nervousIt's interesting to contrast right now with nine days to Rosemary and Rue, when I was, well...let's just say that food and I were not long-term acquaintances during the few weeks right before that book came out. I was a screaming puddle of neurosis. I still am, to a certain degree; I'm not going to pretend that I'm not worried. Will people like this book? Will they like the world? Will they understand why I needed to start this series now, rather than waiting another x years to finish Toby?
(I got so annoyed at Joss Whedon when he left Buffy to work on Firefly, and I still think both shows would have been better served if he had stuck out the end of Buffy Summers and her story before moving on. So I get that particular "hey!" reaction. But books and TV are different, and this is only slowing Toby down a little bit, not leaving her entirely without supervision.)
I want this book to do well, partially because, well, no one writes a book they're hoping to see fail, but also because I want to spend so much time in this world. I want to write the full stories of four different generations, and that's going to take time. That's going to take commitment, and not just from me.
But oh, I love this world. And in nine days, reindeer games aside, you get the chance to maybe hopefully love them, too.
Nine days.
February 26 2012, 22:05:49 UTC 5 years ago
And it's not like Joss, as you say, because you're not handing Toby off to someone else (or, god forbid, leaving her to own devices). It's just going to take a little longer to get through the series, which is fine because A) Awesome Cryptozoologists to tide us over, and B) Toby is worth the wait. As are the After The End Times crew.
Only 9 days! Man, every year I fail to mentally grasp how short February is (and it's even leap year.)
February 27 2012, 18:12:48 UTC 5 years ago