Yesterday, in case you missed it, was Blog Like It’s The Zombie Apocalypse Day. thought my entry would look like this: “Zombies attacked. Finished the #*$&^#^ book and got light revision letter for TQB. Good day.” I think she’s basically got it right. :) That was not at all what I was going to post about, but I got such a kick out of it it trumped everything else I’d been going to say. :) Most critically (as I’m sure you’ll all agree), I have gotten my hairs trimmed, and…
lolcast and
has won herself a book of mine of her choice with I HAS LOLCAST for the Zilli-macro-caption-contest. It made me laugh out loud, so that’s a winner. :) and get honorable mentions for _actually making macro images_, and and made me giggle a lot with their entries, too. Anyway, so pick your book, Janne, and I’ll send it your way. (That said, I don’t have enough copies of THE CARDINAL RULE to give any more away, and if you want to wait for HEART OF STONE, np.) Oh hey. I…
Son of a…
Okay. I accidentally closed a file without saving it and lost four pages of work. I know Word does auto-saves and there is some way that you can find auto-saved versions of files. I’m using Word 2000 on a … good grief, I’d forgotten this operating system even existed. On WinME. I have since re-opened and re-named the file, and, in fact, rebooted the computer. Am I utterly hosed, or is there some way for me to make an attempt to find my missing pages? (eta: I did check the…
tqb
I gritted my teeth and read the QUEEN’S BASTARD revision letter this morning. Forecast for sulk has been rescinded and the remainder of the week looks clear and cheerful. It is a _wonderfully_ minor letter. She’s got about four general points and then three pages of page-specific detaily things which are all good things to fix but none of them are in any wise *difficult* to fix. After the last eight weeks of Revision Hell, I cannot *tell* you how relieved I am about this. miles to Minas Tirith: 176…
dooooooone glorious DOOOOOOONE
DONE DONE DONE DONE DONE DONE *DONE* 541 page. God, that’s 64 pages and six chapters longer than the last draft. 125,941 words. I think I cut about half the book, and I rewrote very nearly everything that wasn’t cut. To celebrate, I have eaten the amazingly good savory crusted cod with red sauce dinner that Ted made, and eaten some ice cream, and watched four episodes of Alias, and… …and oh, look, my other editor sent me a revision letter for THE QUEEN’S BASTARD today, just like she said…