ABML FAQ, Part 2: The Author (monthly posting, minor update only)
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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. Order To Read?
2. What Has She Written?
3. What novels will she publish soon?
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. Birthday
11. Anything Else?
1. 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 in chronological order by series, which
just happens to be the published order for all except the Velgarth
and the Diana Tregarde novels.
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
Foundation: Book One of the Collegium Chronicles - Oct 2008
Intrigues: Book Two of the Collegium Chronicles - Oct 2010
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
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)
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 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)
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
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
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
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
Shadow Grail
Legacies (with R. Edghill) - July 2010
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
Invasion (with Steve Libbey, Cody Martin and Dennis Lee) - Mar 2011
Brain Ships - Nov 2003
re-issue of "The Ship Who Searched" (with Anne McCaffrey) and
"Partnership" (McCaffrey and M. Ball)
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
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/bookone.php
3. What novels will she publish soon?
More or Less Recent News on Upcoming Lackey Novels
and Works in Progress
Book Publication Date
(estimated)
-----
Conspiracies July 2011
-with R. Edghill, Shadow Grail series
Beauty and the Werewolf Oct 2011
-Five Hundred Kingdoms
Changes Oct 2011
-Collegium #3
Under the Vale and Other Tales of Valdemar Dec 2011
Crown of Vengeance unknown
-with James Mallory
Great Doom's Shadow unknown
-with Eric Flint and Dave Freer
Dark Waters unknown
-with Eric Flint
The Hunt unknown
#2 of the Secret World Chronicles
with S. Libbey, D. Lee and C. Martin
Sundowners unknown
-with R. Edghill
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!
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/
Firebird has an 'Ask Misty' section of their WWW site,
where selected questions and M. Lackey's answers are posted
to their site. See http://firebirdarts.com/mlackey/1mlask.htm
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
mercede...@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
http://www.egroups.com/group/Lady_of_Heralds
And many others
World Wide Web Pages:
http://www.mercedeslackey.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mercedes-Lackey/71496424801
(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: fire...@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://ftp.pwp.att.net/m/e/megant3/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://ftp.pwp.att.net/m/e/megant3/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. Birthday
Misty was born on June 24.
11. Anything Else That You Can Think Of?
Let me know.