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rolanniFluish, or something. Significantly better than yesterday, when I threw in the towel early at work, came home, slept for four hours, ate dinner and went to bed.
It would be nice if I could sit comfortably, but my back muscles can't find a chair they want to talk to for more than five minutes at a time. It would also be nice if I could, I dunno, read. I need to re-read Local Custom, then Scout's Progress so I can get the sequel -- working title Mouse and Dragon -- started while Steve does the revisions on Saltation.
Having the brain of a potato means that I'm doing a lot of aimless wandering around the house, doubtless making Steve crazy as he tries to do Actual Work.
Do an Author a Favor: If you happen to have a copy of the ebooks for Custom and Scout, could you copy the chapter headers into a consecutive file for me? I used to have them, but have them no longer, and I'd really rather not have to rekey them...
Back to the kitchen, me, to stare aimlessly out at the chickadees.
It would be nice if I could sit comfortably, but my back muscles can't find a chair they want to talk to for more than five minutes at a time. It would also be nice if I could, I dunno, read. I need to re-read Local Custom, then Scout's Progress so I can get the sequel -- working title Mouse and Dragon -- started while Steve does the revisions on Saltation.
Having the brain of a potato means that I'm doing a lot of aimless wandering around the house, doubtless making Steve crazy as he tries to do Actual Work.
Do an Author a Favor: If you happen to have a copy of the ebooks for Custom and Scout, could you copy the chapter headers into a consecutive file for me? I used to have them, but have them no longer, and I'd really rather not have to rekey them...
Back to the kitchen, me, to stare aimlessly out at the chickadees.
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Home sick
Date: 2009-01-14 04:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-14 04:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-14 04:36 pm (UTC)Hope you feel better really soon, though.
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Date: 2009-01-14 04:43 pm (UTC)Each person shall provide his clan of origin with a child of his blood, who will be raised by the clan and belong to the clan, despite whatever may later occur to place the parent beyond the clan's authority. And this shall be Law for every person of every clan.
—From the Charter of the Council of Clans
Made in the Sixth Year After Planetfall
City of Solcintra, Liad
If that's what you want I'll create and email it to you shortly
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Date: 2009-01-14 04:45 pm (UTC)If that's what you want I'll create and email it to you shortly
Thank you!
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Date: 2009-01-14 05:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-14 05:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-14 05:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-14 05:56 pm (UTC)Thanks -- this is a huge help!
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Date: 2009-01-14 05:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-14 06:48 pm (UTC)I adore the working title!! AS usual I can't wait for moremoremore!
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Date: 2009-01-14 06:56 pm (UTC)I'm trying to keep my glass to hand...
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Date: 2009-01-14 06:50 pm (UTC)Out of interest, how often does a working title actually become the real one? (General question to any authors on the list...)
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Date: 2009-01-14 07:03 pm (UTC)Thank you.
how often does a working title actually become the real one?
I want to say "pretty often," but that's maybe not so. Let's see...
_Agent of Change_ was _Val Con and Miri on Mars_
_Conflict of Honors_ was "The short story."
_Carpe Diem_ was _Media Res_
_Local Custom_ was _Studs of the Sex Star_
_Scout's Progress_ was _Mouse and Dragon_
_Plan B_ was always _Plan B_; ditto _I Dare_.
The fragment that became the Crystal books was titled _Chaos and the Tree_
...so maybe not so often as all that. I'll note that we've never had an editorial request for a title change. It comes down to the book having a Child Name and when it's ready to out into the world, it gets its Adult Name.
O_o
Date: 2009-01-14 07:31 pm (UTC)Uh.
*momentarily speechless*
I hope you feel better soon.
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Date: 2009-01-14 07:50 pm (UTC)I knew that didn't look right...
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Date: 2009-01-14 08:10 pm (UTC)So 4 out of 10 (if I remember correctly both Fledgling and Saltation had those names by the time you started writing them). Interesting, I haven't actually seen any figures before, only heard comments from authors about the odd book which either did or didn't keep its working title. I wonder what the industry average would be, and whether it varies with genre. Possibly material for someone (not me) to do an academic thesis...
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Date: 2009-01-14 11:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-14 07:56 pm (UTC)Feel better soon!
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Date: 2009-01-14 09:15 pm (UTC)Channeling WC Fields?
My best wishes for your recovery.