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AATE Exists!!!!!!!

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"Against All Things Ending" now exists. I have the whole book on paper for the first time. Sadly, I'm behind schedule. I'll try to make up lost time during the revisions. But the airlines always say the same thing, and we all know how THAT turns out. (sigh)

For those who are interested: this first draft is 1179 pages. At the same stage, "The Runes of the Earth" was 1052 pages; "Fatal Revenant," 1209. As with previous books, I'll do one complete revision before I show the book to my editors. After I get their comments, I'll do a second complete revision. When that's done, we can all hope for D&A. D&A will enable my publishers to decide when they'll release the book.

2/18/09

Let the countdown commence - hurrah!

Now can we have an AATE forum? :wink:
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Wow, that's behind schedule?? I thought it wasn't supposed to be out until fall 2010. Surely it won't take a year and a half to edit and publish?
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Since the initial AATE page count is similar to the previous two, it would be interesting to know the previous time durations between first revisions and actual publication. That would give us an inkling as to how far behind schedule SRD really is. Of course, I am just happy to hear that progress is being made! :D
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amazon uk has it down for October 2010

please please please :lol:
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Malik23 wrote::nanaparty:

Wow, that's behind schedule?? I thought it wasn't supposed to be out until fall 2010. Surely it won't take a year and a half to edit and publish?
Probably not a good comparison, because of the volume to be printed, but, Harry Potter last 3 books took a full 5-6 months from being completely finished (ready to publish) to being available for purchase, I believe. So, if it's typical to take 5-6 months for Marketing, printing, stocking, etc, then that only leaves 1 year for the two edits/rewrites
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What is a "D&A"?
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spoonchicken wrote:What is a "D&A"?
Delivery and acceptance if I recall correctly
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Given how many deadline (and corresponding release date) slides my book had, I wouldn't be surprised to see that Amazon date slip a few times...
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I'd have to look up the exact figures, but I think SRD took a longer time writing FR than AATE... so I don't know what this behind schedule talk of his is about... but October 2010 is looking good! It's a shame though that the world will end in 2012 :roll:
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Ahhh.. nice...

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I wonder if SRD will give us a 2 chapter teaser on his site like he did with FR ? :?:
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I don't see why not, but I think that's the decision of the publisher...
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Orlion wrote:It's a shame though that the world will end in 2012
I am Against that. :biggrin:
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Yeah, if the world last beyond that, it will be because Donaldson fans won't let it end until they've read the entire series...
...After that, there will be no guarentees... :evilfoul:
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As a Christian, I am supposed to always be hoping for the moment when Jesus comes to take all His children away (the "Rapture", but be careful, popular understanding of that is pretty messed up)... But I do hope SRD gets it in gear before that happens... :)
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deer of the dawn wrote:As a Christian, I am supposed to always be hoping for the moment when Jesus comes to take all His children away (the "Rapture", but be careful, popular understanding of that is pretty messed up)... But I do hope SRD gets it in gear before that happens... :)
If you are right to expect a rapture, I'm sure the sting of disappointment in not getting to read Donaldson's book will be overwhelmed in eternal life in paradise. :) (Won't it?)
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Malik23 wrote:
deer of the dawn wrote:As a Christian, I am supposed to always be hoping for the moment when Jesus comes to take all His children away (the "Rapture", but be careful, popular understanding of that is pretty messed up)... But I do hope SRD gets it in gear before that happens... :)
If you are right to expect a rapture, I'm sure the sting of disappointment in not getting to read Donaldson's book will be overwhelmed in eternal life in paradise. :) (Won't it?)
hehehe...he's got a point! :D
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AjK wrote:
Orlion wrote:It's a shame though that the world will end in 2012
I am Against that. :biggrin:
Wouldn't that make you:

Against All Things Ending
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Ur Dead wrote:
AjK wrote:
Orlion wrote:It's a shame though that the world will end in 2012
I am Against that. :biggrin:
Wouldn't that make you:

Against All Things Ending
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Ur Dead wrote:
AjK wrote:
Orlion wrote:It's a shame though that the world will end in 2012
I am Against that. :biggrin:
Wouldn't that make you:

Against All Things Ending
That is what I was getting at by capitalizing the word Against and putting in the biggrin icon. Sorry, my sense of humor is not very sharp. (Thank goodness for that point on my head. :biggrin: )
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