Isobelle Carmody visited my school a couple of weeks ago on her tour of New Zealand, which of course was extremely exciting for me as I've loved her books for years! At the end of her talk I got the chance to talk to her briefly, I told her how much I loved the Legendsong books and asked her about Darkbane. She told me she was going to work on it "next" and that she already knows what is going to happen, she's been eager to work on it for a long time and she's going to make sure it happens next. I also told her how much I loved Alyzon Whitestarr and she told me she has an idea for a sequel to that which she'd love to write! So that is pretty exciting. I'm not sure if any of that is news to anyone here but just thought I'd let you guys know! :)
It is awesome news to have a Darkbane update :)
The way I remember it (correct me I'm wrong) is that she wrote (drafted) both Darksong and Darkbane almost at the same time, so when it comes to finishing the Legendsong it hopefully won't take too long...I think in a lot of ways I love that series more than the Ober Chron.
I really want the last Billy Thunder book, too. Hopeful that it'll be the book that she does after Darkbane.
It would be fantastic to have Darkbane at last! I love the first two books in that series.
Mystic Ward
10 years ago
Mystic Ward
Twentyfamilies Gypsy
Pretty sure Firecat's Dream will be done before Darkbane. Just from something she said at one of the talks I went to.
I don't know if this hint has been dropped before, but I just thought that I would share that I went to her talk in Paddington yesterday and she mentioned in passing that Darkbane will end in a nursing home (where Lanalor's body is)!
Mystic Ward
10 years ago
Mystic Ward
Twentyfamilies Gypsy
nice. Love a little spoiler.
I like the Legendsong Saga more than the OC, so this is really amazing news! I think that as long as she has a draft outline in her mind, then it'd be easier for her to write!! I asked her about it as well just after TSK came out at Supanova, and she said a similar thing, that she knew what she wanted to write, but the words weren't coming to her. Hopefully now she has the words and we'll FINALLY know what happens next!!
Yeah it is definitely my favourite of her series so any news Darkbane gets me very excited!! I can't help hoping for a slightly reduced wait time given she already has a draft of sorts but then again, I am realistic enough to know that it is probably still a while off :P Plus, I would hate for the final product to be compromised because the process was rushed!