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Oath of Fealty, wearing stylish UK garb, lounges comfortably against the trunk of an oilberry tree, resting from the rigors of exploring the French Riviera…photo courtesy of Francis Turner:

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Many thanks to Jenn S. for  taking the book to the beach, photographing the book at the beach, and then letting me post the picture here:

Sunbathing at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

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Feeling like the White Rabbit,  I dash in here and apologize for not being able to answer all your wonderful comments.    I thought by this week I’d be caught up (on them, at least) but I’m not, and as they accumulate I probably won’t be, because there is Other Stuff to be done as well.  For instance, Book III.

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Very early this morning (one-ish, with some leftover until two-ish)  I finally got the main revision tangle sorted out.    Slept a few hours and went back over everything this morning before sending it off to Editor.  Naturally found new things to smooth out, including one word change Editor wanted that I’d forgotten about.

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Though I’m delighted that some of you are eager to read the next volume of the book, I need to clear up a few misconceptions about how books are scheduled and why it takes so long.

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On occasion I’ve written about writing in cooking terms–stirring the pot, things bubbling up from below, flavorings that must not over-dominate the final meal, something cooking so long the story goes mushy, etc.    But there’s another relationships between cooking and writing that not many people have mentioned.

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Sleep helped.   I had other things to do yesterday afternoon but slept about four hours and about seven more overnight.   Looking at my attempt to start on the last revision puzzle yesterday…I should’ve waited until after the sleep.

However, it’s a puzzle that some of you may find interesting, and I hope to keep it spoiler-free.

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It was a very busy day.  So will this be, but at least the suspense before launch is now down a notch.

Reminder: this is a spoiler-free zone for awhile.   When I do open a topic for discussion of Oath of Fealty, it will be signposted as having spoilers, so those of you who don’t like them will find it easy to avoid.  (No spoilers in my entry post, for instance.)   But for at least the first week or two,  we’re not discussing the book (though unbounded adulation is always appropriate, says the Authorial Ego.  The Authorial Ego won’t shut up.)

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The “coming out” party begins on this side of the pond.

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…and tomorrow the book’s out in the stores.  I hope you in the US are as excited as I am, and that if you pre-ordered online, your copies arrive on your doorstep (or whatever you use) on time tomorrow.    (Those of you in Europe who already have the UK version…try not to hand out too many spoilers.  At least until the end of the week, OK?)

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