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lauraanne_gilman) wrote2009-03-19 07:23 am
lauraanne_gilman) wrote2009-03-19 07:23 am
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Day Four, Operation Better Homes & Deadlines
Well, Blood from Stone has been Klausnered, so I guess it's in the pipeline. *braces self* Six books and seven years in, and wow, it's been a hell of a trip. Thankfully, Bonnie & Crew are letting me stay in that world while Wren & Sergei rest, and I know that there are still stories in the Retriever universe to be told, but... melancholy, baby. Melancholy. I think I may be writing more on this, as the book comes closer to release.
Have also made flight reservations to Dragon*Con, and am working out transit plans for WorldCon, and thinking about the great California Road Trip in October. And maybemaybe making a side trip to Chicago after that. And maybe Virginia, so Dori and Ashley will stop nagging me. *grin* And to think, this was the year I wasn't going to travel....
I managed to get away for a much-needed non-takeaway meal last night, rounded off with chocolates from La Maison du Chocolat. om nom nom. I've mostly grown out of my sweet tooth, but a fine piece of chocolate is still a thing of delight and they do some seriously fiiiine chocolate (I'd still rather be buying 'em in Paris, but I'm happy they're here)
Meanwhile, the patching and sanding continues today. Hopefully it will be a quiet day, as I'm well into the copyedit for Flesh & Fire and I really want to get it sorted soonest possible, so I'm not lugging it with me at Luancon.
(Speaking of which: )
Saturday 10:30:00 AM
Reading [either from BLOOD FROM STONE or FLESH & FIRE. Audience choice! And There May Be Doughnuts]
Saturday, 1pm
Book Editors' Roundtable
Current and former editors talk about what editors look for, what they see too much of, what annoys them, and what makes some writers a pleasure to work with. [I suspect there will be more of the annoyance/pleasure discussion than what anyone's looking for, at least on my non-acquiring side]
Saturday 4:00:00 PM
Urban Fantasy Worldbuilding
How do urban fantasy and paranormal romance writers go about building their worlds? Is the city a requirement or one tool of many? How do they incorporate classic folklore into modern environments?
Sunday 11:00:00 AM
Autographing
Sunday 1:00:00 PM
Online Fiction
Where are the places to find good short stories, novels, etc.
Sunday 3pm
Twilight: For Good or For Ill
[Come for the snark, stay for the actual discussion!]
After the aforementioned six books with Luna, it's nice to see an old-fashioned full-on copyedit again. That's the one gripe I have with Harlequin -- they give us 'author alterations' but not the actual copyedit. They say it's the same but it very much isn't. (AA's are best described as pre-typesetting page proofs). So far, there's only one problem I've discovered, and that was from the CE misreading what I had asked for in my notes, and making that mistake throughout. Hopefully an easy enough fix. But it's still 400+ pages of close reading of a book I can't read without wanting to completely rewrite it (imagine a geek being handed a brand new piece of customizable tech and being told she can't crack the box. Then you'll have an idea of my frustration). Yes, you CAN rewrite portions of the book in copyedit, but since we're on a rush schedule to get galleys out in time for BEA... I suspect the production department would really rather I didn't.
And I need to get cracking on the next chapter of Pack of Lies, now that I think (shhh, don't scare it) the plot's finally come unstuck, and call Madame Editrix about Mustang specifics, before I finally start that, and...
I should get the hell off-line and back to work, shouldn't I?>.
Have also made flight reservations to Dragon*Con, and am working out transit plans for WorldCon, and thinking about the great California Road Trip in October. And maybemaybe making a side trip to Chicago after that. And maybe Virginia, so Dori and Ashley will stop nagging me. *grin* And to think, this was the year I wasn't going to travel....
I managed to get away for a much-needed non-takeaway meal last night, rounded off with chocolates from La Maison du Chocolat. om nom nom. I've mostly grown out of my sweet tooth, but a fine piece of chocolate is still a thing of delight and they do some seriously fiiiine chocolate (I'd still rather be buying 'em in Paris, but I'm happy they're here)
Meanwhile, the patching and sanding continues today. Hopefully it will be a quiet day, as I'm well into the copyedit for Flesh & Fire and I really want to get it sorted soonest possible, so I'm not lugging it with me at Luancon.
(Speaking of which: )
Saturday 10:30:00 AM
Reading [either from BLOOD FROM STONE or FLESH & FIRE. Audience choice! And There May Be Doughnuts]
Saturday, 1pm
Book Editors' Roundtable
Current and former editors talk about what editors look for, what they see too much of, what annoys them, and what makes some writers a pleasure to work with. [I suspect there will be more of the annoyance/pleasure discussion than what anyone's looking for, at least on my non-acquiring side]
Saturday 4:00:00 PM
Urban Fantasy Worldbuilding
How do urban fantasy and paranormal romance writers go about building their worlds? Is the city a requirement or one tool of many? How do they incorporate classic folklore into modern environments?
Sunday 11:00:00 AM
Autographing
Sunday 1:00:00 PM
Online Fiction
Where are the places to find good short stories, novels, etc.
Sunday 3pm
Twilight: For Good or For Ill
[Come for the snark, stay for the actual discussion!]
After the aforementioned six books with Luna, it's nice to see an old-fashioned full-on copyedit again. That's the one gripe I have with Harlequin -- they give us 'author alterations' but not the actual copyedit. They say it's the same but it very much isn't. (AA's are best described as pre-typesetting page proofs). So far, there's only one problem I've discovered, and that was from the CE misreading what I had asked for in my notes, and making that mistake throughout. Hopefully an easy enough fix. But it's still 400+ pages of close reading of a book I can't read without wanting to completely rewrite it (imagine a geek being handed a brand new piece of customizable tech and being told she can't crack the box. Then you'll have an idea of my frustration). Yes, you CAN rewrite portions of the book in copyedit, but since we're on a rush schedule to get galleys out in time for BEA... I suspect the production department would really rather I didn't.
And I need to get cracking on the next chapter of Pack of Lies, now that I think (shhh, don't scare it) the plot's finally come unstuck, and call Madame Editrix about Mustang specifics, before I finally start that, and...
I should get the hell off-line and back to work, shouldn't I?>.