I can understand there aren't too much news about the new novel.
This news I've known by reading at a FMP site of my country. This site has not any english page.
I was very curious about this novel, because when I read the unofficial translations of FMP novels, in the last novel, Mr. Sagara and Miss Chidori had some trouble in their relationship.
Besides I'm relieved knowing there will be other novels of FMP.
I suspect there will be many more novels yet... so long as Shoji Gatou
keeps writing 'em and doesn't run out of ideas.... or get a better idea to
take FMP!'s place
I could suppose Sagara and Chidori should need a lot of reciprocal 'appeasement' before doing something...
Chidori and Sagara have a lot of problems in the personal life and feelings areas. They are both of them teenagers with the following problems commonly linked with that age and they have some troubles dealing with newfound feelings.
you maybe have seen practically all of the characters have life problems and painous topics.
Besides I personally think FMP is a slow developing story, that it should justify the probably great number of novels, and perhaps a certain number of anime series.
I like the way in which Gato-sensei develops Sosuke and Kaname's feelings!
We are lucky: a lot of Shounen Manga don't develop feelings at all!
Or they make a jump in time and we see, for example, ten years after the story the main character married and with children! >__<
I think I read somewhere in this forum that "A Dancing Very Merry Christmas", the novel being translated by Boku-Tachi is an intermission that ends the first arc of narration and stars the second arc of narration of FMP. And I also think that I read that the second arc of narration will be the last... but I hope to have misunderstood.