Hitting 'send' is like jumping off a cliff.

[truepenny]

I just electronically delivered the manuscript* to my editor. It's more a raw draft than a rough draft, but it is a draft.

In a moment, when the panicky adrenaline rush has died down, I'm going to get up and check the mail.

Then, in the immortal words of M. Keaton, I want a sammich and a nap.

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*Ace has decided they don't like Summerdown as a title, so currently the book is nameless.

Comments

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

::applauds wildly::

I think a sandwich, a nap, and dessert and/or alcohol are in order.

Imagine the temporary absence of guilt.

[oracne.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! Congratulations!!!

[panjianlien.livejournal.com]

Viva! Well done!

Enjoy that nap. You've earned it.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Yay for submitting manuscript!

There's always that "Oh crap, no, I take it back!" feeling the moment after you hit send.

Last time I did this, I had nightmares that I'd accidentally inserted a large chunk of fanfic into the electronic manuscript....

[earthgoat.livejournal.com]

What, no cookie for writing a page?? The monkey likes cookies!

[cassandraterra.livejournal.com]

That's fantastic! Congrats! I was so disapointed that I couldn't pick up The Mirador today. I'll try again tomorrow...and the day after that...until I get my hands on it. Then I'll stay up all night reading it. I can't wait! Enjoy your nap! It's a nap well deserved!

Immortal words indeed

[(Anonymous)]

Congratulations on hacking through another jungle (aka: finishing a draft).

I would have you know that, due to the promptings of a Bear and a Mole, the ending of "Calamity's Child" is, to quote: Ivan shrugged. "Bad guys are all dead. We lived. Don't know about the rest of you but I'm going to have a sammich and take a nap."

At the insistence of my chief editor/wife, it was altered to "have a sandwich and get some sleep." but I've done my best to actually end a book with those lines--just because Bear said I couldn't do it. Now we just have to see if it can get past a publisher.

Unrelated: Did the book arrive intact?

MKeaton

Re: Immortal words indeed

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

Yes, it did. Thank you!

[pameladean]

Congratulations!

Ace has always been goofy about titles, the creatures.

P.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_swallow/]

Wow! Well done.

[papersky.livejournal.com]

Well done.

And I loved Under the Beansidhe's Pillow.

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[hevnlybarquings.livejournal.com]

Congratulations. I've been following your struggle with sympathetic amusement.

Re. Summerdown... I have to say Noooooooooooo. I love this as a title. It's a perfect match for the other books. It says autumn to me, it speaks of endings, of winding down, drifting to a close - well, pretty much it tells me this is the end of this story.

Summerdown is so different from the usual run of the mill title that graces most fantasy novels. It's a unique word, a pretty, visual, effective word. Can we start a petition to convince the publisher it needs to be called Summerdown?

Publishers can be twats at times.

Regards,
Suz.

[gardensoil.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'd be for it! A petition to keep that title that is. Exactly, 'Summerdown' is a perfect title. How would one go about it, to bring such a petition in existence?

But it's a lovely title!

[coolingpearls.wordpress.com (from livejournal.com)]

Grrrr.

Congratulations on finishing the manuscript!

[gardensoil.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!! Oh, I can't wait untill I'll be able to order The Mirador from my bookstore...How long do you think it will take Ace and yourself to proofread your newly finished manuscript until publishing?

[kate_nepveu]

Congratulations!

(I have no idea what _Summerdown_ refers to, so I don't have an opinion on it as a title. I'm a little surprised that on book 4/4 the title is an issue, but what do I know about publishing?)