Julie E. Czerneda's Blog, page 10
April 10, 2014
April?
Shall be:
* title creation (for the new Clan books)
* revision (of A PLAY OF SHADOW)
* completion of maps (for PLAY)
* proofing of pages (for SPECIES IMPERATIVE)
::dusts hands:: There. Nice leap into spring, yes?
So which of these books are you most excited to read?
* title creation (for the new Clan books)
* revision (of A PLAY OF SHADOW)
* completion of maps (for PLAY)
* proofing of pages (for SPECIES IMPERATIVE)
::dusts hands:: There. Nice leap into spring, yes?
So which of these books are you most excited to read?
March 25, 2014
Live Twitter Chat Wed 26th
Join me at #sffwrtcht for an hour of fun in really short sentences ;-)
Questions are most welcome!
9-10 pm EST, (1am GMT)
Questions are most welcome!
9-10 pm EST, (1am GMT)
March 21, 2014
Book production juggle!
It's a juggle out there! ::grins::
Much as I love seeing pages pile up as a story goes from inside my head into words for others to read, I ADORE what comes next. For a new writer, yet to finish -- and we've all been there, many times -- my advice is to rocket through to an ending, then start enjoying the rest of it. Revision, lovely peaceful productive revision ...
Except ... it's not always peaceful!
One of the consequences of writing for a living is that every few years, books in varied stages plunge back on my desk within the same month -- even the same DAY! Egad.
As now. I call it the "juggle."
The point comes when I'm no longer the only one working on my stuff. There's suddenly the folks who copyedit, who proofread, who design the pages, who present to the sales forces, the sales force themselves (love you guys!) all the way to people posting preorder information online. Did I mention reviewers who'd appreciate SOME advance reading time? Stores ... it goes on. Multitudes!
Whew. Making it a jungle out there when more than one book is involved -- hence the "juggle."
No more X following Y in the process for one book, but about who needs what and when.
I confess, I love this stuff.
Case in point. Watch the books fly through the air, folks.
Today, CATCH! I'm continuing my tidy/polish pass on A PLAY OF SHADOW. This weekend, I'll finish the maps for that book. TOSS! to production.
Next week, my editor will be reading before contacting me CATCH!! with any revisions necessary. Next week, same week, page proofs for SPECIES IMPERATIVE arrive for my read & correct. CATCH! I'll revise PLAY based on my editor's feedback. TOSS! While that final draft is with the copyeditor to do the SI proofs because that's coming out first. Done those, TOSS!! Back to check copyedits on the galley pages. CATCH!!
Interspersed with getting serious research mileage into REUNIFICATION. TOSS!CATCH!
While prepping for treats online for you. (Did I mention a con, Ad Astra, plus a workshop, in April? TOSS! ...almost a fumble... CATCH!)
Dizzy yet? I may be.
There's the TOSS! of copyedits back for PLAY, then page proofs ... in other words, back to X then Y. (Although very very quickly.)
It's all good. Being past the blank page step in any story is liberating. Seeing words become real pages is glorious!
All that TOSS! is in order to CATCH!! those lovely new books. Ahhhhhhh.
Maybe next spring, I'll just have X to do before Y again. Or not. ::grins:: Who needs to be straightforward when one can juggle?
PS For the curious, the covers for these books were done months ago. In anticipation of the desk plunge. Whew!
Much as I love seeing pages pile up as a story goes from inside my head into words for others to read, I ADORE what comes next. For a new writer, yet to finish -- and we've all been there, many times -- my advice is to rocket through to an ending, then start enjoying the rest of it. Revision, lovely peaceful productive revision ...
Except ... it's not always peaceful!
One of the consequences of writing for a living is that every few years, books in varied stages plunge back on my desk within the same month -- even the same DAY! Egad.
As now. I call it the "juggle."
The point comes when I'm no longer the only one working on my stuff. There's suddenly the folks who copyedit, who proofread, who design the pages, who present to the sales forces, the sales force themselves (love you guys!) all the way to people posting preorder information online. Did I mention reviewers who'd appreciate SOME advance reading time? Stores ... it goes on. Multitudes!
Whew. Making it a jungle out there when more than one book is involved -- hence the "juggle."
No more X following Y in the process for one book, but about who needs what and when.
I confess, I love this stuff.
Case in point. Watch the books fly through the air, folks.
Today, CATCH! I'm continuing my tidy/polish pass on A PLAY OF SHADOW. This weekend, I'll finish the maps for that book. TOSS! to production.
Next week, my editor will be reading before contacting me CATCH!! with any revisions necessary. Next week, same week, page proofs for SPECIES IMPERATIVE arrive for my read & correct. CATCH! I'll revise PLAY based on my editor's feedback. TOSS! While that final draft is with the copyeditor to do the SI proofs because that's coming out first. Done those, TOSS!! Back to check copyedits on the galley pages. CATCH!!
Interspersed with getting serious research mileage into REUNIFICATION. TOSS!CATCH!
While prepping for treats online for you. (Did I mention a con, Ad Astra, plus a workshop, in April? TOSS! ...almost a fumble... CATCH!)
Dizzy yet? I may be.
There's the TOSS! of copyedits back for PLAY, then page proofs ... in other words, back to X then Y. (Although very very quickly.)
It's all good. Being past the blank page step in any story is liberating. Seeing words become real pages is glorious!
All that TOSS! is in order to CATCH!! those lovely new books. Ahhhhhhh.
Maybe next spring, I'll just have X to do before Y again. Or not. ::grins:: Who needs to be straightforward when one can juggle?
PS For the curious, the covers for these books were done months ago. In anticipation of the desk plunge. Whew!
