Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
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LATE ECLIPSES ARC giveaway #3: Just the FAQs.

Whee! Time for another ARC giveaway! Once again, I'm giving away an ARC of Late Eclipses, the fourth book in the October Daye series, which comes out in twenty-seven days. So you could get an early chance to find out what's going on! Also, I'm actually giving away two books this time. Curious? Read on!

If you've been to my website recently, you may have noticed that my Toby FAQs are a trifle, well, sparse. Whole books are missing. Since I'm getting ready to shuffle things around to make room for InCryptid, I'd like to fix this. So here's what you need to do to enter today's ARC giveaway:

1) Leave a comment on this entry containing a suggested question for one of my FAQs. FAQ-type questions only, please, like "Is the date at the beginning of An Artificial Night correct?" or "Why has Quentin's hair changed color?", not "Will Toby and Tybalt ever get together?" or "Is there going to be a movie?"

2) Leave the comment on its own, please, not as a reply to someone else's comments. Comments on comments can't win, even if they have the BEST QUESTION EVER.

3) That's all.

Now here's the twist: I will be choosing two winners. One will be chosen by the random number generator, cruel mistress that it is, and the other will be chosen by me, based purely on my personal "that's the BEST question" reaction. Also, I will use your questions to improve the FAQ, so really, everybody wins.

I will choose a winner at 2PM PST on Tuesday, February 8th.

Game on!
Tags: common questions, giving stuff away, late eclipses, toby daye
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calico_reaction

February 2 2011, 22:20:18 UTC 6 years ago

I'd like to enter! If this question doesn't qualify, let me know, because it's more of a writing-related question, even though it relates to the series:

How many books of the series did you have written before you sold Rosemary and Rue, or did you simply have an outline for the later books? Do you already have the whole SERIES outlined, or are the adventures unfolding as you write each book?

Okay, that's two questions, and you're welcome to tell me if these don't qualify for the ARC contest! :)

seanan_mcguire

February 15 2011, 16:46:56 UTC 6 years ago

I actually had books one through four written, and book five about halfway finished, when I sold the series. All of them had to be extensively rewritten and revised to fit the final continuity; One Salt Sea is barely recognizable as the book I started out with.

I have the series broadly outlined, and allow for tectonic shifts to occur as necessary. Book eight, for example, didn't exist until I finished book four and realized what I'd been missing. Things change as I figure out what does and doesn't work. I know the final ending. It's just some of the details that are a little blurry.

calico_reaction

February 16 2011, 02:38:12 UTC 6 years ago

That makes all the sense in the world, and I thank you for answering it! :)