Working my way through Wednesday, one minute at a time.

[seanan_mcguire]

So I'm hammering away on the sequel to Feed (which is potentially going to be going through a name change before much longer; watch this space for news), and I have about 13,000 words to go before the book is over. It's a little weird to realize that I'm so close to being finished with the first draft. Feed took me the better part of two years to write...but then, Feed required me to front-load a lot of the research, reading, and world construction that this book is cheerfully benefiting from. Half the work is done for me already.

I guess this means book three will be a cake-walk, huh? Or something like that.

(I find myself planning another trilogy after this one is finished, involving genetically-engineered parasites, mind-control, symbiotic evolution, and lots of other lovely things. The books are called Parasite, Symbiont, and Predator, at least for right now. Because I really needed to be working on more books, right?)

The German editions of Rosemary and Rue showed up today, and they are absolutely gorgeous. The book is called Winterfluch in German, and wow, do they have nice standard paperbacks over there. My mother promptly stole a copy, because that's what my mother does, and I've placed one ceremonially on my expanding shelf o' Things What I Wrote. I'm sure it's semi-cheating to have multiple editions of the same book, but if it has a different cover, I really don't care. It's increasingly amazing to look at the shelf. Stunning, and amazing. I can't wait to add Feed in the US and UK editions.

I'm catching up on NCIS before I head off to bed, to dream of zombies and parasites and cupcakes and blue cats and all those other wonderful things that keep me busy through my days. Hope your week is going wonderfully, and remember, Locus says you need a copy of Rosemary and Rue.

Comments

[keristor.livejournal.com]

No, it is definitely not cheating to have multiple editions of books you've written, especially translations. Quite a few authors have said that they have shelves with every translation they can get of their books, and some have every different set of artwork as well even though it's the same language.

It's when you have a full shelf per book that you need to worry *g*...

(I have a copy of R&R. I have two copies...)

And of course you need to be writing more books. You would have too much spare time otherwise *g*...

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

That's reassuring, then.

[naurwen.livejournal.com]

I'd say it's not cheating. Because in a couple of ways the book's different after all. :D And because I'd do the same. I checked out the German copy - looks way nice. So I guess I'll be seeing it around here pretty soon (but I've read it in English already, so...).

NCIS rocks!!!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

It's so pretty!!!

I love NCIS. More, I love how it's a show that basically was left alone to grow an audience, and is now one of the most popular dramas in the world.

[naurwen.livejournal.com]

I also think it's one that's not too stereotype-kind... there are so many out there that get copied and copied and copied... :p

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

True. NCIS: Los Angeles worried me a bit, but it seems to be doing okay without distracting from the original.

[naurwen.livejournal.com]

uh, ok, I hadn't even known that one existed. Isn't shown here then. :p

[aineotter.livejournal.com]

"Parasite, Symbiont, and Predator"

...I have a very vague memory of reading a trilogy, donkeys years ago (like, in middle school, possibly) that had a name similar to that. I can't find it online, and don't recall the author, but it had three sucessive alien main characters, one of which had to feed on blood (presumably the parasite one), and a race of manta-ray like aliens. I liked it at the time (especially the manta ray aliens), but I suspect yours will be better.

And now I'll have to add it to the list of books that I wish I could find again, and don't have enough information to, along with the one about the human girl and the microscopic aliens who's names were all prime numbers.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Huh! That isn't familiar to me. I wish it were, it sounds fascinating.

[aineotter.livejournal.com]

I figured it out, and I was mis-remembering the theme a bit; it's Omnivire, Ox and Orn, from the trilogy "Of Man and Manta" by Peirs Anthony, and the theme is 'omnivore, herbivore, carnivore' (the blood drinker is the carnivore), rather than 'parasite, symbiont, predator'.

But the manta aliens are more or less corrrect, and they were my favorite bit anyway.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Ah, neat!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Good to know!