The Writing To-Do List
Sunday, December 12th, 2010 06:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rolanniNo words on George today; instead I wrote proposals for two books. Yes, I have lost my mind, why do you ask?
In and around doing the proposals and dishes and laundry, I took some time to consider what’s coming down the line for us, writing-wise. As near as I can make it, this is the Writing To-Do List for the next 18 months :
1. One (1) commissioned short story, due May 15, 2011
2. One (1) novel, due September 15, 2011
3. Eight (8) novels to read/correct in galleys (Plan B, I Dare, Longeye, Saltation, Crystal Soldier, Crystal Dragon, Balance of Trade, Ghost Ship)
4. One (1) short story due for Yule chapbook, October 2011
5. One (1) novel due, January 15, 2012
6. One (1) novel due, May 15, 2012
There’s also at least one, and possibly two, convention appearances in there somewhere, one involving a lengthy train trip.
Busy is good, right?
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Date: 2010-12-13 12:40 am (UTC)Yep; we've already gone to contract for Dragon Ship, Trade Secrets, and George. What I did today were proposals for two additional books.
Why does the author have to proof galleys of books already published?
Scanning errors, mostly. We know what ought to be there. I think we once did catch a dropped paragraph in a reprint volume; not really sure how that happened, but the First Rule of Thumb in publishing is: Always expect something.
With 8 books to proof coming down the line, we may have to pick our hills this time. Proofing is non-trivial, and chews into writing time. We're gonna need all the writing time we can get.