anderson.livejournal.com
Oh, I'm delighted to hear that! Thanks for letting me know!

Date: 2009-12-09 07:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] catherinehaines.livejournal.com
That's great news! In the meantime, I shall just hold out a little longer for Rebel, and start imagining pretty cover art for the rest. :D

Date: 2009-12-09 07:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alawston.livejournal.com
OT, I'm quoting your icon in a PG Wodehouse play I'm doing in the New Year!

Date: 2009-12-09 07:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jenny-moss.livejournal.com
Yay, Rebecca! Very smart of them, I say, to scoop you and your books up!

Date: 2009-12-09 07:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alawston.livejournal.com
That is utterly FANTASTIC news! You can depend on me to make sure all the copies are facing front at the children's bookshop just up my road... ;)

Date: 2009-12-09 10:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rj-anderson.livejournal.com
I am honored by your enthusiasm! Just don't get kicked out of the bookshop on my account. :)

Date: 2009-12-10 07:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alawston.livejournal.com
Of all the reasons why a 30-something year old man might get kicked out of a children's bookshop, I think 'displaying a friend's book prominently' is the one I would hope for, actually. :)

Date: 2009-12-09 07:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] haworth-attard.livejournal.com
Omigosh! Congratulations, Rebecca! Keep on writing!

Date: 2009-12-09 07:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sweet-adelheid.livejournal.com
Oh, fantabulous!

We're planning a major "thing" in my school library next year when Rebel comes out, and I'm thrilled to be able to tell the kids that there are two more coming after that!

Date: 2009-12-09 07:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rj-anderson.livejournal.com
Ooh! Major "thing"? Do tell! I'd love to hear more about it. I'm always so excited and surprised when I get e-mails from kids in the UK casually referring to some book club or special event or award nomination I've never heard of...! :D

Date: 2009-12-09 07:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] veschwab.livejournal.com
Congratulations!!! Well-deserved!

Date: 2009-12-09 07:57 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ewein2412
awesome!!!

OTT... i have the hardest time posting comments on your blog! the interface never quite loads properly, everyone's icons appear in random places, and I get confused with all the embedded scroll bars and can't find the buttons I'm looking for. I've changed computers but I have the same trouble on the new one. So sometimes I don't manage to congratulate you when congrats are due! I think I've pulled it off this time...

congratulations!

Date: 2009-12-09 08:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rj-anderson.livejournal.com
I'm sorry to hear you have trouble with the layout! Can you tell me what browser and system you're using, and maybe I can get my web design fairy to fix it?

Thank you for battling past all those obstacles to congratulate me anyway! I appreciate it!

Date: 2009-12-09 08:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rj-anderson.livejournal.com
In the meantime, there's a solution to your problem -- just type ?style=mine into the URL of the comments page in your browser's address bar (for instance, this page would be http://rj-anderson.livejournal.com/617336.html?style=mine (http://rj-anderson.livejournal.com/617336.html?style=mine). Or you can even tell LiveJournal to view ALL comment pages on all journals in your own preferred journal style: instructions are here (http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=175).

I'm sorry that should be necessary, though! And I will try to get to the bottom of whatever's causing the problem.

Date: 2009-12-18 10:47 am (UTC)
ewein2412: (christmas)
From: [personal profile] ewein2412
thanks, that's really helpful! and I'm so sorry I didn't thank you sooner, given you promptly you responded.

hope the christmas season continues to be a joyful one for you!

Date: 2009-12-09 08:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yahtzee63.livejournal.com
Awesome news! Go you!

Date: 2009-12-09 08:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brian-ohio.livejournal.com
Congrats!!! You're gonna be busy!

Date: 2009-12-09 09:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jessica-shea.livejournal.com
Congratulations! That's so exciting.

Date: 2009-12-09 09:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deva-fagan.livejournal.com
Yaaaaaayyyyyyyyy! Congratulations!

Date: 2009-12-09 10:07 pm (UTC)

Date: 2009-12-09 10:16 pm (UTC)
kerravonsen: Ninth Doctor, smiling: Fantastic! (fantastic)
From: [personal profile] kerravonsen
Eeee! Yay!

Date: 2009-12-09 10:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rose-in-shadow.livejournal.com
Arrow?

*covets*

Many, many congrats, Rebecca! I'm getting Knife for my niece for Christmas (she loves anything fairy) and I can't wait to tell her that there are more books planned!

Date: 2009-12-09 11:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kestrelhill.livejournal.com
Yay!
I can say, "I knew her when..."

Date: 2009-12-10 12:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commentcat.livejournal.com
Congrats!!!

Like I mentioned on twitter, I'll be starting Knife this month so I don't have to wait as long before I get my copy of Rebel (pre-ordered already!!) So exciting!!

Date: 2009-12-10 01:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shaelise.livejournal.com
Woo-hoo! Congrats!

Date: 2009-12-10 02:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shoebox2.livejournal.com
Woo-hoo! *hugs* Just finished a reread of Knife and am so happy to know I'll be exploring the faery world for years to come. You know where to look when you need a beta-reader, right? :)

Date: 2009-12-10 03:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] harriet-wimsey.livejournal.com
YYYYYAAAAAYYYYY!!!!! That is marvelous news. Congratulations! I will continue to push your book on people at the library.

Date: 2009-12-10 03:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kimberleylittle.livejournal.com
YAY, YAY, YAY!!!!! SO Happy for you!!!

Date: 2009-12-10 08:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] profshallowness.livejournal.com
Hurrah! Well done.

Date: 2009-12-10 06:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] newport2newport.livejournal.com
Yay! I can't imagine how hard it must have been for you to contain such wonderful news!

Date: 2009-12-10 07:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leah-s.livejournal.com
Congratulations!!! Is the series going to be a four-book series or are there even more on the horizon? So excited to tell my kids that more faeries are on the way...

Date: 2009-12-10 11:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rj-anderson.livejournal.com
Four books so far, I have no idea if there'll be any more. Maybe? If I get more ideas?

Date: 2009-12-11 02:14 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Wow, that's awesome! Congratulations!--SJ

Date: 2009-12-11 01:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] branquignole.livejournal.com
That's so great! Congratulations!

Also - can't wait to read Rebel. :)

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