You've got to ac-cent-tu-ate the positive...
I have just learned that the much anticipated (by me, anyway) sequel to"The Thief,", "The Queen of Attolia," & "The King of Attolia" by Megan Whalen Turner, "A Conspiracy of Kings" is due out in April of 2010. I am simultaneously exhilerated and appalled. April? April!!?! It's so close, and yet so far! How will I ever make it? I want, nay, neeeeeed to read this book! Finally, to find out what happened to Sophos! And when the book *is* finally out, I shall hug it and squeeze it and call it George. And devour it post haste. This series is brilliant, and I can only drool in anticipation of the awesomeosity of the writing and the plotlines and the characters and the ...
Ahem. This is hardly the only book I'm waiting for in such a frenzy. But I have been awaiting word on this one for what seems like forever, because Ms. Turner is not a writer to churn out a book every 9 months. Not that there's anything wrong with that, either way. It just means that I have to wait longer between books. I can hardly castigate her when my own writing is not of the regular-book-a-year variety, at least not at this point. But I can cry a little that I still have to wait for the publishing side to deal with the ms and get it out to the public. Because I think at this point in the process the book is written, it's just not out yet. Due to schedules and typesetting and printing and all that. Meh.
In the meantime, I think I might stop by a bookstore on my way home and purchase some comfort reading. Because I just can't stand the waiting, so I'd better read *something*. Sigh.
Ahem. This is hardly the only book I'm waiting for in such a frenzy. But I have been awaiting word on this one for what seems like forever, because Ms. Turner is not a writer to churn out a book every 9 months. Not that there's anything wrong with that, either way. It just means that I have to wait longer between books. I can hardly castigate her when my own writing is not of the regular-book-a-year variety, at least not at this point. But I can cry a little that I still have to wait for the publishing side to deal with the ms and get it out to the public. Because I think at this point in the process the book is written, it's just not out yet. Due to schedules and typesetting and printing and all that. Meh.
In the meantime, I think I might stop by a bookstore on my way home and purchase some comfort reading. Because I just can't stand the waiting, so I'd better read *something*. Sigh.