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Early in the morning, at the break of day, the writer pushed a button, and sent the book away. Away, away, away my lads, she sent the book away, all on a tide of ‘lectrons, she sent it far away. Still early in the morning, but not the break of day, the Editor did see it, as on her desk it lay. It lay, it lay, it lay, my lads, upon her desk it lay, just where the writer sent it, so far, far away.
This would do better if set as verse, of course, but I’m not going to wrestle with the software this morning. The last eye-check revealed that I had not changed the title in the header line from its barn-name (“Kieri II”) to its provisional title, although the title block had it instead of the [TITLE] it had been carrying. So there was another last-minute change so file-name (formerly K-III-braid-2), header, and title block all agreed. (Again, many thanks to electronics, since this involved an easy change.) Since the title’s only provisional and Editor hasn’t approved, I’m not calling it that for sure yet.
I’ll be checking email to be sure that Agent and Editor both got their copies (unless I get an out-of-office message from one or both) and then I’m turning the computer OFF for the rest of the day or as long as I can stand it.
88 days ’til Kings of the North.
[Edit] That’s wrong! It’s only 78 days. (Thanks Jenn, for a heads-up on that. My brain was not fully functioning.)
Comment by Adam Baker — January 3, 2011 @ 8:28 am
Congratulations!!
Now its time to kick back on the couch, or where ever is most comfortable, and relax!
Comment by Vikki W — January 3, 2011 @ 8:30 am
And let us sincerely hope that agent and editor are as thrilled as we are to know that another installment of Paksworld history has been set before them. Now we have 2!! wonderful books to wait for. Yea!!!
Comment by Jenn — January 3, 2011 @ 8:33 am
Loved your song. Is it to a specific tune or just one of those joyful ditties that rise from one’s soul?
Congratulations on the finishing this phase of your book.
I see my count was off from my last $0.02 comment. Now I have to wait 8 more days. Oh Horror!
Pardon me whilst I fall into an over melodramatic mode.
Comment by elizabeth — January 3, 2011 @ 8:39 am
Editor has emailed to say she’s got it.
My pent-up desire to do holiday baking is mitigated by the amount of other peoples’ holiday baking I ate to stay awake…the last thing I need is a surfeit of holiday baking.
So maybe bread. Good brown bread. And, um, clean and straighten? No, probably not.
Comment by elizabeth — January 3, 2011 @ 8:45 am
ARGH—you were right! MY count this morning was off by TEN days. It’s now 78, not 88.
O WAILS OF WOE! O MISERY OF MATHEMATICS MISUSED! O STUPIDITY OF SELF! (See, even if I can’t remember or count right, I can be overly melodramatic and alliterate!
Comment by Jonathan Schor — January 3, 2011 @ 1:20 pm
Kings of the North – he sat on the South side of the checkerboard to have the sun in his opponents eyes.
Sorry,
Very good on the new book. Have a happy and safe new year.
Comment by Abigail Miller — January 3, 2011 @ 3:24 pm
Hip, hip, Hurray! Hip, hip, Hurray! Hip, hip, Hurray!
My computer says you are having a mild cloudy day with a south breeze — maybe a good hike on the land is what you need, as an antidote to all that computer-sitting, as well as the other peoples’ holiday baking. Bread sound good, too, though.
I hadn’t made bread from scratch by hand, with no bread machine, for years, till last week. At my brother’s house (where my SIL only buys good artisan bread, at Massachusetts prices of around $6-$7/loaf) I decided to see what I could manage. Both batches were quite successful, the first extremely plain, and perhaps a bit short of salt, and the second with fresh rosemary, olive oil, and a slivered-up olive added. I’ve led bread-making slide of late years; I must reclaim the habit.
Comment by elizabeth — January 3, 2011 @ 6:14 pm
I was still so tired that the mild (to you) day felt uncomfortably raw and chilly to me. So I stayed inside and did different things, tried to nap (roused by phone call for husband–took down message, then couldn’t go back to sleep.)
I did make a cheese omelet for us for lunch (lovely fresh eggs from neighbor’s flock, various shades and sizes of brown eggs with orange yolks.)
My bread-making’s slid the past five or six months–I need to start up again too. And with eggs, must do egg bread.
E.
Comment by Abigail Miller — January 3, 2011 @ 6:37 pm
Every week or ten days last spring, as I went into the farm store for a sack of horse feed (no good storage, I buy one at a time), I looked again at the variety of cheeping chicks and told myself,”No, this year bees, maybe NEXT year chickens.”
So now it’s next year, and the bees seem to be thriving, and I have to fish or cut bait about the chickens. Just a FEW chickens, maybe four. That would be LOTS of eggs for me. Fully enclosed, coyote/fox/bobcat-proof chickens in a pen to move around the yard. I can go away and leave the bees to themselves, and the neighbor feeds the old horse. Harder if there are chickens. But oh, those scrumptious orange-yolked grass-fed eggs! Hmmmm….
Comment by Dave Ring — January 4, 2011 @ 10:28 am
Abby and Elizabeth, the mention of chickens and bees reminds me of Judith Moffett’s autobiographical book Homestead Year. I think you would both enjoy it if you haven’t already read it. Bees, yes. But ducks rather than chickens.
Congratulations on book three, Elizabeth. The tale goes ever on and on, and Author follows as she must!
Comment by Joan Hardy — January 5, 2011 @ 11:49 am
I want to thank you for completing your books and meeting your deadlines. When politics, the economy, and life in general get me down, I can always look forward to a new book from one of my favorite authors.
Comment by elizabeth — January 5, 2011 @ 12:20 pm
Thanks. When politics, economy, and life get me down, I tend to retreat into the work myself.
Comment by Kathleen — January 5, 2011 @ 12:54 pm
Yahoo!!! Now if only Santa had given me a pre-ordered copy of Kings of the North.
Comment by elizabeth — January 5, 2011 @ 4:24 pm
I’ll have to have a word with Mr. Claus (pauses, wondering if I’m on the naughty list or the nice list and if that matters in contacting him about presents for others…)
Comment by Kathleen — January 7, 2011 @ 11:34 am
🙂