Ah, Sweet Octavia, Please Enjoy Your Hibernation

So if you were keeping track of my ridiculous plans:

1) I said I would commit to writing a second Octavia Vanderplaats novel (after Choke on Your Lies) when we hit 1500 sales. But that started to take a long time.

2) So I finally said "If I hit that 1500 mark by mid-May, I'll do it."

3) Also, if not, well, maybe later.

4) That was fair, right? I set a number that I thought was doable in order for me to feel there was reason enough to invest the time and effort. Not too bad, eh?

5) Even giving myself an extra week due to my vacation, we still came up short. 18 copies short. 

6) Thus, while I am still interested in writing the next installment of what I hope will become a much-loved series of crime novels, I'm afraid it's not an immediate priority. So, how/when will it get done? I can see two possibilities:

• When I damn well feel like it after a few other novels, or
• If a publisher I respect comes forward and offers me a contract to write a couple more.

Like that's going to happen, right? 

Anyway, to all of those who love Octavia as much as I do, all I can say (in the most Octavia-like way possible) is that it's all your fault for not getting enough people to go out and bring her home. You bastards.

Onward...

Comments

[Henry Everett]

Well, that sucks - Octavia's definitely somebody I wanted more of - but I get where you're coming from. I would go buy 18 more, but payday's not until next week ...

At least Lafitte and Mustafa are going forth. Maybe Octavia could squeeze her ass into one of their books. Too contrived? Maybe just a little ...

[A. N. Smith]

I do appreciate the thought, but I really want 18 new readers more than someone buying in bulk. 

Shell be back, though I have plans for her. Just not the immediate ones I had for the 1500 mark. Maybe in another year or two Ill give her another spin.

And how could she ever have a cameo in someone elses book. She wouldnt stand for it!

[Randi Black]

Dude, I just bought "Choke on Your Lies" and am loving the fuck out of it. Just from the first chapter, I would love to see another Octavia novel.