The glamor!

[rolanni]

So, the day-job was out of control today and I didn't have the leisure to read but a dozen pages. Came home and got down to it, but my brain melted 69 pages from the end of Mouse and Dragon. Tomorrow, I'm nailing it, s'welp me.

In the meantime, I made sure to put Twenty Big Ones on my in-college debit card this morning. The Plan is to go in early tomorrow and photocopy the bloody* pages (of which there are a disconcerting number) before the day starts.

Assuming that I will finish with Mouse and Dragon tomorrow, then sometime Wednesday (but not early; there's an Official Secretary Administrative Aide Function early) I'll copy those bloody* pages, and we'll make up One Whacking Big FedEx package and throw it North Carolina-wards.

...Then, I can...read Ghost Ship, I guess, and try to take up the threads of that again. I hope my head doesn't explode.

So, again, for the graphically minded amongst us, this is the score to-date:

Pages proofed since March 9:

1240 / 1309

Have you gotten your Mouse and Dragon eArc? How 'bout your Saltation eEdition?

Did you know that half of Mouse and Dragon is now available to be read for free?

Also? Half of The Dragon Variation

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*Technical term denoting the pages covered in red ink

Comments

[cailleuch.livejournal.com]

Have my e- copies of everything available and all have been read. I finished Mouse & Dragon last night.

I cannot imagine the amount of proofreading you have been doing. Well actually I can - once upon a time I did it professionally. I would be cross eyed by now and maybe cross brained as well. Congrats on getting so much done.

[(Anonymous)]

Thank You! Both of you! Finished reading e-ARC of Mouse and Dragon Sunday evening. Take a breather when you need it, but please, over the long haul, keep writing. Again, thank you both for sharing.

Jim

Reading Galleys

[trekgirlmo.livejournal.com]

There are some actors out there who say they can't watch their own movies. It's a good thing you don't have that type of problem with your books!

[paw3pals.livejournal.com]

Yes, I've purchased the Mouse and Dragon eArc; am currently in Chapter 24. Must admit I checked the ending out to see if I should prepare myself.

I also have everything Liad from Baen Webscriptions, in addition to hardback/trade/paperbacks. You guys need to find a way to get the newer Chapbooks in ebook format.

Must be sorta bittersweet, having to proof 4 entire books. Bitter cause it's gotta be a Chore to do it right; sweet cause, Wow! Isn't It Fantastic! to actually have 4 new editions/books come out, with royalty checks sure to follow

[kinzel.livejournal.com]

Some days it rains...
Sigh ... 3 of those novels are going in one volume. And? We've done galley proofs on them at least three times in the past.

[(Anonymous)]

Just to clarify, the "Half" which appears on the Webscription pages for Mouse and Dragon and The Dragon Variation does not, sadly, refer to the fraction of the book available as (free) sample chapters, of which there are, in each case, nine.

Instead I believe it refers to the practice followed for books in the "Webscription monthly bundle". To quote from the Webscriptions FAQ (http://www.webscription.net/t-faq.aspx)

* Three months before publication subscribers receive the first half of all 4 books.
* Two months before publication subscribers receive the third quarter of all 4 books.
* One months before publication subscribers receive the last quarter, completing all 4 books.
* About two weeks after the last quarter is delivered, bookstores around the country will begin to stock these titles.

Needless to say, I have already read all nine free chapters of Mouse and Dragon :)

While on the subject of Liaden books, a couple of months ago I lent my copy of Fledgling to my girlfriend while we were stuck in an airport. This was her introduction to the Liaden universe. Her reaction on finishing it—"LOVED it. Need more!!"

Philip, from Auckland

[amm-me.livejournal.com]

Philip, I think you're right. However, since I had purchased the month and was waiting eagerly for the release, I was happy to see Rolanni's news. Sadly, I am working madly to a deadline Saturday morning, and I have steadfastly resisted temptation (so far). If only the Mac OSX had a more capable reader, I would ask it to read it aloud to me as I work. But I think it would mangle it intolerably.

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you again. I downloaded Mouse and Dragon on Sunday afternoon and finished reading it Sunday evening - it was brilliant, another one that I'll read over and over again like the rest of your Liaden stories. I've bought the Saltation ebook but haven't downloaded it yet. If I did I know I'd start reading it instead of finishing the proof reading/editing job I've promised to do today.
I know normal proof reading is tedious but it could be worse. I've just had a client tell me they've made some changes in the work I sent them and ask me to check it for accuracy. But they've been very vague about precisely where they've changed it, so I'm now having to compare the version I sent them with their draft page by page to find their amends. Talk about tedious. At least I can do it on screen.

Melvyn
mbarker@ntlworld.com

diff

[sb-moof.livejournal.com]

If you can get both versions into separate plaintext files, you could use some variation of the diff command to find all the differences. On OS X I use TextWranglers built in "Compare two documents" function or twdiff from the command line. There must be something similar on Windows, but I don't know a specific program name.

[sraun]

I've just finished Chapter 9. With luck, I'll get to finish it tonight or tomorrow - depends on how the need sleep vs. must read NOW contest goes tonight. I'm afraid need sleep is going to be an early winner.

[lornastutz.livejournal.com]

bought e-arc, Mouse and dragon for lunch time reading ...now I have to wait the book to be issued. Good reading.
Lorna

Saltation Ebook

[tweetybookgirl.livejournal.com]

I purchased my ebook copy last night. I'm currently 70% into the book. (g) I'm going to wait for the full ebook version of Mouse and Dragon somehow.

Robin Greene

bought the MaD eARC

[elgordo303.livejournal.com]

Couldn't wait ... finished it :) now? ... can't wait for Ghost Ship