News From Ian Tregillis and the Status of the Milkweed Trilogy

There have been some serious setbacks in the release of Bitter Seeds and its sequels. Many, including myself, are waiting to see what happens in his take on World War II. While the books are going to be delayed again there is some good news.

He also sheds some light on his issues with the publishing world and why we have been waiting so long for their releases -

I've been trying to figure out how to write this post for a couple of weeks.


There are two reasons for the difficulty. First and foremost, this topic makes me feel helpless, and furious, and very very depressed. Second, I've been dithering over how much of this I can talk about in public. The very last thing I'd ever want to do is sound like a disgruntled troublemaker.


But a few days ago I unwisely let something slip in the comment thread to a recent blog post, where I thought very few people would see it. Instead, it ended up on Twitter. (I really wish I'd taken a more moderate tone in my off-the-cuff comments there.)


So I'll cut to the chase: My publisher has delayed—yet again—the publication dates for the mass market paperback of Bitter Seeds, as well as for the hardcover of Milkweed #2, The Coldest War. This means that contrary to my last announcement (which came on the heels of a face-to-face meeting with my editor), Coldest War will NOT debut in October 2011.


For more on why the books are delayed and just what is going on click here.