Sue, I just finished Fury, and I'm seriously having heart palpitations.

It was very good. I enjoyed it a lot. And it was very well rounded, not rushed.

sounds good. so when did you say the new stover book was coming out sue?

My sources say October 2008.

sounds good. so when did you say the new stover book was coming out sue?

Sue, I just finished Fury, and I'm seriously having heart palpitations.

I'm a huge Jaina fan, so I usually gobble up the Jaina parts and then kind of drift through the rest of the story. But this was not the case with Fury--I was gobbling up every aspect of that story. Please, PLEASE consider Aaron Allston for future SW EU stories; the man cannot be beat!!!

Also, since I AM a huge Jaina (and Jag) fan, I was totally passing out at the awesome Jaina parts. And Jag parts. And Jaina/Jag parts. coughpleasemorejainaandjagcough

Also, I asked a while back, and I'm not sure if it's too early to ask, but do you think there will be a LotF panel at WonderCon next year, or Comic Con (that's a little far)? Is there anywhere else you might schedule a LotF panel, if neither of those places?

yeah i am looking forward to Luke Skywalker and the battle of Mindor. When is that coming out?

How can a turkey not be organic?

well if it is a domestic raised turkey is it cage free? does it have hormones in it?

*Sue, I have one other question. Is there any chance that we might see a release of Escape from Dagu in the near future? I'm only asking because I'm a big fan of the character Shaak Ti.

No, sorry.

Sue any word if Insider will start putting short stories in new and upcoming issues? BTW I hope you had a great thanksgiving

I've been hearing rumors that they will, but haven't seen anything on paper.

Thanks, Thanksgiving was nice. quiet. just me and my mom this year. i stuffed an organic chicken named Rosie (the name was on the label).

• (although, frankly, I doubt LFL would be interested since this person is not a top seller*

Many of the SW authors were not top sellers. It's the quality of writing that's most important.

If I understand correctly, about the only thing you can do, IF you're a published and professional writer, is get your agent to contact their publisher to express your interest in writing for SW. (And even then, that's no guarantee) But that's all you can do. No pitching book ideas to them. No sending unsolicited manuscripts. That stuff won't get you hired, and might even keep them from hiring you in the future.

Well, this is true too. What we absolutely won't do is read unsolicited story ideas or manuscripts. But if there's a professional author out there who we think would be best suited to a particular idea we have, we can and would approach that person to see if he or she is interested. And sometimes a professional author who has an idea will approach us (through Del Rey) to let us know he or she is interested. It works both ways.

*"For novels, you don't call them; they call you."

That's not what I read on the old VIP thread.*

Right, sometimes we make the call.