Bookity book book OM NOM NOM

[rj_anderson]

Thanks to my lovely generous editor, I can has the new The Magic Thief book by sarah_prineas! And also maprilynne's Wings!

My son will be much offended if I read the former without him, so I must contain my mad curiosity for now. But I have already started on the latter, ignoring the pile of library books looking reproachfully at me from the corner.

Also, I have FINALLY conquered the Dread Pirate Roberts First Scene of Chapter Eight in Touching Indigo, which has been causing me woe for nearly seven months now. Onward and upward!

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[fandoria.livejournal.com]

Nothing like conquering a dreaded scene. I did that myself, today. Feels great, doesn't it?

P.S. I am having much envy over the books you have in your possession.

[sarah-prineas.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh, you would not believe the jolt of excitement and terror that went through me when I saw this entry!!!

A bookseller emailed yesterday to say she'd received it, too. Yikes. So they're really out there.

Okay, so book two. I changed editors midstream, so we did another round of pretty extensive edits after the ARC was done. The final version is a bit tighter. Also there are no snakes (you'll see) (editor said they were to Potter, even though I haven't read Potter). And the "shadowmen" are now "shadows" and a lot creepier. Anyway....! I'll stop rationalizing now. I hope you like it! I think it's a better book than the first one.

Onward! Good luck with the second scene of chapter eight!

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

You would not believe the jolt of excitement that went through me when I saw the courier at the door! And you would also not believe the look of pure delight on my son's face when I waved the ARC at him as soon as he got home!

I saw the enclosed letter mentioning that there were changes to the final version, but in any case I will be very surprised if we do not both love it. :)

[sarah-prineas.livejournal.com]

Oh, they put a letter in! That's good to know. I knew they were discussing doing something like that, but I hadn't heard the upshot. Well okay! I will stop rationalizing.

[seaheidi.livejournal.com]

TWO awesome books--yay!

[shoebox2.livejournal.com]

Lovely news re: Touching Indigo. Does this mean us betas get to NOM NOM NOM shortly, too? :)

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

It depends on what your definition of "shortly" is. :)

I won't be parceling it out chapter by chapter, so it'll be January at least before anybody sees it. But by then I hope to have a complete draft done and ready to share.

[shoebox2.livejournal.com]

OK, that works. I've been wondering how the ruddy thing comes out for nearly a year now, so it'll be nice to find out all at once. :)