{"id":1059,"date":"2015-11-16T12:51:21","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T20:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jajance.com\/Blog\/?p=1059"},"modified":"2015-11-16T12:51:21","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T20:51:21","slug":"ali-and-joanna-together-in-no-honor-among-thieves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jajance.com\/Blog\/2015\/11\/16\/ali-and-joanna-together-in-no-honor-among-thieves\/","title":{"rendered":"Ali and Joanna Together in No Honor Among Thieves"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s hard to believe that a publication date can sneak up on me, but that\u2019s what just happened. My new novella, a joint Ali Reynolds\/Joanna Brady effort called No Honor Among Thieves<\/em>, goes on sale today,\u00a0Monday, November 16.<\/p>\n

\"Ali<\/a>Wait. \u00a0Did I just say a joint story? One with both Joanna Brady and Ali Reynolds in the same piece of fiction? \u00a0Some of you may be saying, \u201cIt\u2019s about time,\u201d because plenty of my fans have been asking for one of those for a very long time.When I was asked that question, I replied that it wasn\u2019t possible, no way Jos\u00e9. But it turns out I was wrong. Now it\u2019s happening, and if I do say so myself, No Honor <\/em>is making a bit of publishing history. Here\u2019s why:<\/p>\n

I have two publishers. I am contracted with HarperCollins to write the Beaumont, Brady, and Walker books. \u00a0Simon and Schuster owns the ones featuring Ali Reynolds.<\/p>\n

Ever hear of the Capulets and the Montagues from Romeo and Juliet<\/em>? \u00a0Or the Jets and the Sharks from Westside Story<\/em>? Let\u2019s just say, getting everybody from two different publishing houses to pull in the same direction at the same time isn\u2019t necessarily easy. And the truth is, the legal ramifications and complications of writing a joint book that crosses all those lines are overwhelming. Dividing up royalties, publicity budgets, editorial responsibilities? Can\u2019t be done. Has never been done.<\/p>\n

But this summer, my then current and now departed spark-plug of an editor at S & S, Sally Kim, came up with an intriguing idea. Novellas aren\u2019t exactly new, but they\u2019ve gained a lot of traction as vehicles for attracting new readers to an ongoing series. Sally\u2019s suggestion, which was greeted with enthusiasm by my HarperCollins editor, Lyssa Keusch, was that I write two Joanna\/Ali novellas\u2014one for S & S and the other for HarperCollins.<\/p>\n

No Honor Among Thieves <\/em>is numero uno<\/em>. This is an S & S novella. That means it will be an e-book originally and will appear in paper later this year in the back of the paperback edition of Cold Betraya<\/em>l. \u00a0 Warning for my DTRs\u2014my Dead Tree Readers: There will be NO separate Dead Tree printing for No Honor<\/em>, but there will be an audio version.<\/p>\n

Please do not order No Honor <\/em>for the princely sum of 99 cents and then send me a note complaining that it was too short. Novellas are<\/em> short. They are longer than a short story (5,000 words or so) and shorter than a novel (100,000 words give or take.) Novellas are approximately 20,000 words.<\/p>\n

In the back of the novella, you\u2019ll find a teaser for the upcoming Ali novel, Clawback<\/em>, due out in March. I\u2019ve also had complaints from people who, as late readers to a novella, were offended to find that the teaser involved was to a book they had already read. Here\u2019s another thing to remember about publishing. Hardbacks come out before paperbacks. Always.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been busy doing editorial work on Clawback <\/em>this week which is why the No Honor <\/em>on-sale date caught me completely flat footed.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll try to do better next time.<\/p>\n

JAJance<\/p>\n

\"BookMarks_NoHonorAmongThieves\"<\/a>P.S.\u00a0Obviously e-books can\u2019t be autographed. \u00a0That\u2019s why I have bookmarks. \u00a0Please send an SASE (business-sized, #10,) to me at:<\/p>\n

P.O. Box 766<\/p>\n

Bellevue, WA 98009.<\/p>\n

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And for some of you who are still awaiting Dance of the Bones bookmarks? \u00a0I ran out temporarily, but they are coming. \u00a0I promise.<\/p>\n

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