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January 10, 2007
New Book Planning Underway
Today the headache was out getting coffee or something, so I got busy on the scribble caper, and whomped up another fresh batch of notes for the new book idea. It's a sf murder/mystery, but set in the present day, and possibly here in Oz. Which should startle Publisher Brian no end. Where/when it's set is not crucial to the story, though, so I might be changing it. All I'm mainly interested in is Doing Something Completely Different: after three published books set in the same universe (and at least two failed books also set there), I'm more than a little burned out on that setting. It also means people interested in reading the new book won't have to worry about not having read all these other books, something I'm very concerned about.
I'm not at the moment keen to start talking about the project in any detail, and don't want even to give you the title. Suffice to say it's coming together at a rate of knots, and I'm currently planning to break ground on the thing early in February. The plan is to have it finished by year's end, so it can go through rewrites/editing/etc in time for release at the 2008 Worldcon. Publisher Brian has told me he's got a release slot set aside for me in that year, which is very decent of him, considering.
(Actually, Brian has been a thoroughly good egg during these past few months, while I've been having such a dreadful time of it. He's encouraged me to take the time I need to get well, and even phoned me up one afternoon a few weeks ago to see how I was doing, and to let me know he and Mrs Publisher Brian were sending their prayers, etc. It was a very touching thing, and made me feel a bit better.)
Posted by adrian at January 10, 2007 04:50 PM
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Adrian, I hope things are going well on all fronts. My copy of H.S. has finally arrived (fantastic cover, best one yet!) and I intend to plunge into it soon.
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at April 16, 2007 07:19 PM
I hope the new book is coming along, Amazon have apparently just shipped me HS so it's a race to see if you can finish writing the next one before I finish reading the last one, okay?
Posted by: dshan at March 24, 2007 09:32 AM
hey adrian!
howaya? no posts in like 2 months? everything ok? please check in with us soon!
Posted by: river selkie at March 22, 2007 02:08 PM
Go get 'em, Adrian!
And yeah, that's great of Brian.
Posted by: Charlie at January 25, 2007 03:20 AM
Whee! Another Bedford book! You can't see it from all the way over there, but I'm doing my excited face. Still haven't gotten around to grabbing a copy of Hydrogen Steel yet, but it's on my "to purchase" list, right after I convince The Missus that we really don't need a new kitchen table. No, really, we don't.
I hope your granny makes a good recovery, and that your head gremlins decide to hang out in Starbucks for a while longer.
Posted by: pastamasta at January 15, 2007 09:34 PM
Adrian,
Good to see your nomination! I received a copy of City for Christmas and I look forward to comparing notes with you - I hope we get a chance to catch up at Worldcon when it comes around.
Luke
Posted by: Luke H at January 11, 2007 08:41 AM
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