Glee star Chris Colfer has talked with news outlets across the nation this month to promote his first book, The Land Of Stories: The Wishing Spell. In the process, he’s let slip that he’s releasing another novel later this year.

“I actually have another novel coming out this year,” the young author told Examiner last week. “I’m not sure when they’re going to announce it, but it’s coming out this year as well. I don’t know how top secret it is yet.”

If the publisher was hoping to keep the book secret, they’ll have to go back in time. Examiner was keeping quiet until the full interview with Colfer is posted next week, but the 22-year-old also mentioned the book to the Los Angeles Times and MrPorter.com, and both have released their own interviews.

“By the end of next week - well, a bit after that - I have to write a novel,” Colfer told MrPorter. “I haven’t started yet. I’m not even joking.”

The Land Of Stories series hits shelves July 17 with The Wishing Spell. The series is meant for children, but The Wishing Spell runs the length of some Harry Potter books and may appeal to older audiences.

Colfer told Examiner that the new book is in no way connected to The Land Of Stories and is for young adult readers.

“I got a bunch of stories in me,” Colfer said. “I feel like I was born with, like, a major to-do list of stories to tell. I’ll have a new story to tell as long as people want to listen to me.”