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September 20, 2005
Day 32: Author Boy's New Book Out Now! W00t!
It might be already the 20th of September here in Oz, but I know that in Canada, at least for a while yet, it is the 19th, and this is a big deal to me because as of today, my new novel, ECLIPSE, is available in stores and from the publisher. It will be released in the US next March. As for when it shows up here in Perth, or in the rest of Australia, well who knows? I know that the proprietors of a new specialist sf bookshop here have said they will be stocking it, so I guess it's only a matter of time.
All the same: I got a new book out! W00t! [dances in chair] It's a good'un, too, if I say so myself. My best work, at least up to the point when I wrote (and rewrote) it. I'm currently thinking of interviewing myself or something, to get the publicity ball rolling.
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In other Author Boy news, today and yesterday I've been reading through the UMBRA manuscript so far. The dreadful doubts I've been telling you about have been biting hard, so I thought it best to go in and have a look at the actual words and see if the worries and doubts were justified.
As it happens, as of where I'm up to, not too much. There were some bits that needed cutting, and other bits that needed expanding upon or changed entirely, and the result as of tonight is that the MS is up to 35,000 words, and feels more solid than it did. The character's behaviour and thinking is more consistent with what he's about. So that's all good. I still have to work on making different characters sound like different people (a problem I've always had with writing dialogue), but I can retrofit that stuff in later. It's more important to get across the gist of what people say than how they say it.
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I've had some real doozy headaches in recent times (another reason you haven't heard from me). Today's visit to the physiotherapist has helped with that, I'm hoping. What is also likely to help is that as of next week, the lovely Michelle is on two weeks holidays! And for almost one week of that we're zipping down to scenic Mandurah! All the scuttling crabs, graceful pelicans, cavorting dolphins, sparkling estuary water and cranky seagulls--and fabulous coffee and food--one could hope for! Should be a lovely rest for both of us.
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Last, of course, September 19 is/was International Talk Like a Pirate Day. I'm a little late to the party, but well, arrrrh!
UPDATE 21 September: And here are 160 photos of various piratical folks having way too much fun, via Flickr!
Posted by adrian at September 20, 2005 07:14 PM
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The book is out! Wahoo! As you well know, I've had it on order for a while, so it should be in soon!
*does hopefully-choreographed-with-Adrian's chair-dance*
Now -- how the heck am I gonna get this one autographed?
Posted by: Charlie at September 21, 2005 05:46 AM
YAY!!!!
Posted by: river selkie at September 21, 2005 12:26 AM
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