Where I've Been (and Where I'm Going)

[rj_anderson]

For the past nine days I've been enjoying a visit from the always-delightful avarill, who has stayed in my home on several occasions now, and yet for some strange reason is still willing to fly here all the way from Californ-eye-eh to experience the mayhem again. This time she even made us pulled pork, which was far above and beyond the call of visitor duty.

We also did some geocaching in nearby Mennonite country (and found three more caches on the trails behind my home), spent a day meandering around the Toronto Zoo, and watched all my favorite episodes of S3 Doctor Who, after which avarill heartily agreed that Martha Jones is Teh Awesome. (I think I may also have converted her to Heroes, but time will tell. I definitely made a Chad Vader fan out of her, though.)

I did not get any writing done, but I'd already decided that I would be much better to just take the week off and let my ideas compost a bit. I didn't expect the composting to yield three new ideas for an entirely different book than the one I'm working on, but they were ideas for Knife and I'll be revising that soon in any case, so that was all right.

And speaking of Knife, I got my contract from HarperCollins this week! avarill took pictures as I signed it -- they're on her camera and she's on a plane at the moment, but I'm looking forward to having a record of the big event. The funny thing is, even though I dutifully read through all sixteen pages to make sure I knew what I was signing, it didn't really hit me until I got to the third-last page and saw that they'd assigned me an ISBN number.

My book. Has an ISBN.

I know it's hardly a rare and precious thing. But the sight of that number just made the whole book-getting-published thing seem suddenly real in a way it hadn't before. In fact, I may even have squeed when I saw it. Just a little.

Anyway, contracts are signed and back in the mail. And next week I shall start in again on Touching Indigo and see how much progress I can make before my revisions on Knife arrive...

Comments

[ravensnape.livejournal.com]

I'm clapping enthusiastically for you!!!!!!!

Do we really have to wait soooo long to use YOUR special ISBN # to purchase? I can't wait that long!

[rose-in-shadow.livejournal.com]

How cool!

It's definately time for that second interview, but I still need to think of more questions. Blah. I'm really bad at writing questions XD.

Do you know when things like cover art for Knife are going to be discussed?

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Cover art is at least a year away at this point... my revisions on Knife aren't due until Sept. 2008.

As for the interview, how about I come up with some questions I think I have good answers for? :)

[rose-in-shadow.livejournal.com]

Heh. That may be the best option at this point.

[kerravonsen]

(grin) And so you should squee.

[newport2newport.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's so cool! In my mind (and seems to me that statistics prove it), having a contract for a book -- with its own ISBN number, squee! -- is, in fact, a "rare and precious thing." Congratulations!

[lizvogel.livejournal.com]

A real, actual ISBN? That is soooooo cool!

/*was raised by a librarian*/

[robinellen.livejournal.com]

Yay, Rebecca! :D

[infiniteviking]

OOH. Your own ISBN -- how thrilling! *squees with you* Congratulations on the contract!

[my_daroga]

Oh man, I know what you mean about the ISBN. I mean, not from having that experience, but I would DIE to see that. Maybe it's the cataloger in me?

[taimdala.livejournal.com]

Ooooh! I'm squeeeeeeee-ing right there with you! Congratulations, Rebecca! EEEEE!