I got the contract for the above UK anthology the other day, so the muse decided it had better start finishing the story. I think I told you about this one a while ago…it’s set in Riley’s world, but it’s told from Quinn’s point of view. At this stage, Kellen is also (briefly) mentioned, and it’s set sometime between the third and fourth books. I’d already written about half of the story before the contracts came, but it came to a stop simply because I couldn’t think of a suitable bad guy to use.
That changed yesterday, when I suddenly thought of the Chameleons I’d mentioned in Tempting Evil. Remember they had kits? Well, the muse (for no reason at all that I can think of–I mean, I wasn’t rereading the book or even thinking about it) suddenly latched on to that, and thought, hey, what if the Chameleons weren’t all killed in the Directorate clean-up of Starr’s labs? What if one of them escaped and is now seeking vengeance?
With that thought, we had our bad guy, and the muse leapt into action (and here I was thinking she’d slacked off for Christmas). The upshot of all that is that I wrote 6 pages yesterday, and I’m hoping to have the story finished by the end of the week. Then I’ll let it sit for a while, before I re-edit and send it on to Miriam to make sure it’s okay. I’m not entirely sure Kellen will stay in this story–I guess it just depends how the word count goes. If it’s over, he’s out. He’s not vital to the story–he’s basically just there to add a little tension 
December 19th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Yeah to Quinn story would love it buy the book for that alone. Great thoughts.
December 19th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
This sounds excellent – the tension between Quinn and Riley is unbelievable! It will be great to see things as Quinn sees them.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
This sounds awesome. When will this book come out, and will you be able to buy this book in Canada?
December 21st, 2007 at 3:41 pm
Molly, at the moment it’s only a UK release, but if the book does well, I imagine they’ll release it elsewhere. The unofficial release date for the UK is July, and as soon as I know anything else, I’ll put it up on my site.
December 30th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
I would love to read a book set in Quinns point of view… he is such a mystery! I\’m also from Canada, so I do hope it goes well! I love your books!
January 6th, 2008 at 7:26 am
It’s an old post, but I am thrilled by the story that is being developed. I am so sad that I am stuck in eastern Europe, where things come at a relatively slow pace. I will have to use Amazon eventually.
February 16th, 2010 at 6:57 pm
Keri, did this book ever get published in US? If not, where else could a person order it? I LOVE your Riley Jensen series, just finished book 7, dieing to pick up #8. Your a terrific, imaginative author and I’d love to read this story from Quinn’s POV.