And there was great rejoicing.

[truepenny]

My website is fixed and updated (thank you, o fabulous code geek!).

Also, thank you to everyone who responded to my previous post. Every single comment helped my unspeakably foul mood. Y'all rock.

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The Virtu will be out at the beginning of July. As a sort of experiment, I'm going to put the first four chapters on my website, one a month, between now and then.

So if you're interested, go read Chapter One.

Comments

[clarentine]

July is too far away!

Oh, well. At least I can console myself that there'll be another chapter next month.

(can't...wait....)

[marith.livejournal.com]

Squeee!

You have improved my day vastly. Thank you.

And chapter 1 of The Virtu would still rock even if it was scribbled in crayon, but your website enhances it further. Lovely design.

[autumnstar1.livejournal.com]

Wonderful chapter! I can't wait for The Virtu to come out.

The Virtu

[(Anonymous)]

that's fantastic, Sarah. How brilliant. I can't wait to read the next chapter - and to meet you at wiscon.
-shana

[libskrat]

Re Felix's mildly snarky comment about academic wizards and their specialties: I do enjoy when fantasy and sci-fi writers take potshots at academia. I started one of the David Lodge books that everyone raves about, and I found it over-obvious, sexist, and (worst of all) so dull I didn't see the point in finishing it.

But take The Dispossessed, in which academic power-mongering threatens anarchist utopia. Or Asimov's The Gods Themselves. Beats Lodge all hollow, if you ask me.

[hominysnark.livejournal.com]

"happy as a drunk saint"

*dies laughing*

I do love the way you write. :)

[mikeneko.livejournal.com]

I really wanted to read it, but I'm screen res 800x600 with large fonts; I can only see one sentence at most in the frame, and somehow the site's completely disabling the scroll function on my touchpad. (So embarrassed.)

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

Try this (http://www.sarahmonette.com/virtu1-plain.html), instead.

And I'm sorry the site thwarts you.

[mikeneko.livejournal.com]

Much bigger equals much happier. Thank you!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[bright-forever.livejournal.com]

No, seriously...thank you!!

I loved it! And even though you will be posting a new chapter each month over the next few months - July cannot come soon enough!

I think I'll keep myself occupied by re-reading Mélusine for the 9 millionth time!

Virtu first chapter

[adelev.livejournal.com]

I loved the first chapter. Very quickly brought me right back into the world of Felix and Mildmay. Thank you for the advance preview.

[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

*crunches up chapter happily*

[sexxyred1.livejournal.com]

yea! yea! Yea!