War Update

January 6th, 2009 • Related • Filed Under

I’ve gotten a lot of email about this, and have been meaning to blog about it.

When I ended Wasteland last spring, I said I’d release Heaven Season 5: War, in the fall. But then, unexpectedly, Playing For Keeps got picked up by a publisher and I had to spend my time marketing that. Right after PFK came out, I signed with an agent who wanted me to work on turning Heaven and Hell into a book to give to publishers, so I had to spend a great deal of time editing those novellas together.

I also have another novel (code name Project Underground) I’m writing that I didn’t want to put aside, so I’m dedicated to finishing the rough draft of that.

So now we’re at the beginning of 2009 and we have no War! Augh! How did this happen? Well. I just went over that. But still. I feel bad people are waiting so long for it. Right now my priority is finishing Underground, then starting on War. It’s going to be a heck of a project, so I hope you’re still looking forward to it. I’ve got some awesome plans!

Thanks for being patient!

And heck, if you haven’t listened yet, you can catch up. :)

There Are 12 Responses So Far. »

  1. Comment by Jason R on 6 January 2009:

    Hey, I’m just thrilled to have War on the horizon at all.

    Let me be the first to say… SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

  2. Comment by Andrés on 6 January 2009:

    I personally have no problem waiting for War. But I am especially OK with the delay if it is due to your deserved success as well as working on new projects!

  3. Comment by Unfocused Me on 7 January 2009:

    Mur – Write when you’re ready to write it– we’ll wait!

    Also, I just listened to As Dry Leaves Before the Wild Hurricane Fly on Escape Pod, and loved it. Steampunk Santa — awesome.

    You might like this picture that Phil Foglio posted on the Girl Genius site – it’s from a 1907 magazine, imagining Santa in 2007:

    http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/fun/freestuff/desktops/santa_2007/2007santa_1600×1200.jpg

  4. Comment by Kyle M. on 7 January 2009:

    A new novel? What is this Project Underground? I want to know more.

    Thanks for the update and no worries – I’m just thrilled to know you’re so busy!

  5. Comment by Podcasting's Rich Sigfrit on 8 January 2009:

    Mur, you know we’d wait until your novels came true before we’d give up on you. We wait with baited breath. Which confuses the sea lions in the living room.

  6. Comment by peterman on 13 January 2009:

    Yesssss!!!

    And congratulations on all of your success!!

  7. Comment by Burningeyes on 15 January 2009:

    You said when you were transitioning Heaven and hell over there were a few continuity errors. What were they? I don’t mean to pick at flaws, and i do know it was almost a fan fiction for you (and it was still new to you). It just has my curiosity.

  8. Comment by David K on 17 January 2009:

    Cool! As peterman said, congrats.

  9. Comment by Mur Lafferty on 17 January 2009:

    Burning eyes- I’m confused. Heaven is fanfic? Of what?

  10. Comment by jegmouse on 16 February 2009:

    Thanks for the update, I’ll just have to wait patiently for it to be released, now that you say that your other novellas could be printed I am really excited as I would love to get them in hardcopy.

    Congrats on what you have achieved and I can’t wait to listen to Season 5.

  11. Comment by Lisa Stone on 25 February 2009:

    You are totally addictive! I just finished listening to Wasteland and am so glad to find out that War is on the horizon. Keep up the good work and congrats on your success.

  12. Comment by Son of Casey Shultz on 11 March 2009:

    Hurry!!! but i am am still thrilled about your next project it would be fun to have some thing else though

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