ecstaticNinety days.
An Artificial Night is the third and last book on my original contract was DAW. It's also the last book to be mostly complete at the time of sale. Barring editorial notes, small changes, and typo correction, all three have been done since before Rosemary and Rue was released. In many ways, this has been a great thing. On the one hand, it's meant that I couldn't change what I was doing based on outside criticism. On the other hand, it's meant that I couldn't change what I was doing based on outside criticism—I couldn't fix anything, but I also couldn't have a first-time novelist freak-out and wind up completely rewriting the rest of the series to meet an unreachable standard. I know this has been a luxury. It's one I'm very, very glad to have had.
This book is my favorite of the first three. I love the whole thing. I love the situation, I love the reality of it, and I love that Toby is finally past the events of the first book to such an extent that she can really stand up and do her job. I love that in just ninety days, you'll be able to hold it in your hands.
How many miles to Babylon?
Not that many.
June 9 2010, 22:36:43 UTC 7 years ago
Amusingly, I was chatting with one of my coworkers who just finished reading Rosemary & Rue for our book club (and liked it). She told me she heard one other member of the book club not only read R&R, but went straight on to ALH and is now anxiously awaiting An Artificial Night. Hee!
The actual meeting where I get to hear what everyone thought is two weeks from today.
June 14 2010, 16:13:38 UTC 7 years ago