Friday May 28th, 1999
Ray posted this message today which clarifies his thoughts on working with Janny again:
BTW, just to make it crystal clear (and some of you will screw this up anyway when you post it on other boards or tell your friends), I never said I would not write with Janny again (she was one of the writers I talked to about this project; she's just too busy. If we do a second bunch, she may be in that group). What I said was Janny and I would never do another Empire book again. Big difference.
So, if the first set of Tales of the Riftwar novels are successful, apparently we can expect more. This second message discusses the possible settings of the Tales novels:
Most of the fantasy work I'm going to do will be in Midkemia. I say 'most,' because I don't know when I'm going to go for a little jaunt to a place for a bit, like I did with the Saaur homeworld or Timmery (or however the hell Neal spelled that place in Betrayal). But the heart of the action will be Midkemia.
If any of the Tales series is from the Tsraunni point of view it will be because the other author convinces me it's a good story idea.
For the record, I think Neal spelled it Timmiriannia, but that's coming from memory and probably not accurate. Anyway, this final bit further clarifies the publishing schedule for the next few years:
I'm going to be working on Tear of the Gods next (Return to Krondor's story), then Conclave of Shadows I. At the same time, I'll be setting up this series, so they'll both be underway at the same time.
