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All hail, Lord Panda, King of the Snippets. 
I need to be working, but I am so tired. I edited something unrelated to Bayou Moon this morning and now my head is all in that story instead of this one. I’ll get it back together.
Christmas is beginning to arrive in the form of amazon packages and I know for a fact that my Wish List on Knit Picks has been ordered by Lord Panda. Mmmm, yarn. Purty, purty yarn. I’m working on a pair of socks right now, but the yarn came from someone else, and they kind of feel sticky. Do your ever notice how wool sometimes feels a little sticky? Is it just me?
So my working on this unrelated thing has got me thinking. What would you guys think would be cool to do next? (This is hypothetical, of course, since right now I am still contracted for Kate.) I’m not sure if there will be more Edge books at the moment, and theoretically we could do a third series. I know this is all pointless, as Russians say, written with a pitchfork on water, but still, I wonder what would be fun.
How about Alpha Menz? I love it! Or Derek & Julie…to be published after KD? Or Dali & Jim as a short story? Or continue “a mere formality”. I would love to read more about that particular story or something else set in that world.
What I especially enjoy about your writing is the great worldbuilding. And there are so many things that are out of the common. The vamps in KD just being the most obvious example. And of course the dry humor.
What about a fantasy series (or book) that’s urbanesque in style – ie mystery solved, adventure had in a single book – but true fantasy in world building and character archetypes (sorcerers, lost heirs, overwhelming invasion odds)?
But of course with the trademark Ilona Andrews wit. And romance.
I’d plunk down the cash in a second for something like that.
Jane
I have to second Alpha Menz!
Loves me some sick sh*t!
I want the Alpha Menz too! Maybe a full length futuristic novel like your short stories…. I liked those too!
more of alpha menz would be highly appreciated
whatever you two decide to write next, I’d love to read it
I have to agree Alpha Menz would be cool. A novel would be cool or maybe you could do it as a ebook novella series.
Or a Kate Daniels Anthology. Short Stories on other characters in the series?
The question is ilona what would you like to do next?
Silent blade was a cool story maybe a sci-fi/futuristic book. or (I know you have said this somewhere so sorry if i get this wrong) you said something about wanting to write or something to do with writing a little more violently or at least making stories or scenes more violent. (sorry if ive got that wrong) Why dont you write a horror or a thriller or something really dark/gothic or just bloody.
You seem to like mythology, you ever looked at one and thought about re-writing it, using the basics and making your own version up?
And you meantioned your trunk. Maybe there is something in there you might want to play with and time away from it has given you fresh ideas.
Or if youve had an idea thats made you go “hmmmm… I wonder!” why not play with it and see what happens.
I also say Alpha Menz
or
a while ago on the blog you had snippets about a girl named Deidre. I’d like to know what happened to her..it sounded like a good story!
I would absolutely love to read more stuff from the worlds of a mere formality or silent blade. I absolutely loved those settings. Maybe with Deidre? That chick is awesome!
I love the idea of branching out in Kate’s world – maybe a new first person perspective.
Oooh oooh! Alpha Menz! Yay! Or, short stories with Jim and Dali? What about short stories from the adventures of Kate and Jim? Or Kate’s bodyguarding for Simon? Definitely some humor there! Sooo many possibilities! If you go with short stories maybe you could squeeze them in BETWEEN releases of Kate?? Hooray! Because, yanno, you don’t have anything else to do, right????
Kate + Saiman has been written and sold and should appear in an antho from St Martin’s next year.
Yay!
Alpha Menz of course, and that magic mobster, story with the girl and her family, (you gave us a snippet a long time ago and I can’t remember what it was called). Both have the potential to be great series or even stand alone books.
Ditto! I think the main character was Emma? With the Russian magic mob man as the guy.
I would love to read more Alpha Menz, or the continuation of Deidre from the short story on your free fiction page. I’ve read that short story like a hundred times. Still cracks me up!! I’m sure that whatever you decide to do will kick a$$ and your fans will read it regardless!
PS: *bows before Lord Panda, King of Snippets* I’m in your royal servitude!
I really enjoyed Silent Blade and would love to see more from that world.
Of course, I wouldn’t object to more Alpha Menz…
I vote for more about Deidre or alpha menz too.
A while back you posted snippets from a story where the main character was a woman named Emma (i think). I loved those snippets and was hoping more would become of them – as in a whole new series?
I would more LOVE Alpha Menz!!! Or more from the Kate Daniels series.
But I would definitely love more sci fi settings or a continuation of the Silent Blade universe – loved the mafia styled family or a true fantasy setting like the others said.
But I got a feeling I would enjoy anything you would write
Yeap, jumping on the wagon and going with Alpha Menz. It definately has a lot of talent and is -very- good at grabbing my attention.
I second the vote for more of Deirdre’s story. You’ve got it posted under “smut” I believe.
The writing style reminds me of Lois McMaster Bujold, which I quite like. I keep meaning to ask you if that was on purpose. Although I’ve been meaning to ask that differently, as in which style were you trying for (see recent posts on Regency style, detective noir, etc).
Will read anything you two write!
But now I’m wondering… could there be a full story about Nalini of Rovna?
And some more KD books! Like 20 or so?
Alpha Menz please!
“What would you guys think would be cool to do next?”
:dies laughing:
Do you really have to ask? Alpha Menz, of course!
But really, I’d love to see any of your free reads turned into longer stories. [Hmm, I see some have disappeared. What does that mean?] A Mere Formality, Days of Swine and Roses. And what happened to the one about the superhero types?
I am also being deluged with Amazon boxes. I’ve bought about 90% of my gifts online this year.
Isn’t Days of Swine and Roses kind of YA? YA is hot right now.
