Monday is almost over. Tomorrow is Tuesday, March 1st, which makes it the official release date for Late Eclipses [Amazon]|[Mysterious Galaxy], the fourth of the adventures of October "Toby" Daye. This is the first book that wasn't part of my original contract. I'm excited and I'm terrified and I'm really grateful that you haven't all thrown things at me for doing this countdown. And now, for our last entry, I give you one big thing I learned from Late Eclipses.
You can always get better.
Every time you think you've already reached the bottom of the well, that you've found all your frog princes and golden balls, you can dive a little deeper, scrape away a little more of the muck, and find your way to another clear, cool spring. Every time you think "that's it, my best work is behind me," you can stretch a little further, and you can find something you didn't know that you were capable of.
Faith and trust and pixie dust will get you a long way. Work and dreams and testing seams will get you even further.
Actually, 3am EST, because the servers are on Pacific time. :) And some of us have even waited up for it. (Ok, I couldn't this time, but I did last time.)
I thought I would stop by and let you know that we got copies today of Late Eclipses at the store, they are waiting to be shelved in the morning. (Except for mine which is on my desk waiting for me to buy it in the morning! *squee*) (Why, yes, I am buying another, why would you ask?)
"...I'm really grateful that you haven't all thrown things at me..."
Well, I'd throw money at you, but (1) I don't think I could get it that far, (2) I don't think that's the kind of 'things' you were thinking of anyhow, and (3) I'm saving it for this book that's coming out tomorrow...
I get Late Eclipses AND an Emilie Autumn concert tomorrow. I'm a lucky girl!
Also, thank you for the wonderful advice. It's hard to feel like I'm improving at anything I want to improve at on a day-by-day basis, but when I look back on years and years I've spent on things like writing, music, etc...yeah, there's improvement :)
I looked at the week, realized there was no way I was getting to a bookstore before Sunday, and I preordered the e-book.
Probably going to pick up a physical book on Sunday also, 'cause of my obessessive need to keep all of a series together.
I have successfully convinced myself that I don't need to stay up until midnight for the hope that it will be available then... but I can't vouch that I will be able to sleep on the train tomorrow.
Amazon UK delivered mine yesterday -- while still telling me "Might be April, guv, if yer lucky" on the website. It would really help if they would just talk to themself (then again I talk to myself a lot and that just gets me strange looks)...
Toby inna dress onna cover! I bet she hates that...
Hooray for the release! (Boo that the bookstore is so far away that I can't make it today, with the other obligations I have. Maybe tomorrow or Thursday. *sob*)
I'm about to see how good my self-discipline is. My intent is to save Late Eclipses to use as an airplane book in April. (The fact that I'm spending my evenings in rehearsal will help.)
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Because that would be COOL.
But no, it will probably be noon. Because that's midnight somewhere ELSE, so it still "counts."
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And some of us have even waited up for it. (Ok, I couldn't this time, but I did last time.)
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Well, I'd throw money at you, but (1) I don't think I could get it that far, (2) I don't think that's the kind of 'things' you were thinking of anyhow, and (3) I'm saving it for this book that's coming out tomorrow...
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Also, thank you for the wonderful advice. It's hard to feel like I'm improving at anything I want to improve at on a day-by-day basis, but when I look back on years and years I've spent on things like writing, music, etc...yeah, there's improvement :)
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And thank you for taking us along on the ride!
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Probably going to pick up a physical book on Sunday also, 'cause of my obessessive need to keep all of a series together.
I have successfully convinced myself that I don't need to stay up until midnight for the hope that it will be available then... but I can't vouch that I will be able to sleep on the train tomorrow.
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Toby inna dress onna cover! I bet she hates that...
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Sleep? What is this sleep of which you speak?
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And because I'm a geek, I checked my Nook, and the Mar 1 release preorders had flipped from Preorder to New.
So I downloaded Late Eclipses and want uber geek credit.
However, while I do want the book, I am going back to sleep for the moment.
I shall enjoy it at leisure. (Tomorrow happens by lovely chance to be my birthday.
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Faith and trust and pixie dust will get you a long way. Work and dreams and testing seams will get you even further.
So true, in many ways. Happy book release day! Can't wait to read it.
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Also, it's March 1st here already - happy release day! ♥
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I'm so excited for you and I hope this sells wonderfully well.
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I didn't pre-order, but I did just order a copy this evening (Book Depository) and hopefully it will be here in a week. Can't wait.
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(I have a coupon! I have been saving it for weeks for THIS BOOK! \o/)
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