Just because it hasn't been pitched or contracted for doesn't mean they don't know what's going to happen in it. Over on the Binjali Baen Bar group Sharon explained that it was down to the way the books had been contracted for by Toni, and given her druthers she'd rather have swapped Dragon Ship with Necessity's Child so as to evenly space out one non-sequel book between each sequel instead of two in a lump.
This does seem to imply that the Dragon Ship sequel will be the next Liaden book contracted for after these two (assuming something else doesn't happen to change things, which is always possible).
At any rate, I can't see Toni not wanting to contract for the next book, unless the entire Liaden fandom completely dries up and blows away. So we'll wait a bit for it. We're still assured of getting it sooner or later. That's a lot better off than folks were in, say, 1989.
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Date: 2012-05-01 03:08 am (UTC)This does seem to imply that the Dragon Ship sequel will be the next Liaden book contracted for after these two (assuming something else doesn't happen to change things, which is always possible).
At any rate, I can't see Toni not wanting to contract for the next book, unless the entire Liaden fandom completely dries up and blows away. So we'll wait a bit for it. We're still assured of getting it sooner or later. That's a lot better off than folks were in, say, 1989.