Six month milestone. Half a year.: seanan

Six month milestone. Half a year.

Six months ago today, my agent called me while I was at work to tell me that I was getting everything I wanted for Christmas, because we'd just sold the first three October Daye books to DAW. This was right after we finished putting book one, Rosemary and Rue, through a really torturous revision process -- seriously, it was like taking a machete and a staple gun to a classroom full of kindergartners -- and started the revisions on book two.

A month later, book two, A Local Habitation, was ready to be turned in to my publisher, and a month after that, in July, I went to New York to turn myself in to my publisher. It was the most surreal summer of my life. It hasn't really gotten less surreal since then.

In September, I turned in my final author-draft (distinct from the final 'my editor has had time to review and request rewrites' draft) of book three, An Artificial Night, to DAW, and started working seriously on book four, Late Eclipses of the Sun. (No, it's not under contract. Yes, I believe in being prepared.) And during that time period, I finished Newsflesh and Lycanthropy and Other Personal Issues, and started on The Mourning Edition and Discount Armageddon.

It's been a busy six months.

We don't have a publication date for Rosemary and Rue yet (obviously); my new website has yet to launch; all the frantic writing and revision has done a number on my social life and my recording schedule; we haven't even started shopping the next few books. There's going to be a lot of work that has to get done before I can actually start saying 'go buy my book' and praying for an audience. I know that. And it doesn't matter, because six months ago today, we sold my first novel.

I am still the happiest blonde there is.

science_vixen

November 13 2008, 16:27:34 UTC 8 years ago

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So... When do you expect we can pre-order the boxed set? ^.~

seanan_mcguire

November 13 2008, 16:36:43 UTC 8 years ago

I promise that the minute I have a release date I'm allowed to discuss, I'll be announcing it. Right now, I got nothing.

November 13 2008, 22:00:40 UTC 8 years ago

Sorry, don't want to chase you to the deadline. However, this wouldn't be the first time that I wished there were more of you (Though Kate might not approve) so that you could do all the stuff you do even more simultaneously & speedy than you do already.

November 23 2008, 01:49:49 UTC 8 years ago

See, at this point, it's not a lack of me that's slowing things up -- it's actually the publishing process. Which makes an enormous amount of sense: they need time to advertise a book, get good cover art, convince booksellers to buy it...the lead time is enormously sensible.

But waiting is so hard!

November 23 2008, 11:49:05 UTC 8 years ago

But waiting is so hard!
We're all there with you. ;)

November 23 2008, 20:36:23 UTC 8 years ago

Which is a good thing, honestly. Not that I like to make people wait, but it means there's an audience waiting.

November 23 2008, 21:25:33 UTC 8 years ago

On the note of Audience waiting... I have vague plans of spending a few weeks in the US somewhere around April. Where is the best place to check your performance schedules?

November 23 2008, 21:51:58 UTC 8 years ago

Generally, my website is the best starting place -- it's out-of-date right now, but we're updating soon. My planned appearances for this summer are end of May (BayCon, in California) and June (Duckon, in Illinois).

I don't have any shows or concerts currently slated for April.

November 23 2008, 22:18:05 UTC 8 years ago

Shame. I will have to stalk Vixy then.

November 27 2008, 18:15:05 UTC 8 years ago

Always a fun occupation!

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