Word count -- ASHES OF HONOR.: seanan

Word count -- ASHES OF HONOR.

Words: 4,721.
Total words: 11,838.
Reason for stopping: I have finished chapter three, and will now have a shower.
Music: totally random shuffle.
The cats: Lilly, orange cat tree; Alice and Thomas, prowling around the hall.

Chapter three is done! Chapter three is done! According to the usual length of these books, 10% of the finished manuscript is done! Okay, that's...less reassuring than I expected it to be, since that makes me think about the other 90%. Let's focus on chapter three being done, shall we? I've set up everything I need to get things moving, and now it's time to rock and roll.

The initial waves of edits have been coming in, and getting processed, despite the insanity of convention season. February and March are light months for me, if you don't count the part where March contains an actual book release, so I should be able to stay pretty much on top of things. I'm so excited about this book, and about Late Eclipses coming out, as that will bring you all one step closer to my current status quo. Being three books ahead of everyone else is hard.

Alice is now sitting next to my desk chair and glaring loudly. I'm serious, it's impressive how loudly this cat can glare. I think I need to go brush the Maine Coons, lest they elect to smother me to death tonight while I'm trying to sleep.

Next up, more Blackout!

the_liz666

January 18 2011, 22:57:51 UTC 6 years ago

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Being three books ahead of everyone else is hard.

The one major manuscript I am co-authoring with a friend (It's not done, it's not published, but we soldier on.) is about 7 books long, and we outlined everything. So I think the hardest thing after getting published, is not spoiling the end of the book for a fan. Especially when so many characters don't survive the series, it's hard to stay in the present.

January 18 2011, 23:10:15 UTC 6 years ago

PS Is it totally fangirlish that I'm utterly thrilled to be the first comment? WIN!

seanan_mcguire

January 19 2011, 15:40:41 UTC 6 years ago

Yaaaaaaay!

January 19 2011, 15:40:34 UTC 6 years ago

Absolutely. Not spoilering people is sometimes borderline impossible. I bite my tongue a lot.

trektone

January 18 2011, 23:39:29 UTC 6 years ago

Yay, more Blackout!

January 19 2011, 15:40:47 UTC 6 years ago

Heh.

bigherman

January 19 2011, 03:11:11 UTC 6 years ago

I'm so excited I've worked myself up into a froth! More Toby!

January 19 2011, 15:40:54 UTC 6 years ago

Woo!

twfarlan

January 19 2011, 03:17:18 UTC 6 years ago

Every time you post what you're up to, what all you've plunged your hands into elbows-deep, I think:
NOBODY expects the Seanan McGuire! Her chief weapon is writing! And singing, her two chief weapons are writing and singing. Oh, and drawing. Right, her three chief weapons... amongst her weaponry are such diverse elements as writing, singing, drawing, and a ruthless devotion to comic books oh hell I'll come in again.