The Tenth Circle

MercyMe · Jun 12, 2011

Oh Erin, I am jealous and happy for you!

I have a Sept 1 deadline to get a clean draft to Agent for her NYC trip. I've made up a schedule and had a wonderful breakthrough last week and now I'm doggedly writing every day. It seems I always have to write the wrong book first before I can write the right one. But I am sooo looking forward to typing The End. And meaning it this time.

RhiannonFrater · Jun 12, 2011

I'm back!

I lost my password and then insanity followed...

First off, my novel THE FIRST DAYS is out on July 5! Yay!

Second, it got a starred review in Publishers Weekly. Yay!
http://astheworlddies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/THE-FIRST-DAYS-PW-Review-Small-File.pdf

Third, the cover art for my second book in the series is beautiful and I just got the ARCs.

And last, I'm now writing full time!

I'm supposed to get the revision letter on the third book very soon. I'm excited to jump in and get going.

Anyway, its good to see good things happening here!

brainstorm77 · Jun 12, 2011

RhiannonFrater said:
I'm back!

I lost my password and then insanity followed...

First off, my novel THE FIRST DAYS is out on July 5! Yay!

Second, it got a starred review in Publishers Weekly. Yay!
http://astheworlddies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/THE-FIRST-DAYS-PW-Review-Small-File.pdf

Third, the cover art for my second book in the series is beautiful and I just got the ARCs.

And last, I'm now writing full time!

I'm supposed to get the revision letter on the third book very soon. I'm excited to jump in and get going.

Anyway, its good to see good things happening here!

Congrats! I'm looking forward to this series.

Calla Lily · Jun 13, 2011

Congrats!

ChaosTitan · Jun 13, 2011

Congrats, Rhiannon! I long for the day when I'm able to write full time.

Anne Lyle · Jun 13, 2011

Awesome, Rhiannon - congratulations!

erinbee · Jun 13, 2011

Gorgeous, Rhiannon...many congratulations to you

RhiannonFrater · Jun 14, 2011

ChaosTitan said:
Congrats, Rhiannon! I long for the day when I'm able to write full time.

We're giving it a year and hoping to make it stick. It's not easy. It's a whole new way of living. I miss those regular paychecks, but so far so good.

soopykun · Jun 15, 2011

Congrats, Rhiannon! What an amazing and surreal feeling that must be, to see the actual cover art!

Just popping in to say hello to y'all! In between the game tonight (go canuckleheads!) and going through notes from my editor and trying to settle in for my first revise, I've pretty much chewed all my fingernails off.

MercyMe · Jun 16, 2011

Wow, what a gorgeous cover Rhiannon. Congratulations!!

I've finally heard something from my publisher via my agent. Contract should be executed next week and I should receive the editorial letter at the beginning of July. Since the book is launching Sept. 1, 2011 (!!) I pray the edits aren't extensive.

I'm relieved that things are moving forward and scared that things are moving forward. :tongue

I've got 2 weeks to get my WIP finished before the editorial pages arrive. Oh god what if she wants tons changed? I can't do it! I'm sick of that book. My brain has stopped working.

Calla Lily · Jun 16, 2011

Good heavens that's a fast turnaround, MM! Good luck!

ChaosTitan · Jun 16, 2011

Is it weird that after three years, I'm still super-nervous about talking to my agent on the phone?

Calla Lily · Jun 16, 2011

Just as weird as me fretting over a week delay between emails of lower importance when I know that's his SOP.

Or not weird at all. Neither of us. <-- I'm going with this option.

ChaosTitan · Jun 16, 2011

Heh. I mean, it's not like it's a super important phone call. Just us chatting about the state of current contracts and future projects, but....maybe it's because we mostly communicate via email and I generally hate talking on the phone?

Anne Lyle · Jun 16, 2011

MercyMe said:
I've finally heard something from my publisher via my agent. Contract should be executed next week and I should receive the editorial letter at the beginning of July. Since the book is launching Sept. 1, 2011 (!!) I pray the edits aren't extensive.

I'm relieved that things are moving forward and scared that things are moving forward. I've got 2 weeks to get my WIP finished before the editorial pages arrive. Oh god what if she wants tons changed? I can't do it! I'm sick of that book. My brain has stopped working.

Excellent news - and I thought my publisher was fast!

I know those contradictory feelings - I'm seeing my editor at a convention next weekend, and I still don't know for sure if the manuscript is going straight to copyediting or if he wants some tweaks. I'm hoping not the latter, as I'm really trying to focus on Book 2 right now!