March 13, 2014
Done!!! A PLAY OF SHADOW
The sequel to A TURN OF LIGHT is now with my editor at DAW, meaning I can return to things like ... you!
I hope, very soon, to be providing all manner of treats. In the meantime, I've posted on FB -- the Marrowdell page -- the "first" look at the new book, out November 4th everywhere from DAW Books.
(I'd put it here, but it's only my first day back in the larger world and the instructions daunted.)
I hope, very soon, to be providing all manner of treats. In the meantime, I've posted on FB -- the Marrowdell page -- the "first" look at the new book, out November 4th everywhere from DAW Books.
(I'd put it here, but it's only my first day back in the larger world and the instructions daunted.)
March 3, 2014
Me, talking about TURN
I went to New York City last Sept to meet with my editor-dear at DAW and also to work with the stellar video folks down there.
Here's the first result. A bit of me, talking about A Turn of Light
Out March 4th in paperback!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOTu-...
Here's the first result. A bit of me, talking about A Turn of Light
Out March 4th in paperback!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOTu-...
February 12, 2014
The sprint to the end!
My apologies for being scarce online, dear folks, but it's time to pour all my energies into finishing A PLAY OF SHADOW. Fear not, it's a glorious time for me, as an author. Threads are tightening, stresses are straining, and all manner of fun things are rushing onto the page.
Whew!!
I admit to being quite fond of this story and hope you'll feel the same. (It will be out this November, from DAW.) You can read some of PLAY for yourself, if you pick up the paperback edition of TURN, out this March 5th. We've tucked the start of chapter one in the back.
Wish me luck!
Whew!!
I admit to being quite fond of this story and hope you'll feel the same. (It will be out this November, from DAW.) You can read some of PLAY for yourself, if you pick up the paperback edition of TURN, out this March 5th. We've tucked the start of chapter one in the back.
Wish me luck!
February 6, 2014
Treat for readers
I admit to loving numbers. This morning I awoke to finding my website visit counter reading 130,000 and, well, WOW! Thank you!
Hence the treat. For a limited time, visit http://www.czerneda.com to read, grab your copy for later, etc, of my very first horror story.
Proof I can write scary! Aha! People doubted.
Though ... there is cake.
Enjoy. And thank you for checking out my website. Tis an ongoing labour of love.
Hence the treat. For a limited time, visit http://www.czerneda.com to read, grab your copy for later, etc, of my very first horror story.
Proof I can write scary! Aha! People doubted.
Though ... there is cake.
Enjoy. And thank you for checking out my website. Tis an ongoing labour of love.
February 1, 2014
Short stories wanted!
Don't forget to enter yours in the Friends of the Merril Competition!
- $5.00 (CDN) per entry (unlimited entries allowed, separate entry fee for each)
- First place prize $500.00 (CDN) and two Honourable Mentions ($50.00 each)
- Entries must be original, unpublished speculative fiction (SF/F/H, magic realism, fabulism, slipstream, whatever, as long as it's speculative)
- Reading period closes 11:59:59 p.m. EST (UTC-5) on February 15, 2014
Contest Rules (Guidelines) page of the website: http://friendsmerrilcontest.com/guide...
I'm one of the judges, along with Chris Szego (of the famous Bakka-Phoenix Books), Authors Caitlen Sweet & Leah Bobet (needs no intro!), and publisher/poet Sandra Kasturi!
Pass along to friends and family.
- $5.00 (CDN) per entry (unlimited entries allowed, separate entry fee for each)
- First place prize $500.00 (CDN) and two Honourable Mentions ($50.00 each)
- Entries must be original, unpublished speculative fiction (SF/F/H, magic realism, fabulism, slipstream, whatever, as long as it's speculative)
- Reading period closes 11:59:59 p.m. EST (UTC-5) on February 15, 2014
Contest Rules (Guidelines) page of the website: http://friendsmerrilcontest.com/guide...
I'm one of the judges, along with Chris Szego (of the famous Bakka-Phoenix Books), Authors Caitlen Sweet & Leah Bobet (needs no intro!), and publisher/poet Sandra Kasturi!
Pass along to friends and family.
January 21, 2014
First sale of 2014
Is a short science fiction story concerning a murder, a cop, and a unicorn.
"A Taste for Murder" will appear in SOLARIS RISING 3, edited by Ian Whates. The publisher is Solaris (an imprint of Rebellion) and the anthology will launch at the London Worldcon.
Which I find highly cool and, if I can't be there, my words can!
I'm lik'n this year, chilly as it may be.
Hope your 2014 is off to a positive start.
"A Taste for Murder" will appear in SOLARIS RISING 3, edited by Ian Whates. The publisher is Solaris (an imprint of Rebellion) and the anthology will launch at the London Worldcon.
Which I find highly cool and, if I can't be there, my words can!
I'm lik'n this year, chilly as it may be.
Hope your 2014 is off to a positive start.
January 18, 2014
Working on the new book ...
Which would be why I'm scarce here. My apologies. That will change once I've fun things to share.
Right now, it's write write write! (A PLAY OF SHADOW, out Nov 2014)
Meanwhile, a reminder to those who participate that it's time to nominate works from last year for the various genre awards, such as World Fantasy, the Hugos, the Auroras (Canada), etc. These mean a great deal to authors, folks, so by all means put in your favourites from 2013!
Ta for now. Much to accomplish this weekend. Have a good one!
julie
Right now, it's write write write! (A PLAY OF SHADOW, out Nov 2014)
Meanwhile, a reminder to those who participate that it's time to nominate works from last year for the various genre awards, such as World Fantasy, the Hugos, the Auroras (Canada), etc. These mean a great deal to authors, folks, so by all means put in your favourites from 2013!
Ta for now. Much to accomplish this weekend. Have a good one!
julie
