5 Things

[truepenny]

1. I reached 60,000 words on the goblin book today, and most of the rest of it is spinning its armature in my head, like weird cyborg nano-spiders and maybe I'd better just abandon that metaphor right there.

2. It is finally November here, cold and dark and rainy. Secretly, I like this kind of weather.

3. So last year, the entirely cromulent Pat Rothfuss did a huge auction-type thing to benefit Heifer International. This year, he's going to do it again, which I mention because (a.) hey, heads up, especially though by no means exclusively to Rothfuss fans, since I understand there is to be lots of non-Rothfussian Cool Shit as well, and (b.) I have donated two item-sets for the auctioneering thereof:

i.) A complete signed set of the hardbacks of the Doctrine of Labyrinths (Mélusine, The Virtu, The Mirador, Corambis).

ii.) A signed copy of The Bone Key, plus signed manuscripts (for which read: print-outs) of the four uncollected Booth stories: "The Yellow Dressing Gown," "The World Without Sleep," "White Charles," and "The Replacement."

Watch Pat's blog for more news on the auction. Right now he's raffling a Tuckerization in The Wise Man's Fear.

4. Speaking of the Doctrine of Labyrinths, I got the cover flats for the mass market paperback of Corambis last week, and my editor's assistant is making page-proof noises. So, yes, there will be a mmpb edition--although I don't know for sure, it'll probably come out in April--and if you have noticed any typos, you may win my eternal gratitude by posting a comment with the specifics here.

5. And speaking of the Doctrine of Labyrinths, I had a dream Sunday night that, while it claimed to be a new subplot for the goblin book, was actually an AU about Methony, including Mildmay as a toddler.

Comments

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

Can't wait for the mmpb of Corambis.

Take five points for Ravenclaw on 'cromulent.' ^^

[myxginxblossoms.livejournal.com]

And speaking of the Doctrine of Labyrinths, I had a dream Sunday night that, while it claimed to be a new subplot for the goblin book, was actually an AU about Methony, including Mildmay as a toddler.

I'll take "Things I Would Read" for 500, please, Alex. ♥

[pitselly.livejournal.com]

Oh, I would be so interested in toddler!Mildmay. If, you know, you've the time and inclination, cough cough.

...Now, to search my copy of Corambis for errors.

[pyrrhical.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure I'm not the only person to think that if you wrote that adorable AU, pretty much everyone would read it and go, "AWWWW" appropriately. ♥ Or, you know, be horrified by obviously horrid parenting. The child advocate in me has to put that one out there. Er.

[214314.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the Goblin publication!
So you read Pat's blog, too. :)
(Secretly in a low volume) Where is that foreword...? I've been dreaming about it..

[cheloya.livejournal.com]

...including Mildmay as a toddler.

Even if I were not desperately interested in Methony, that would have made me shriek with glee. :'D

[thedigitalkuri.livejournal.com]

Moar Labyrinths please!

(Sorry, just found you via a complicated set of wikilinks, and grinned to myself after finding out you were the author of those gorgeous stories!)

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

*approves of 'November' weather and wishes it weren't turning to a very hot summer in the southern hemisphere*

Then I giggled at the thought of an AU toddler!Mildmay and a dream DECEIVING you.

Congratulations on the word countage as well!

May I...

[nz-navigatress.livejournal.com]

First of all, congratulations on the word count for the new book - can't wait to read it!
And another auction, very cool! I definitely need a signed copy of "The Bone Key", so I'll keep an eye on that.
And ooooh, Methony and Mildmay as a toddler sounds VERY interesting.

Finally, may I be the first nitpick for Corambis typos?

Chapter Seven, Kay, p. 183
"The day before we were to leave Esmer..." - am I right in supposing it should read "The day before we were to leave to Esmer..."?, as, as far as I can tell, they're still in Bernatha at that point.

and Chapter Eleven, Kay, p. 249, fifth paragraph
"I wanted to stand up, to scream, to tell them that they had no right to create such heartbreaking beauty when Gerard was dead"

Re: May I...

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Another nitpick

[bon-accord.livejournal.com]

This is not a typo but an unexpected word. On p 232 Mildmay says "So Robin gave Felix a card with the address of the rooms he had on campus"

I find it odd that Mildmay should use the word "campus". He comes from a place with no university and, some pages later, can't even remember the word "university", so I wouldn't think he would associate the word "campus", if he knew it, with a university.

Re: Another nitpick

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

That's Mildmay reporting Robin's words, so it's actually Robin using the word "campus." I agree, in hindsight, that it looks weird and should have been more clearly signposted.