Because!  Because I have officially turned in the final version of book two of the Chaos Walking trilogy.  Now starts two processes:  1) it gets prepared for publication next May in the UK (including a brilliant cover which I've already seen early versions of) and 2) I start writing book three.

But for now, I can reveal (after giving it exclusively to the lovely people at The Buzz) that the title of the follow-up to The Knife of Never Letting Go is (wait for it)....       The Ask and The Answer.  And just wait til you see what happens.

There's lots to go before it comes out, of course, including the paperback of Knife (which'll be in January and which I'll be promoting to the stars, naturally).  This is just a teasing teaser and a reassurance to all of you who've read Knife that, yes, indeed, the countdown can begin.  And if you haven't read Knife, well, you'll just have to see what all the fuss is about, won't you?

I'm also in a good mood because we've just got back from the vet where we thought we might have to put our rough-and-tumble moggie to sleep.  But no, we got some medication, so there's life in the (very) old boy yet.  (Maybe not much more, but he still purrs when you pet him so we'll take it for as along he wants to give it).