Dire News for the Dire Planet

Sometimes when a writer gets caught in the muddle and muck of battling through the writing process strange things happen. In this case the strange thing results in both good news and bad news for fans of the Dire Planet tales.

I was hoping that the latest (fourth in the series) Dire Planet, which I tentatively titled Lost Tribes of the Dire Planet, would see print by the end of this year. However, it will not see print this year, but has been rescheduled for 2011. Also, the name of the novel has been retitled to Strange Gods of the Dire Planet.

The good news is that hot on the heels of Strange Gods of the Dire Planet will be a fifth Dire Planet novel entitled Lost Tribes of the Dire Planet. This is projected for release in 2012.

How far along are these projects, you might ask? I've finished the first draft of Strange Gods of the Dire Planet and am about 20,000 words (approximately 1/5 of the way) into Lost Tribes of the Dire Planet.

Beyond 2012 I'm not making any promises or predictions. However, I can see the possibility of a sixth (and maybe final) Dire Planet novel: Immortals of the Dire Planet.