| Please don’t send me chain letters! You could be blacklisted.
I’m currently having a problem with people who include me on their general mailing list and unthinkingly forward chain letters to me – along with everyone else in their address book.
I’m happy to answer any questions about my books or about writing but these general mailings waste my time. I’m not interested in horoscopes or cute stories or tales with a moral. And I’m particularly not interested in the infantile threats that bad luck will dog me if I don’t forward the message to other people.
In addition, each of these general mailings exposes my email address to a mailing list of complete strangers. If anyone of them hits the “Reply All” button, I receive an email that has nothing to do with me or the books, from someone I’ve never heard of. And there’s a risk that there might be a virus attached.
In future, anyone who sends me a chain letter will be blacklisted so their emails will be rejected by my server.
Okay, now for some good news!
Book 7 now available in Australia
“Erak’s Ransom”, is now on sale in Australia.
Initially, I had decided not to number this book as it’s out of chronological sequence. It deals with the last few months of Will’s apprenticeship and is set before the events in Book 5. After discussions with my Australian publishers, we decided that we would number it after all. So it’s Book 7.
Book 4 is now available in the USA!
Book 4 has finally been released in the USA! I know a lotof you have been waiting for it. The title has been changed to “The Battle for Skandia” but it’s the same book as “Oakleaf Bearers”.
My US tour is now over.
I had a great time touring the USA in April and it was terrific to meet so many of you. To those I missed, sorry. Maybe next time.
Books 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 & 9 will definitely be published in the US
Book 5 will be released in the Fall this year. Book 6 will come out in the Spring of 2009. Beyond that, I don't have a schedule but you could try contacting my US publisher. There's a link to their website on the Contacts Page.
Books 8 and 9 are under way
I’ve just finished writing Book 8, which will form a two-volume adventure with Book 9. It picks up the story after Book 6. Working titles for the two books are “The Kings of Clonmel” and “Halt’s Peril”. Book 8 is due for release in Australia in November, 2008.
Sorry it can’t be sooner, but believe me, I’m writing as fast as I can!
And for the moment, that should bring you up to date with the world of the Ranger’s Apprentice.
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