Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: ecstatic
  • Music: Talis Kimberley, "One Big Sea."

It's one long ache while I wait and wait...

Behold! For now I wear the human pants! I have processed all machete squad and agent notes on One Salt Sea, gone through the book end-to-end to make sure everything still makes sense, returned it to The Agent, and made final tweaks based on her commentary. Now it's finally off to have a nice nap on The Editor's desk while she's in Australia, which means a) I made my deadline, and b) I can finally get to work on Ashes of Honor.

The current book stats:

Pages, 420.
Words, 113,912.
Chapters, thirty-five.
Diet Dr Pepper consumed, probably equivalent to Loch Ness.

Despite vicious trimming and dropping several sub-plots, One Salt Sea still wound up fifty pages/almost 7,000 words longer than Late Eclipses, because frankly, there's a lot of shit going on, and very little of it is "padding" in any sense of the word. Toby has matured a lot from where I first met her, in the short story that pre-dated Rosemary and Rue, and it shows. I've matured a lot as a writer, and that shows, too. This book is so much better than I expected it to be, and I'm so excited to have The Editor turning it into something even more awesome.

In conclusion...

...DINO DANCE PARTY!
Tags: dino dance party, one salt sea, toby daye, turning it in
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  • 34 comments

xjenavivex

November 29 2010, 16:00:06 UTC 6 years ago

::gets down with the dinos::

seanan_mcguire

November 29 2010, 16:29:18 UTC 6 years ago

Woo!

mariadkins

6 years ago

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xjenavivex

6 years ago

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priscellie

November 29 2010, 16:02:36 UTC 6 years ago

*dances*

seanan_mcguire

November 29 2010, 16:29:28 UTC 6 years ago

DANCE!

*dances and sings*

apocalypticbob

November 29 2010, 16:10:37 UTC 6 years ago

"Open the door
Get on the floor
Everybody Walk the Dinosaur!"

(It's the only dinosaur dance I know.)

Re: *dances and sings*

seanan_mcguire

November 29 2010, 16:29:36 UTC 6 years ago

I love that song so much.

talis_kimberley

November 29 2010, 16:18:05 UTC 6 years ago

Oh, my dear Seanan... wonderfully well done.

...and one salt sea to drown in? Be sure I'll be reading. Thank you for all the fine and wonderful things you bring to the world.

seanan_mcguire

November 29 2010, 16:30:14 UTC 6 years ago

The symmetry was too much to deny. Also, there are parts of the book where, if it were a film, "One Big Sea" is all that could possibly be playing over the scene.

Thank you, for much the same.

markbernstein

November 29 2010, 16:18:42 UTC 6 years ago

seanan_mcguire

November 29 2010, 16:30:21 UTC 6 years ago

Heeeee.

julia_reynolds

November 29 2010, 16:21:47 UTC 6 years ago

Attagirl!

seanan_mcguire

November 29 2010, 16:30:28 UTC 6 years ago

*beam*

dulcetfida

November 29 2010, 16:39:54 UTC 6 years ago

Yayyyy and well done.

*does some sneerious Dino jigging*

seanan_mcguire

November 29 2010, 17:12:02 UTC 6 years ago

Yay!

celticdragonfly

November 29 2010, 17:04:15 UTC 6 years ago

Toby has matured a lot from where I first met her, in the short story that pre-dated Rosemary and Rue

Short story?

Is it available? Where can I find it?

pyre006

November 29 2010, 17:09:09 UTC 6 years ago

Seconded, I'd like to read it too.

seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

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mskauri

6 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

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pyre006

November 29 2010, 17:08:40 UTC 6 years ago

*dancing* can't wait for the release dates :)

seanan_mcguire

November 29 2010, 17:12:13 UTC 6 years ago

Next year!

tikiera

November 29 2010, 18:05:14 UTC 6 years ago

woohoo! Dino dance party!!!!

I look forward to next year when there will be more Seanan McGuire books on shelves to buy and read!

seanan_mcguire

November 29 2010, 19:00:08 UTC 6 years ago

Me, too!

mskauri

November 29 2010, 20:23:57 UTC 6 years ago

You DO know how to brighten a Monday, Seanan! HOORAY for you! Doin' a little chair dancing in the cube on your behalf! I'll be on the lookout for MORE SEANAN BOOKS next year!

seanan_mcguire

November 29 2010, 22:28:14 UTC 6 years ago

Yay!

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seanan_mcguire

November 29 2010, 22:28:20 UTC 6 years ago

Heeee!

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seanan_mcguire

November 29 2010, 22:28:32 UTC 6 years ago

Eh, I didn't like those curtains anyway.

kitrinlu

November 29 2010, 23:26:44 UTC 6 years ago

Go you! *dances*

seanan_mcguire

December 6 2010, 03:24:51 UTC 6 years ago

Heeeeee.

antinomic

December 3 2010, 19:41:36 UTC 6 years ago

So will there ever be a prequel to find out why Toby had so many loose ends going into R&R? Just wondering.....

seanan_mcguire

December 6 2010, 03:25:19 UTC 6 years ago

It depends on what you consider "loose ends" versus "backstory." I want to do a prequel eventually, but it might not address everything.