I’m with everyone else, ALPHA MENZ!!
But whatever you write, I’ll get. Keep up the great work.
I think you should do a YA. It seems to be a huge trend lately. You would be brilliant.
I think Alpha Menz or i agree more from the silent blade world would be awesome
i think u should do whatever u want to do because it is impossible to write something u dont want to, but as for ideas, maybe u would like to come up with something entirely new, a whole new world and plot and characters cause its always exciting to do something entirely different
I’ll jump on the Alpha Menz bandwagon!!!
I agree, Alpha Menz was great. But that teen short you did, the Days of Swine and Roses I think? That was awesome! And speaking as one of your younger fans I think a teen series would be cool to the third power!
what about the EMMA story,hunter beware,in the name of the realm,
I go with the majority here: Alpha Menz all the way. However, I also think you guys would do really well with something darker. Sometimes you have to push the envelope. As for the YA, I dunno. I agree it’s huge right now and I tried the Twilight and Vampire Diaries series and gotta say I spent the whole time reading them thinking are these girls stupid? They just weren’t for me. I like mature kick-ass heroines like….you know it…Kate Daniels. So…yeah something darker, I’d like to see what horrors you two can come up with. As long as there are no zombies!!
How about something to do with Gypsies? OK I know that was random but I just got reading a book with Gypsies in them
I’d love to read more from the “Days of Swine and Roses” universe.
Okay, that and ALpha Menz.
It has to be Alpha Menz…the story so far is AWESOME!!!! PLEASE, PLEASE ALPHA MENZ…..my precious!!
It would be interesting to see something on the early years of Roland, or Kate’s Mother. That is after the Kate series is done, of course.
HANDS DOWN ALPHA MENZ!!
Hmmm… Hard question. I’ll go with all of the above in saying that you should write what you feel like writing (you have better ideas than me anyway
) and I’ll buy it 
I don’t know if I’d publish it under the same name, though – it’s so very different from your other books, but hey, what are you two guys for? You could just branch out with Gordon’s name 
And I LOVED days of swine and roses, I would love to see how that story goes on!
You’ve got me sucked into Alpha menz by now, although I didn’t like the first chapters too much – not enough good to balance the bad, but they created very intense feelings and there seems to be enough good coming now
Hehe, forgot something… I’m not sure about YA – comparing to Kate and the Edge, you’d have to tone down the sexual attraction quite a bit and I don’t know how much that would impair your writing… I love how you do it, btw
I was just thinking it might be time for a pen name. For tamer books or for grittier books.
I’m not going to lie and say i wouldn’t want more KD, but you’re already contracted on that, and the short-stories and all else will follow!
I also like Alpha Menz, but i think i like what you’ve been doing, using it occasionally to give tidbits to us.
The Emma story, now that one was really really really interesting, if you think you can make it into a book, that was very good!
also i did like your horror short-stories a lot, maybe something on that line?
i would love anything that continues in the world you created for kate – im sure that other families live in atlanta would have great stories to tell. I love your worlds they are very addictive. Also because everyone is saying Alpha Menz Im going to say it too. Alpha Menz!
Alpha Menz !!!!!!!!!!! *drools*
Alpha menz seems to be really popular.
Did your agent read it and what does she think?
Does she think there’s someone out there who wants to publish it
(maybe with a little warning on the cover:
Read at your own risk
The author and publisher cannot be held responsible for …)
Would love to read more about Rose and Declan and how their life together developed. Lots of books do the ‘get it together’ and ride off in the sunset type of thing (which is great) but I love how they were together and would like to read more please….
Agreed. We don’t have enough stories about how to make it keep working once the first blush wears off…
Oh, oh, I want that, too!! So very very much! How she deals with her new situation and what the weird is like and so on.
How about a before Kate book? About maybe the Voron’s erm… adventures? In being in the servitude of Roland. Something like that? I guess like a Prequel?
Or maybe something like how the people figured out how to ride/control Vamps. or how to make them even? Something about Necromancy, there aren’t a lot of necro books out there. I’d love to read more about Nate… lol
Or a book entirely from Curran’s POV LOL
Aplha Menz. Or more in the world of the short story Samhain published, “Silent Blade” ?
I can recall the whole story, the name of each protagonist and the most important ingredient for passion cones, but I’m not sure I still know the name. *headdesk*
Alpha Menz! Please!
Or something more in the silent blade universe.
Is my humble wish.
Long time lurker, first time poster from Trinidad in the Caribbean..
You guys did a sci-fi short story a while back that I totally loved. It was a political marriage to avert a war. I thought about that story for weeks after I read it. I just spent about 45mins looking for it on this site and can’t find it. I would love to see more in that universe, ya’ll really have the knack for it.
Ack, so of course I find it right after I post that… serves me right for desperately skimming, it’s “A Mere Formality.”
I second that – looked like a fascinating universe. And of course Alpha Menz. And maybe more in Kate’s World somewhere else – I can’t help wondering what’s happening in California, Colorado, Florida??????
Yes, that, too! I loved that one!!!
Me too! I totally forgot to mention that!
What about an urban fantasy based entirely on Russian folklore? Or that takes place in Russia?
What about a steampunk-fantasy? I lurrve steampunk. There’s not enough out there.
Science-fantasy is good too.
Deirdre! Very interesting world (so far) and we can all use a little more smut! Alpha Menz has great potential for blood and gore but I really like what I call Hi Sci Fi. Facinating and endless possibilites of futuristic worlds…throw in some smut..
I would love you guys to write something based in Russia… That would be cool.
Alpha Menz.
And Derek & Julie.
Beyond that, I can’t think, because I’m squeeing with delight at the very thought of either.
Emma! I’ve been waiting for more Emma