alt.books.m-lackey FAQ, Part 2 This is part 2 of the Mercedes Lackey FAQ, covering topics specific to Mercedes Lackey. Part 1 covers topics specific to alt.books.m-lackey, including the Acceptable Use Policy, most particularly with regard to SPAM, trolls and cross-posting. Both are posted monthly to alt.books.m-lackey. Contents of Part 2: 1. What novels will she publish soon? 2. What Has She Written? 3. Order To Read? 4. How Can I Reach Her Or Other Fans? 5. She's Got Songs, Are They Recorded? 6. Does She Really Believe This? 7. FanFic now ok if Creative Commons licensed 8. No More Di! But Why??? 9. What happened to the original Queen's Own? 10. Anything Else? 1. What novels will she publish soon? More or Less Recent News on Upcoming Lackey Novels and Works in Progress Book Publication Date (estimated) ----- Gryphon's Valor (w/ L. Dixon) June 2024 Feuds (Valdemar anthology) Nov 2024 Miss Amelia's List Dec 2024 Note: Most of this information has been mined from ML's personal WWW site or Amazon.com. If what I wrote here contradicts what Misty writes there, believe HER! 2. What Has She Written? Note that many of her novels, particularly the Velgarth novels, were co-authored with her husband, Larry Dixon, who also drew the interior art for much of her Velgarth work. The books so co-authored are marked with LD. I have attempted to include the original and earliest publishing dates. The Velgarth novels--publishing order: Heralds of Valdemar Arrows of the Queen - 1987 Arrow's Flight - 1987 Arrow's Fall - 1988 Vows & Honor Oathbound - 1988 Oathbreakers - 1989 Oathblood - 1998 The Last Herald Mage Magic's Pawn - 1989 Magic's Promise - 1990 Magic's Price - 1990 By the Sword - 1992 The Mage Winds Winds of Fate - Oct 1991 Winds of Change - 1992 Winds of Fury - 1993 The Mage Storms Storm Warning - 1994 Storm Rising - 1995 Storm Breaking - 1996 The Mage Wars The Black Gryphon (LD) - 1994 The White Gryphon (LD) - 1995 The Silver Gryphon (LD) - 1996 Note: Mage Storms and Mage Wars were written and published simultaneously. The Owl Books Owlflight (LD) - 1997 Owlsight (LD) - 1998 Owlknight (LD) - Oct 1999 Brightly Burning - May 2000 Take a Thief - Oct 2001 The Valdemar Companion (with other authors) - Dec 2001 Exile's Honor - Oct 2002 Exile's Valor - Nov 2003 Collegium Chronicles Foundation - Oct 2008 Intrigues - Oct 2010 Changes - Oct 2011 Redoubt - Oct 2012 Bastion - Oct 2013 Herald Spy Closer to Home - Oct 2014 Closer to the Heart - Oct 2015 Closer to the Chest - Oct 2016 Family Spies The Hills Have Spies - June 2018 Eye Spy - July 2019 Spy, Spy Again - Jun 2020 The Founding of Valdemar Beyond - June 2021 Into the West - Nov 2022 Valdemar - Dec 2023 Kelvren's Saga (with Larry Dixon) Grypon in Light - July 2023 The Tregarde novels--publishing order: Burning Water - 1989 Children of the Night - 1990 Jinx High - 1991 (See Trio of Sorcery, below) The Tregarde novels--chronological order: Children of the Night Burning Water Jinx High The Bardic Voices novels--publishing order: Bardic Voices: The Lark and the Wren - 1992 The Robin and the Kestrel - 1993 A Cast of Corbies (with Josepha Sherman) - 1994 The Eagle and the Nightingale - 1995 Four & Twenty Blackbirds - Dec 1997 The Free Bards - 3-in-1 of The Lark and the Wren and The Robin and the Kestrel and The Eagle and the Nightingale - 1997 The Bard novels--publishing order: Knight of Ghost and Shadows (with Ellen Guon) - 1990 Summoned To Tourney (with Ellen Guon) - 1992 Beyond World's End (with Rosemary Edghill) - Jan 2001 Spirits White as Lightning (with R. Edghill) - Nov 2001 Mad Maudlin (with R. Edghill) - Aug 2003 Music to my Sorrow (with R. Edghill) - Dec 2005 Bedlam Boyz - by Ellen Guon alone (1993), prequel to both of above Bedlam's Bard - 2-in-1 of Knight of Ghost and Shadows and Summoned To Tourney - 1998 A Host of Furious Fancies - 2-in-1 of Beyond World's End and Spirits White As Lightning - Sept 2012 The Elvenbane novels--publishing order: Elvenbane (with Andre Norton) - 1991 Elvenblood (with Andre Norton) - 1995 Elvenborn (with A. Norton) - August 2002 The Serrated Edge novels--publishing order: Born to Run - 1992 (LD) Wheels of Fire - 1992 (with Mark Shepherd) When the Bough Breaks - 1993 (with Holly Lisle) Chrome Circle - 1994 (LD) (chronologically set earlier than the first-published Serrated Edge set of novels) This Scepter'd Isle - Jan 2004 (with Roberta Gellis) Ill Met By Moonlight - March 2005 (with Roberta Gellis) By Slanderous Tongues - Jan 2007 (with Roberta Gellis) And Less Than Kind - April 2008 (with R. Gellis) The Waters and the Wild - Oct 2019 (with R. Edghill) The Chrome Borne - 2-in-1 of Born to Run and Chrome Circle - 1999 The Otherworld - 2-in-1 of Wheels of Fire and When the Bough Breaks - Feb 2000 Elvendude - 1994 (by Mark Shepherd alone) Spiritride - 1997 (by Mark Shepherd alone) Lazerwarz - 1999 (by Mark Shepherd alone) Silence (with Cody Martin) - 2016 The Bard's Tale novels--publishing order: Castle of Deception (with Josepha Sherman) - 1992 Fortress of Frost and Fire (with Ru Emerson) - 1993 Prison of Souls (with Mark Shepherd) - 1993 The Chaos Gate - 1994 (by Josepha Sherman alone) The Obsidian Trilogy The Outstretched Shadow (with James Mallory) - Nov 2003 To Light a Candle (with James Mallory) - Oct 2004 When Darkness Falls (with James Mallory) - July 2006 Enduring Flame The Phoenix Unchained (with James Mallory) - Oct 2007 The Phoenix Endangered (with James Mallory) - Sept 2008 The Phoenix Transformed (with James Mallory) - Sept 2009 Dragon Prophecy Crown of Vengeance (with James Mallory) - Nov 2012 Blade of Empire (with J. Mallory) - Oct 2017 The Heirs of Alexandria The Shadow of the Lion (with Eric Flint and Dave Freer) - Feb 2002 A Mankind Witch (Dave Freer alone) This Rough Magic (with Eric Flint and Dave Freer) - Dec 2003 Much Fall of Blood (with Dave Freer) - May 2010 Burdens of the Dead (with Eric Flint and Dave Freer) - June 2013 Dragons of Alta Joust - March 2003 Alta - March 2004 Sanctuary - May 2005 Aerie - Oct 2006 The Elemental Masters The Serpent's Shadow - March 2001 The Gates of Sleep - April 2002 Phoenyx and Ashes - Oct 2004 Wizard of London - Sept 2005 Reserved for the Cat - Oct 2007 Unnatural Issue - June 2011 Home From the Sea - June 2012 Steadfast - June 2013 Blood Red - June 2014 From a High Tower - June 2015 A Study in Sable - June 2016 A Scandal in Battersea - Oct 2017 The Bartered Brides - Oct 2018 The Case of the Spellbound Child - Oct 2019 Jolene - Dec 2020 The Silver Bullets of Annie Oakley - Dec 2021 Five Hundred Kingdoms The Fairy Godmother - Dec 2003 One Good Knight - Feb 2006 Fortune's Fool - Feb 2007 The Snow Queen - May 2008 The Sleeping Beauty - July 2010 Beauty and the Werewolf - Oct 2011 Shadow Grail Legacies (with R. Edghill) - July 2010 Conspiracies (with R. Edghill) - July 2011 Sacrifices (with R. Edghill) - April 2013 Victories (with R. Edghill) - April 2014 Secret World Chronicles Invasion (with Steve Libbey, Cody Martin and Dennis Lee) - Mar 2011 World Divided (with C. Martin, D. Lee, V. Giguere) - Feb 2012 Revolution (with C. Martin, D. Lee, V. Giguere) - Jan 2014 Collision (with D. Lee, V. Giguere, C. Martin) - Dec 2014 Avalanche (with D. Lee, V. Giguere, C. Martin) - Aug 2018 One Dozen Daughters House of Four Winds (with James Mallory) - Aug 2014 Reboots Reboots (with Cody Martin) - Nov 2011 Diabolical Streak (with Cody Martin) - April 2014 Undead Can Dance (with Cody Martin) - Nov 2021 Hunter Hunter - September 2015 Elite - September 2016 Apex - September 2017 Other books, not part of any series - publishing order: (read them in any order you like) Sacred Ground - 1994 The Fire Rose - 1995 Firebird - Dec 1996 Fiddler Fair (short story collection) - 1998 Werehunter (short story collection) - May 1999 The Black Swan - 1999 The River's Gift - 1999 Charmed Destinies (with C. Asaro and Rachel Lee) - Nov 2003 The Dragon Quintet (with T. Lee, M. Swanwick, E. Moon, O. Card) - Aug 2006 Gwenhwyfar, the White Spirit - Oct 2009 Trio of Sorcery - Nov 2010 (Tregarde, Talldeer, other novella) Other books, co-authored - publishing order: Reap the Whirlwind (with C.J. Cherryh, 3rd in a series) - 1989 -also included in The Sword of Knowledge, March 1995 Wing Commander (with Ellen Guon) - 1992 The Ship Who Searched (with Anne McCaffrey) - 1992 If I Pay Thee Not In Gold (with Piers Anthony) - 1993 Rediscovery (with Marion Zimmer Bradley) - 1994 Tiger Burning Bright (with M.Z. Bradley and Andre Norton) - 1995 Wizard of Karres (with Freer & Flint) - Aug 2004 - sequel to Schmitz's "The Witches of Karres" Winter Moon (three stories, ML authored one) - Nov 2005 Harvest Moon (three stories, ML authored one, M. Sagar and C. Haley others) - Oct 2010 Dead Reckoning (with Rosemary Edghill) - June 2012 Brain Ships - Nov 2003 re-issue of "The Ship Who Searched" (with Anne McCaffrey) and "Partnership" (McCaffrey and M. Ball) Witches: Wicked, Wild & Wonderful (with N. Gaiman, U. Le Guin, K. Link, A. Norton, J. Yolen) - Mar 2012 re-issue of a previously published novellete By Tooth and Claw (Exiled Series Book 2, with S.M. Stirling, E. Flint, J.L. Nye, B. Fawcett) - Mar 2015 Short story collections, M. Lackey editor - publishing order: Lammas Night (edited with Josepha Sherman) - Feb 1996 Sword of Ice (Velgarth stories) - Jan 1997 Flights of Fantasy (edited with M Greenberg) - Dec 1999 Sun in Glory (Velgarth stories) - Dec 2003 Bedlam's Edge (Bard/SERRAted Edge stories, edited with Rosemary Edghill) - Aug 2005 Crossroads and Other Tales of Valdemar (Velgarth stories) - Dec 2005 Moving Targets and Other Stories of Valdemar - Dec 2008 Changing the World and Other Tales of Valdemar - Dec 2009 Finding the Way and other Tales of Valdemar - Dec 2010 Under the Vale and Other Tales of Valdemar - Dec 2011 Elemental Magic: All-New Tales of the Elemental Masters - Dec 2012 Elementary: All-New Tales of the Elemental Masters - Dec 2013 No True Way: All-New Tales of Valdemar - Dec 2014 Crucible: All-New Tales of Valdemar - Dec 2015 Tempest: All-New Tales of Valdemar - Dec 2016 Pathways: All-New Tales of Valdemar - Dec 2017 Choices: All-New Tales of Valdemar - Nov 2018 Seasons: All-New Tales of Valdemar - Nov 2019 Passages - Nov 2020 Boundaries - Dec 2021 Shenanigans - Dec 2022 Anything With Nothing - Nov 2023 Essay collection, M. Lackey editor: Mapping the World of Harry Potter - Jan 2006 Not books, but also MLackey stories, the 'Secret World Chronicles', produced as podcasts. Available here: http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/ 3. In what order do I read her books? Most people suggest reading the books chronologically, except for the Velgarth novels, which are suggested to be read in published order. The FAQ book list has them published in order by series, which just happens to be the chronological order for all except the Velgarth and the Diana Tregarde novels, and the two Serrated Edge series. 4. Can I reach Mercedes Lackey anywhere? How about other fans? * Email--She has an address, but, as per her request, that address will not be published on the Net. If you have it, please don't post it. It's only polite. * Postal--Send mail to her at any of the following addresses. Please mark CLEARLY that it is for her C/O one of the addresses. DAW Books 375 Hudson Street New York, NY 10014 TOR Books 49 West 24 Street New York, NY 10010 High Flight P.O. Box 8309 Tulsa, OK 74101-8309 Firebird Music P.O.Box 14785 Portland, OR 97214 http://firebirdarts.com/ She has requested that no fan stories be mailed to her, please. Other fans can be reached via the following methods: * Internet Services:* alt.books.m-lackey--UseNet newsgroup mercedes-lackey@herald.co.uk-- Listserv list Subscribe by visiting: http://lists.herald.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mercedes-lackey/ Numerous mailing lists and the like abound on-line. For example, http://www.egroups.com/group/mercedeslackey http://www.egroups.com/group/Mistydiscussion And many others World Wide Web Pages: http://www.mercedeslackey.com/ https://www.facebook.com/MercedesLackey (official Facebook page) http://twitter.com/MercedesLackey (official Twitter) http://firebirdarts.com/ http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2205058863&ref=share (ML Fan Club Facebook page) * Postal Service:* Queen's Own monthly e-newsletter--For information, send mail to: Queen's Own The Official Mercedes Lackey Fan Club P.O. Box 749 Laguna Beach, CA 92652 USA or consult http://www.dragonlordsnet.com/qo.htm 5. Does she have any of the music out so I can listen to it? Yes. Firebird Arts and Music carries a full range of Mercedes Lackey songs, Larry Dixon and Jody Lee artwork, and a whole lot of other things. To get their most recent catalog, send