Yay?

[truepenny]

I have a complete revised draft of The Goblin Emperor . . . 20,000 words over budget.

This is what one might call a mixed blessing.

Comments

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

Ooops.

See if they notice?

[marycatelli]

Ouch.

I know the feeling.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I still think it counts as progress!

[sovay]

This is what one might call a mixed blessing.

Congratulations anyway!

[pameladean]

As a fellow writer, I sympathize and make hollow laughing sounds in solidarity.

As a reader, I WANT ALL THE WORDS, ALLLLL, and view publishers who impose word counts as impediments to my major goal.

P.

[larryhammer]

Yowsa?

[kate_nepveu]

Kind-of yay.

[britmandelo.livejournal.com]

(Somewhat qualified) congrats!

[michaeldthomas.livejournal.com]

WOO HOO!!!!!!


I am so happy for you!!!

:-D

[libskrat]

Modified rapture!

[heresluck]

Nothing is an unmixed blessing. I focus on the words "complete draft" and send a heartfelt YAY.

[remote45.livejournal.com]

Well, personally, I can't see this as a bad thing! *tries to figure out why an publisher would think it's bad thing either?*

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

Production costs.

[keyboardcouch.livejournal.com]

Well, congratulations anyway.

(and purely as a reader, more is better than less.)

[aishabintjamil.livejournal.com]

Sympathies.

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Sympathies. <Avoids looking at the 165K first draft...> If you end up cutting bits here and there, save and share the outtakes with your loyal fans? We'll enjoy them, and that way they don't just vanish from existance.

[poodlerat.livejournal.com]

Seconded! I loved the deleted scenes from DoL, both because more Felix, Mildmay et al. = always yay! and because of what they showed about the writing process.

[oracne.livejournal.com]

DONE IS GOOD.