The state of Drollerie Press (and Faerie Blood)
| September 23, 2011 | Posted by annathepiper under Drollerie Press, Faerie Blood |
This has started getting talked about in a few public places, so I’m going to go ahead and address it here. Long story short, Drollerie Press is in a slow state of collapse, pretty much due to the ongoing serious health issues our senior editor, 
serasempre
There are rumors that Drollerie may be sold, but at this time they are only rumors. I have however taken the step of asking for the return of my rights to Faerie Blood. I don’t have a confirmed date as to when this will happen, given that it (like all other outstanding things that editor Deena needs to take care of) is dependent upon her ability to get to it. But given that this is now in the queue, if you want Faerie Blood, you should go ahead and get it from the site of your choice. Drollerie’s own site is your best bet as that’s the source most likely to get me any payment for it.
Or, if you are so inclined, I have a small number of CD copies of Faerie Blood still available. If you’re local to me, you can have one for $5. If you’re not local, you can have one for $7.
What I will do with the book once I have it back remains to be seen. Much will depend upon whether Drollerie is in fact sold (in which case the possibility exists that new management may be interested in keeping it), or on whether I can find a home for it where the book hasn’t already been queried. I have received Good Advice that one way to go about that may well be to finish Book 2 and query them together. We’ll see.
Bone Walker remains the most likely means through which I could query Faerie Blood anywhere else, since that’ll wind up being a full novel. The current novella-length pieces I’m thinking about for the Warder universe (the Oscar story, the Elizabeth/Ross story, the Millicent origin story) will also have to be considered.
More on this as I know it, all.
I’ve been thinking a lot about Faerie Blood while all this has been going on. Deena’s cover for your book is one of my favorites, and she made it while so many other presses were whitening their protagonists of color in cover images. She’s a gutsy lady, and so talented. I like to imagine that she’ll recover enough to do art direction or cover art for other presses. If she got well again, I’d certainly request her as a cover artist.
Best of luck!
It’s such a tough situation. And everything’s so far up in the air… I went ahead and requested my rights back as well, but I harbor absolutely no ill will toward Deena or the company. It’s just bad, bad luck, and I sincerely hope everything gets better for her.
Oh! I just noticed you have an old web addy for me — my “ingemarwrites” site is no longer up — I’m over at heatherthebard.wordpress.com/