I am also under the name bloody ampersand

I used to be "Lioness of WEST SIDE"

The new Tamora Pierce books:

2007:

MELTING STONES, an original novel for audiobook set in the Circle Universe, published by Full Cast Audio - Fall TERRIER, book one of The Provost's Dog trilogy, in Random House paperback in the U.S. and Canada - Fall

2008:

MELTING STONES print publication - Summer untitled Circle universe book, set in the months after STREET MAGIC, in which Briar, Rosethorn, and Evvy continue their journey eastward to distant Yanjing, where they discover a danger that threatens the home temple of the Living Circle religion, Scholastic hardcover in the U.S. and Canada - TBD

2009:

BLOODHOUND, book two of The Provost's Dog trilogy, detailing the further adventures of Rebba Cooper, nicknamed "the Provost's Dog", as she rises through the ranks of the Lord Provost's command, in Random House hardcover in the U.S. and Canada--Spring

2010:

BLOODHOUND, book two of The Provost's Dog trilogy, in Random House paperback in the U.S. and Canada - Spring ELKHOUND, book three of The Provost's Dog trilogy, the ultimate task set for Rebba Cooper, nicknamed "the Provost's Dog", in Random House hardcover in the U.S. and Canada - TBD untitled Circle universe book, in which Tris enrolls at the mages' university in Lightsbridge under an assumed name, in an attempt to become an ordinary mage practicing normal academic magic (spells, charms, potions) with no one knowing her real name or power, Scholastic hardcover in the U.S. and Canada - TBD

2011:

ELKHOUND, book three of The Provost's Dog trilogy, in Random House paperback in the U.S. and Canada - TBD NUMAIR: THE EARLY YEARS (very tentative title), in which we learn of Numair's last years at the university of Carthak, the beginning of his conflict with the newly-made Emperor Ozorne (Numair's best friend), his quick departure from Carthak, and how he survives afterward, in Random House hardcover in the U.S. and Canada - TBD

2012:

untitled Tortall universe book, about the coming-of-age of Maura of Dunlath, and how she finds her own unique place in the realm, in Random House hardcover in the U.S. and Canada--TBD NUMAIR: THE EARLY YEARS (very tentative title), in which we learn of Numair's early days, in Random House paperback in the U.S. and Canada - TBD

"So what you're saying is, I'm your brand of heroine?" "Yes, you are exactly my brand of heroine." ~Twilight: Chapter 13

Show me a girl with her feet planted firmly on the ground, and I’ll show you a girl that can’t put her pants on. ~Annik Marchand

It’s the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girl dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year’s Day. ~The Naked Gun

We say we love flowers; we pluck them. We say we love trees; we cut them down. And people wonder why some are afraid when told they are loved.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat. ~John Lehman

Thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, you can only be one of two kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a conservative. ~Kurt Vonnegut

A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes (especially when the person is a woman)

I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there. ~Herb Caen

Whoever said nothing is impossible has never tried to slam a revolving door.

Sticks and Stones may scar my skin but words slice through my soul within... ~CrimsonScarz.

"Everyone knows the best way to convince someone you're not lying to them is to tell them that you are."

A synonym is just a word you use when you can't spell the first word you thought of. (Sadly, so--erm--true.)

"Damn" is a four-letter word. "Love" is a four-letter lie. (Substituted word, I know...)

I don't lie, I fib in big portions.

Evil is just live spelled backwards.

Death is God's way of saying, "You're fired." Suicide is humans' way of saying, "You can't fire me, I quit!"

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. ~Groucho Marx

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere. ~G. K. Chesterton

Ninety-eight percent of the teenage population will believe any statistic they read. If you're one of the two percent who doesn't, you won't be putting this in your profile. (But I won't tell on you if you do!)

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