Category: WORLD OF KORRE
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News on HAWKSPAR
I can barely believe this, and I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. But… Tor is printing out galleys now for HAWKSPAR, and will be sending a few to me. Without cutting the book in half and printing it as two books. Without me cutting 60,000 words from the text. According to Robin,…
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So now that I’m done…
Okay. The Mac sending mail sound has just echoed across the computer, which means the finished Ruby Key is on its way to my agent, Robin. I’m pretty wiped out, but very happy with the book. It wrapped at 63,000 words, which was well within my target zone, the new ending worked beautifully, (though I…
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On HAWKSPAR
On my fifteen-minute stretch break, so this will have to be fast. Got news this morning that Anna Genoese is leaving Tor on the 20th, and that I’ll have a new editor. Anna says she’ll finish the edits on HAWKSPAR before she leaves, but obviously I won’t be able to finish them by the end…
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Quick Update
Deadline 1: Got the GREEN MAGIC proposal off to Robin a couple days ago, heard back from her yesterday with revision requests (very small—overall, she was excited about the proposal), made the revisions over a couple of hours yesterday and resent the complete package, and that will go off to the editor, possibly today. Deadline…
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The rewrite has been all-consuming.
The first draft of the Green Magic proposal went quickly. The second draft took another two days of massive work, because, well, I’m picky as hell and I ripped the first draft to shreds. It’s done, it’s a bit longer, and I’m doing type-in now, and will be working late into the night. The rest…
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Looking Toward the New Year
My goals for the year coming: ================= Before the end of January Finish novel crit for Writer X ================= ================= Before the end of MARCH Finish RUBY KEY Write 50 pages and synopsis for Editor A Write three chapters and synopsis for for editor B (These are all solid, must-do goals) ================= ================= Before the…
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Thank you
I’d like to take the time to thank each of you who has faced out a copy of Talyn at your bookstore, or bought a copy for yourself or someone else, or recommended it to a friend or a bookseller. I apologize for being so distracted by garbage that I haven’t taken the time to…
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The Tonk need a rescue
Talyn debuts in paperback today. With luck, you’ll find it in local indie bookstores, where real people order books, and where support for my work has been strong. If you don’t have an indie store, then you may find it in your local chain bookstore, but computers order the books for chains, and they order…
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It’s the WORD “Schedule”
Heard from Anna (my Tor editor). HAWKSPAR could go two ways—divided into two books because it’s so long (and the hardcover version of TALYN did not take over the world) or seriously cut and kept in one book. I’ve chosen option number two, because the book is one story, and cannot be made two stories,…
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DONE
Done, done, done with HAWKSPAR, it is off to my editor and my agent, and I am so happy. Also taking tomorrow off. Back Wednesday.