My upcoming short story collection, Zygotes, will contain a Jake and Lorcan story. I plan to release Zygotes in March of 2011. This story will hopefully be a precursor of more stories about the Reillys leading to a reboot of the series with a rewrite of Blood. I don't know when, but I am actively working on some things.
For anyone seeking information the sequel - The Life of Reilly - mentioned at the end of Blood, I'm sorry: you won't find any info here other than the following: I'm not sure when The Life of Reilly will be written.
Blood Is Thicker Than Water was my first attempt at a novel, and at publishing. I made a lot of mistakes and I learned a great deal. I took it out of print because I am tired of wincing every time I look at the cover and cringing every time I consider the lack of editing. I am tired of people asking me where the sequel is because they loved the book - and I stupidly promised a sequel I hadn't written yet at the end of it. And because the book was written 16 years ago, and represented my understanding of the world at that time. I no longer want to actively appear to promote or believe some of the ideas I left floating around in Blood. And, and... It is not representative of my current writing ability.
Don't get me wrong: I love the Reillys--more than any fan of the book could love them. I wrote them. I spent several years of my life writing about them. Honestly, I no longer feel that version of their story does them justice, or says what I would like to say about them now--now that I'm older and wiser and write better.
