Normally, they are authors quite enterprising, when a new book is published, and is committed to a certain degree of media exposure. But when you look at the panorama of the past six months, one might think that each limpet in the port of Hamburg had an eventful life than I do. Time ignoring the fact that I, at least during the past three months back and again had desired, a limpet to be, however, was exactly the opposite. And as the interview in January for the
was fantastic coffee, the world was still in order.
I had this item has already been done several times formatted in the editor - sometimes taken shorter, sometimes longer, sometimes serious or even ironic - and would have to "submit" only press. Instead, I've deleted it again and again and turned off the computer - with the conclusion: this is a private matter. A few days or weeks later I began to write him but again, only to then to drive the same game as before.
After exhaustive 2007 was quite clear to me: such a depletion of body and soul I run for a year, but not two. So I focused the first half month of the year exclusively on the story of
Black Prophecy, to take from the middle of February, three months, "Roman Holiday". Three months in which I wanted to accomplish in peace the second AION band and my story for the DUNWICH travel guide.
If the plans.
On the morning of 19 February - my so-called Roman holiday was barely 35 hours old - my father died unexpectedly, leaving a large Lot of problems. Since then, I'm busy managing not just simple (and unfortunately very lengthy) procedure with six-figure debt, trade resolution, accountants and undertakers, inheritance, notaries, appraisers, banks, lawyers, etc. to, as my brother and I all thing must unravel alone. Instead of the last six chapters of AION II, I wrote a speech for the funeral service. That did not really fun. Of course, the possibility would have to reject the heritage - but then my brother was sitting almost on the street, as the former home, where he lives with his family, is also part of the heritage. So Eyes and go.
has now shifted the matter for me from the emotional to the sober and factual area. What remains is a feeling that they had been preparing for two years a new race - just barely fifty meters after the start in the first corner to land involuntarily in the gravel. As much as you want to continue the race too: the car is stuck, then it is only on foot. It is not the loss that cripples the work, but the rat tail on annoying, imposed obligations, which keeps us on our toes ever since. The initial "private matter" was therefore always more obvious consequences for current projects.
In recent months I received numerous e-mails from readers, booksellers and editors / publishers, of which I answered but few have - with a few short sentences, which outlined the current situation. Three or four invitations to anthologies were among them, others asked for illustrations or a cover for a book or magazine. Unfortunately, some wait until today for a response. It never played is not exciting or lucrative projects of importance, but simply the lack of time and the fact that I was hardly at home and am - be it to do Behördenkram to clear out a huge house or a 80 x 80 m large grassy plot of land to mow. The few quiet days, which I find to write, I use almost exclusively for AION II
At this point, so a big SORRY for all unanswered mail and review requests from the past 100 days. The problem with writing books and stories (and reasonably comprehensive reply mail) is currently not not will, but do not. For this reason, I would instantly make it a project commitments, because they were built on very shaky legs.
Please no requests for more contributions for story anthologies, illustrations for stories or magazine covers! I would love to promise you, but I can not perceive them. While I hope that the situation eased somewhat in early June, but Murphy's law I do not trust on the road.
Anyway, the AION world keeps turning. It was originally for band 2, which is done to 3 / 4, being considered in February 2009 as the release date. Given the rather complex personal situation, we (publisher, agent & I), we however decided to postpone the deadline and the appearance of the second part about 6 months, since I am currently working mostly with "house-and court administration." Currently, I aspire to be published until the summer of 2009, but the last word because, of course, the publisher. I hope so on the understanding and the patience of the readers of the first part. An unfortunate timing, it would hardly be able to give, but now it happened and to not change. AION 2 will be at least a lot more fantastic than part 1, I can reveal that before, because Mira's journey into (and through) the AION worlds only begun ...
