Progress Report

The third book in Durand’s story is slowly coming together with about twenty thousand words to go.

My work on the third book has been slowed considerably by the demands of family (a three-year-old girl has taken over my office and filled it with stuffed animals) and my day job (where I work with other people’s teenagers).

Thusfar I’ve proved hopeless at estimating a completion date. I think, however, that the book will be finished this year. As I write these words, MS Word tells me I’ve got 123, 298 words on paper. In my notebook, I’ve probably got another fifteen thousand to type up, and the end is in sight.

Thanks to those of you who wrote to wonder when (or whether) there would ever be a Book III. It helps to hear that there are real readers out there!

~Dave Keck

Calgary for World Fantasy

David is flying to Calgary, Alberta, Canada for this year’s World Fantasy Convention, October 30-November 2.

The latest draft of the convention program promises an opportunity to see David moderating a panel, Friday at 4pm (panelists include Barbara Hambly, Patricia McKillip, and Irene Radford).

August

David is hard at work on A King in Cobwebs the follow-up volume to In the Eye of Heaven and In a Time of Treason, taking advantage of the last few weeks before teaching picks up again in the Fall (all too soon!).

While he should be working, you may just find that his researches have inspired another post or two on his livejournal.   (Days filled with nothing but time to work, invariably create distractions of their own).

I am verily perswaded, That there are very few Human Affairs whereinto some Devils are not Insinuated.

(So says Cotton Mather, 18thc. Puritan)

Comic Con Reports

David is at Comic Con International in San Diego this weekend (as you may have guessed from the previous post), and blogging about the experience. 

Take a look over at davidkeck.livejournal.com.

Comic-Con International in San Diego

David is looking forward to Comic-Con International this summer.

First, there’s a signing in the signing area Saturday, July 26th from 5:00 to 6:00.

Afterward, David will participate in a world-building panel: Playing God, SATURDAY, JULY 26, 6:00-7:00, room 5AB.

Expect to see convention Guest of Honor Jim Butcher (Small Favor, The Dresden Files), Chris Evans (A Darkness Forged in Fire), Lynn Flewelling (Shadows Return), Jenna Rhodes (The Elven Ways) and Eldon Thompson (Asahiel, Shannara (screenplay)).

See you there.

Hackensack Appearance

David is special guest at this month’s meetin of the Science Fiction Association of Bergen County, July 12, 2008.

If interested, stop by Barnes & Noble at The Shops at Riverside, 1 Riverside Square,
Hackensack, New Jersey  07601.  The meeting begins at 7:00pm with David appearing at 8:00pm.

For further information, check out http://www.sfabc.org/

Podcast Interview on Adventures in Scifi Publishing

David is interviewed on Adventures in Scifi Publishing this week. Those tuning in will also hear a Mike Resnick teaser, Tobias Buckell responding to listeners’ questions, and Lou Anders of Pyr Books discussing about today’s short story market.