I haven't had a whole lot to share lately because we are still awaiting the release of COPPER'S CHOICE, and I've heard no further news on it. I still hope to see it in print sometime this year.
However I did want to let you all know that I have turned in to Pro Se Press a Lazlo Dragon anthology titled LAZLO AT HOME. That is a collection of four short stories featuring everyone's favorite pepperoni-scarfing little blue dragon Lazlo and his adventures in the big green house near the woods in a place protected by magic. It was fun to put together too. Two of the stories were previously written but never published, the third one was based on a cartoon script I created for Lazlo—though unfortunately that project didn't come to pass. The fourth is brand-spanking new. All of them deal with Lazlo having to adjust to his new home surroundings while he learns the duties of a witch's familiar. He has to deal with many troubling and sometimes dangerous situations on his own. Fortunately, he always manages to muddle through somehow.
I have targeted the Lazlo anthology for a 2017 release, but beyond turning the finished manuscript in with all the necessary material (back cover copy and cover art directions) I have no control what the publisher can or will do with it. It still has to go through an editing process, with my my approval on the galley, and cover art has to be done. So my projected release year is strictly my wish; nothing has been promised to me. I will keep you updated on that as well as the release of COPPER'S CHOICE as soon as I get word of it becoming available in print.
Regardless of the publishing end of the situation, those of us who write COMPANION DRAGONS TALES are still very much hard at work planning out future volumes. One way or another, we'll make sure you get your fill of little dragons with big ideas and even bigger adventures.
~Nancy
However I did want to let you all know that I have turned in to Pro Se Press a Lazlo Dragon anthology titled LAZLO AT HOME. That is a collection of four short stories featuring everyone's favorite pepperoni-scarfing little blue dragon Lazlo and his adventures in the big green house near the woods in a place protected by magic. It was fun to put together too. Two of the stories were previously written but never published, the third one was based on a cartoon script I created for Lazlo—though unfortunately that project didn't come to pass. The fourth is brand-spanking new. All of them deal with Lazlo having to adjust to his new home surroundings while he learns the duties of a witch's familiar. He has to deal with many troubling and sometimes dangerous situations on his own. Fortunately, he always manages to muddle through somehow.
I have targeted the Lazlo anthology for a 2017 release, but beyond turning the finished manuscript in with all the necessary material (back cover copy and cover art directions) I have no control what the publisher can or will do with it. It still has to go through an editing process, with my my approval on the galley, and cover art has to be done. So my projected release year is strictly my wish; nothing has been promised to me. I will keep you updated on that as well as the release of COPPER'S CHOICE as soon as I get word of it becoming available in print.
Regardless of the publishing end of the situation, those of us who write COMPANION DRAGONS TALES are still very much hard at work planning out future volumes. One way or another, we'll make sure you get your fill of little dragons with big ideas and even bigger adventures.
~Nancy
