Does that warrant the opening up of the "Last Dark" forum, or does that only happen once the book is out?I have now completed the first rewrite for "The Last Dark." At this stage, the text is 1026 pages (not counting "What Has Gone Before" and the Glossary). As usual, the next step is that my agent will read the book and decide whether it's good enough to show to my editors. Assuming it is (and I do assume that), I'll start on the second rewrite as soon as I hear from my editors--which won't be any sooner than a month from now. This first rewrite took longer than I wanted it to. Nevertheless we're still on track for publication in the fall of 2013.
SRD announcement on Last Dark, and forum
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SRD announcement on Last Dark, and forum
I just saw this on stephendonaldson.com:
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Based on prior practice, there will be a hidden forum, accessible by asking the mod(s) for access, for the new book. This will be created well before the book comes out, but kept hidden until after the book's release. This protects the spoiler-averse from both speculation and any revelations by ARC buyers.
Since we are over a year from the release date, it is still a bit early. Patience, padawan!
Since we are over a year from the release date, it is still a bit early. Patience, padawan!
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~ Tracie Mckinney-Hammon
Change is not a process for the impatient.
~ Barbara Reinhold
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul, can always count on the support of Paul.
~ George Bernard Shaw
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I'll start panicking if we do not hear anything by the end of the month.
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Whelp, just under twelve hours before I start panicking and spreading rumours about how the publishers want Donaldson to change the ending to which he responded, "Never!" and they are now in one of those metaphorical Mexican stand-offs.
'Tis dream to think that Reason can
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville
I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!
"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
-John Crowley
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville
I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!
"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
-John Crowley
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It's clear the manuscript(s) have all been lost before they could be uploaded! And Donaldson does not have the heart to start writing the novel all over again.
There have been reports there is one surviving manuscript in Australia, where it is being held hostage by some lady making outrageous demands for its safe deliverance. Each day her demands go unmet, she tears out a few words and sends them to dlb.
There have been reports there is one surviving manuscript in Australia, where it is being held hostage by some lady making outrageous demands for its safe deliverance. Each day her demands go unmet, she tears out a few words and sends them to dlb.
'Tis dream to think that Reason can
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville
I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!
"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
-John Crowley
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville
I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!
"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
-John Crowley