And that's a wrap

[rolanni]

First draft done.

Author, too.

First Draft Word Count, Mouse and Dragon
Final due at Baen July 15, 2009

112093 / 120000

Comments

July 15, 2009

[bookmobiler.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on finishing the first draft.

But I foresee a very busy month and a half ahead for you and Steve.

The cats will have to schedule overtime for this one.

Re: July 15, 2009

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, this is plenty of room for this one, which is a Different Sort of first draft than, say, Fledgling, which did need lots and lots of work at the back end.

Since it was written in Sekrit, I got to go back and fix stuff as I went along in Mouse and Dragon. It still does need a thorough going-through and a slaying of Ugly Sentences, and there are a couple of points I need to work in, and the ending needs Serious Work (which it always does), but! Summer hours at the day-job start on June 8 (up from June 15; the college is Saving Money), which means I can concentrate on the book five days a week for five whole weeks, if I wanna.

Happens I don't wanna, 'cause right after we turn in Mouse I have to do revisions for Carousel Tides and I don't have the faintest idea how to make that right, so if I can get more time for that, I'd be a happy woman.

Re: July 15, 2009

[keristor.livejournal.com]

I'm not awake yet. I read it as "Since it was written in Sanskrit", and thought that would make it longer to translate (and harder to put up as an e-book, I don't think most readers have the appropriate font installed).

Congratulation, anyway, and have a rest...

[drammar.livejournal.com]

Terrific, and congratulations. I hope you can grab a couple of days of downtime before you jump into revision mode.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Next week? I read.

*rubs hands together*

[sraun]

Yay! Congratulations!

[shana.livejournal.com]

YAY! You rock!

I was going to send dancing rodents, but they refused to go because they're afraid of your cats.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

...these are some smart rodents you've got there. Scrabble is a mouser to be feared.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Yay draft! Author sleep now!

[grassrose.livejournal.com]

Yay! I just wish it took me at least half as long to read your books as it does y'all to write them... heavy sigh...

Congratulations!

[cailleuch.livejournal.com]

YaY!, wonderful. Congratulations!

[hapaxnym.livejournal.com]

Yays! I raise a draft to the completed draft!

[nlbarber]

W00t! First draft!!

Good Job!

[redpimpernel.livejournal.com]

It's been a real treat watching you rack up that word count.

Late last night I finished Scout's Progress, and when I went to check the timeline in the Unibus (I'm reading the e-book versions. I've heard of an omnibus, but what is an unibus?) I was extremely distressed to see that there were no more stories listed before the death of Aelliana. (extremely. Distressed.) I don't know which made me more upset, that Daav only has her for 4 years, or that there wasn't a story, where the two of them got to be happy together post Aelliana being abused.

It wasn't until this morning that I remembered about Mouse & Dragon and realized that this could be nothing other than the story I want. THANK YOU! (Although still unhappy with only 4 years for Daav & Aelliana.)

FYI, I love the Tree more and more, every time I read about it. I think the Tree and Jela are my two most favorite characters in the whole series.

Re: Good Job!

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

When Baen asked us for titles for their electronic compilations, we weren't feeling particularly creative and the best we could come up with was the Deeply Unexciting "Liaden Universe(R) Omnibus Number One" and "Ditto Number Two".

Neither one of us was satisfied with that and we stared at the page and one of us said -- "It's a Liaden Unibus of course" -- scrambling "omnibus" and "universe".

We have very strange minds and even stranger senses of humor, I fear.

(Although still unhappy with only 4 years for Daav & Aelliana.)

...yeah, I kind of do feel like a Bad God for that.

[sleary.livejournal.com]

Hooray! Hope you can rest easy for a bit.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

I get a week off to read. And to, yanno, get the old desk out of my office so the new table can come in...

[magda-vogelsang.livejournal.com]

Congrats! I'm looking forward to eventually reading it.

110K! And a First Draft, too!

[mbarker.livejournal.com]

Time to run around the house, let all the little knots and tensions go, tell the cats they've been good little helpers (hey, napping can be hard work, too), and do whatever marks the end for you. And congratulations! Another milestone slipped past, another pile of words set up for the next stage, outstanding! And still a few weeks before the deadline, too. Give yourself a big pat on the back!

[theo-antwerp.livejournal.com]

I'm SO excited! Scout's Progress is my favorite re-read.

[klingonguy.livejournal.com]

okay, now you can eat the Tim-Tams.

Mouse and Dragon

[ingrid44.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Tank u, Thank you. My summer reading now assured! Salivating at the thought of more Daav and Aellie. Put your feet up, take a deep breathe, and relax, relax. Sleep late, laze about - you deserve it.
Thank you!

Re: Mouse and Dragon

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

My summer reading now assured!

Erm. Mouse and Dragon is scheduled to be published in September, I think, 2010. Next year.

Publishing Schedule insofar as it is presently known:

Fledgling -- September 2009

Saltation -- June 2010

Carousel Tides -- Summer 2010

Mouse and Dragon -- September 2010

[pakwa26.livejournal.com]

I sure hope those Tim Tams are the dark chocolate double-coat. You deserve nothing less. Yay!