Fiona, down undah
Fiona is my Australian editor for the Wilderness books and also for Tied to the Tracks.
Some time ago somebody asked (and I don't think I ever answered) why TTTT is coming out under the Sara Donati in Aus/NZ, and Rosina Lippi on the flip side. It's simple. Sara Donati is a best selling author in that market. I'm not sure why, but the Kiwis and Aussies really, really love the Wilderness series. Of course Australia is also the place that nurtured and housed Farscape, so I'm not surprised at their communal good taste (she said modestly), but I've never been quite clear on it, either.
Rosina Lippi -- that name isn't familiar to the Sara Donati readers down undah, thus the name switch.
And now back to Fiona, the fabulous. An email from her today:
(we need to to make doubly sure our author knows the book will now be released here in August, not July(as a result of us rethinking the cover, but was obviously worth it) so she can holler about that on her website as we're doing the same.
This is me hollering: Did y'all get that? TTTT in August for you. Fiona also tells me that their marketing people do not like the US cover for Queen of Swords and she has to come up with something else. She didn't know what they don't like about it, but they were adamant. Which makes me sad. Finally a cover I really love and it's being rejected. Now I have to think up some alternate ideas to suggest. And you know what? I don't have any idea.
I'll be in the US for the RWA conference so I can get it there in July :-). Don't know why the Oz people don't like your cover. This Aussie thinks it's great.
Another Aussie who thinks the QOS cover is fine!! Then again, who knows what they will come up with. Could be fantastic...or not!
They could stick QOS on the shelf with no cover at all and i'd still buy it, but it sucks we have to wait till august for TTTT.
Either way and whatever name goes down as author i'll still be buying both. Thanks for the great adventures so far.
Thanks for the update on TTTT coming out in Australia. I went and asked at the bookshop last week and they hadn't heard of it. Mind you, they are not very professional and I only go there because they are close to work. I was planning to go to a real bookshop later in the week. One where the staff are just a bit better trained, where they know that if you can't find a book on one website, there might be others you could try . . .
Ohhh a longer wait, the cover looks great to me as is....... Anyway I will just have to wait until August, is only 46 days away.
Have just re-read the wildernes series and now cannot wait for QOS.Saw the cover on website and even though its different to the other covers it looks good to me. To me it represents a lot more the strong women theme running through the books. Hope it gets here sooner han August
have just bought and read all the wilderness novels as well and was excited that the next is coming soon...loved the stories. have always been attracted to that period in time and hope I was there as one of those strong woman! thanks Sarah ronna
rona -- very kind of you to stop by and let me know. I'm so pleased you like the story thus far.