mail to: Firebird Music P.O. Box 30268 Portland, OR 97294-3268 1-800-752-0494 (USA only) (503) 255-5751 (Oregon and International) (503) 255-5703 (FAX) Email: firebird@firebirdarts.com WWW: http://firebirdarts.com/ 6. Does she really believe in all that stuff she writes about? Maybe. She might be a member of an alternative religion; she hasn't said for sure. However, she sums it up best in the Author's Note at the back of Sacred Ground (1994 edition): "I am not a guru, shaman, Grand High Pooh-Bah, Guardian, Mistress of the Martian Arts, or any incarnation of the same. I have no lock on Immortal Wisdom, and in my experience, anyone who claims to, has his eye on your money (granted, I do too, but only insofar as entertaining you enough to buy my next book). To confuse me with what I write is as fallacious as confusing a truck driver with his Peterbilt." 7. FanFic now ok if Creative Commons licensed Originally published on the HighFlight web site in June 2011: "As you folks already know, my agent, Russel Galen, has in the past been opposed to fanfiction. However, he is also Cory Doctorow's agent now, and Cory is a persuasive little gnome. As a result of this, I am happy to announce that we are officially permitting fanfiction to be licensed as derivative fiction under the Creative Commons umbrella. What this means is: NO, you cannot make money on it. NO, you cannot self-publish a fanfiction novel of Valdemar (or any of my other stuff) and try and sell it on Amazon. And NO, I still am not going to read it, because I am already so far behind on my research reading I barely have time to read that. But YES, you may write and post away, folks, so long as you license it as derivative and under Creative Commons. If it is anything other than PG-13, please take all the proper precautions to stick it somewhere that innocent souls won't be corrupted. Do not scare the children or the horses. Have fun!" More information about Creative Commons licensing is available here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/ It is recommended that you make it clear that fan fiction based on M. Lackey's work is derivative. 8. No More Di! But Why??? (July 2010 update: Information below written in the 1990's. In Oct 2010, "Trio of Sorcery" was published and included a new Tregarde story. **) It has been decided by Mercedes Lackey and her publishers that there will be no more books in the Diana Tregarde series. (Rumors of a novel featuring a much younger Andre abound.) There are two reasons why this is the case: A. The series is slow selling. Plain and simply, it is not as profitable for Mercedes Lackey and her publishers as her other series. They have decided to concentrate on those other series. B. A minority of readers seem to believe that these fantasy novels are based on "real supernatural activities". These have conceived some rather odd conspiracy theories as to why the series was discontinued. Granted that most of these people are decent and harmless people. Some of them, however, are dangerous individuals. There are two letters from Misty on the Firebird web site that discuss these people. The first is known as "The Last Straw", it was written in January 1997 in response to her being stalked and sent death threats and can be found at: http://www.cs.csustan.edu/~mthomas/abml/laststraw.html The second is called "The Camel's Back" and was posted to the Firebird site on 22 November 1997, and is in response to the security fiasco that surrounded her attendance at Dragon*Con97: http://www.cs.csustan.edu/~mthomas/abml/camelsback.html [Note: Both essays copied from the Firebird Arts WWW site to this WWW site because the URLs pointing to them were unstable.] 9. What happened to the original Queen's Own? The original Queen's Own Newsletter folded in May 2000 due to lack of funds. At that time, a new, on-line only, and free newsletter started up to fill in the gap. The Official Mercedes Lackey Fan Club is now located at: http://www.dragonlordsnet.com/qo.htm The address is: Queen's Own The Official Mercedes Lackey Fan Club P.O. Box 749 Laguna Beach, CA 92652 USA Memberships are free because the newsletter is only available online. 10. Anything Else That You Can Think Of? Let me know.