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rj_anderson

Bookity book book OM NOM NOM

Nov 20, 2008 16:43

Thanks to my lovely generous editor, I can has the new The Magic Thief book by sarah_prineas! And also maprilynne's WingsMy son will be much offended if I read the former without him, so I must contain my mad curiosity for now. But I have already started on the latter, ignoring the pile of library books looking reproachfully at me from the corner ( Read more... )

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fandoria November 20 2008, 21:46:34 UTC

Nothing like conquering a dreaded scene. I did that myself, today. Feels great, doesn't it?

P.S. I am having much envy over the books you have in your possession.

sarah_prineas November 20 2008, 22:15:01 UTC

Oh my gosh, you would not believe the jolt of excitement and terror that went through me when I saw this entry!!!

A bookseller emailed yesterday to say she'd received it, too. Yikes. So they're really out there.

Okay, so book two. I changed editors midstream, so we did another round of pretty extensive edits after the ARC was done. The final version is a bit tighter. Also there are no snakes (you'll see) (editor said they were to Potter, even though I haven't read Potter). And the "shadowmen" are now "shadows" and a lot creepier. Anyway....! I'll stop rationalizing now. I hope you like it! I think it's a better book than the first one.

Onward! Good luck with the second scene of chapter eight!

rj_anderson November 20 2008, 22:48:53 UTC

You would not believe the jolt of excitement that went through me when I saw the courier at the door! And you would also not believe the look of pure delight on my son's face when I waved the ARC at him as soon as he got home!

I saw the enclosed letter mentioning that there were changes to the final version, but in any case I will be very surprised if we do not both love it. :)

sarah_prineas November 21 2008, 00:57:51 UTC

Oh, they put a letter in! That's good to know. I knew they were discussing doing something like that, but I hadn't heard the upshot. Well okay! I will stop rationalizing.

seaheidi November 20 2008, 22:35:03 UTC

TWO awesome books--yay!

shoebox2 November 21 2008, 02:20:13 UTC

Lovely news re: Touching Indigo. Does this mean us betas get to NOM NOM NOM shortly, too? :)

rj_anderson November 21 2008, 03:19:05 UTC

It depends on what your definition of "shortly" is. :)

I won't be parceling it out chapter by chapter, so it'll be January at least before anybody sees it. But by then I hope to have a complete draft done and ready to share.

shoebox2 November 21 2008, 05:15:02 UTC

OK, that works. I've been wondering how the ruddy thing comes out for nearly a year now, so it'll be nice to find out all at once. :)