@ChaosTitan - I'm not scared of my agent, but then I met him at Easter and the first thing he did was apologise for not having spoken to me sooner and give me a big hello hug

(We Brits are a lot less reserved than you've been led to believe...)

MercyMe · Jun 16, 2011

ChaosTitan said:
Is it weird that after three years, I'm still super-nervous about talking to my agent on the phone?

I'm glad you said this because I'm nervous talking to mine too via phone. I don't know why...maybe because I tend to run off at the mouth and I'm worried I'm going to say something that'll make her not like me because I adore her. But she's really great, we're on the same wavelength about books. She's British, Anne. I can't say enough good things about her. Our last conversation was pretty good.

But we have this hanging up thing, where I don't know how to end the conversation and she is waiting for me maybe. I dunno. Eventually, I'm like "Okay, bye!" *get off the phone before she realizes what a mistake she made!*

I hope it gets easier.

Anne Lyle · Jun 16, 2011

You'll be fine - we're a forgiving lot, as a rule

I just found out via Google Alerts that my book is now listed for pre-order on the Random House website, publication date 28 Feb. The first paragraph of the blurb is garbage (I swear that publishing is some mad game of Chinese Whispers), so I've emailed Angry Robot to see if it can be updated, but still...

:snoopy:

http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780857662149

Calla Lily · Jun 16, 2011

Yay, Anne!

ChaosTitan · Jun 16, 2011

Yay, Anne! So exciting!

God bless my agent. He's terrific at talking me down off metaphorical ledges and making perfect sense while doing it. The revised YA is going back out next week to new editors, so here's hoping this version is much improved!

madderblue · Jun 16, 2011

Hey everyone, I haven't posted on here in ages. I read all the time, but I'm like all shy or something. Well, not on sub either...

I wanted to add something to the talking-to-agent talk. Since I'm in Japan organizing a time and day is always fun. This last time it took two weeks before we finally got it worked out and he tries and tries to call and for some reason couldn't get through (since the earthquake the lines have been wonky). So I say I'll call him and there's another week or more of planning but we get it down. He'll be waiting by the phone at ten pm his time. Good.

So after getting everything taken care of here I still have an hour and a half, so I sit down on the couch and close my eyes to sort of relax and mull over what I want to say. When I wake up again it is TIME TO CALL! I wash my face, grab some water and sit down with the phone. However, in my panic I accidentally dial his fax. So I imagine him sitting there waiting for the phone to ring, it's late, he wants to get to bed and at about three minutes after ten his fax starts ringing. I just *know* there was an eye roll there.

I did manage to get through and we talked a good talk. Although a whole lot to digest. I now feel like Apu when he didn't sleep for 96-hours straight and thought he was a hummingbird. I'm pretty much useless to my family these days.

RhiannonFrater · Jun 17, 2011

I really don't worry about talking to my agent. I really adore her and we're both very talkative. I always worry that I talk her ear off and keep her too long, but she's good at getting me off the phone without hurting my feelings. I used to get nervous about coming across as too needy or naive, but she has done a lot to make me feel that she's there for me and not to fret.

That being said, talking to my editor makes me nervous!!!

MercyMe · Jun 17, 2011

madderblue said:
Hey everyone, I haven't posted on here in ages. I read all the time, but I'm like all shy or something. Well, not on sub either...

I wanted to add something to the talking-to-agent talk. Since I'm in Japan organizing a time and day is always fun. This last time it took two weeks before we finally got it worked out and he tries and tries to call and for some reason couldn't get through (since the earthquake the lines have been wonky). So I say I'll call him and there's another week or more of planning but we get it down. He'll be waiting by the phone at ten pm his time. Good.

So after getting everything taken care of here I still have an hour and a half, so I sit down on the couch and close my eyes to sort of relax and mull over what I want to say. When I wake up again it is TIME TO CALL! I wash my face, grab some water and sit down with the phone. However, in my panic I accidentally dial his fax. So I imagine him sitting there waiting for the phone to ring, it's late, he wants to get to bed and at about three minutes after ten his fax starts ringing. I just *know* there was an eye roll there.

I did manage to get through and we talked a good talk. Although a whole lot to digest. I now feel like Apu when he didn't sleep for 96-hours straight and thought he was a hummingbird. I'm pretty much useless to my family these days.

I needed this.

Congratulations Anne! This thread is handy for that kind of news because, see, I found out my book was available for pre-order on Amazon and I thought that was a bad thing! (doh!) I thought I should have been told...or something. Anyway, I emailed everyone I know to pre-order.

Tenth Circle must be all about learning to let go of control and accept that these people know what they're doing--they've been doing it for a long time. Right?

HappyCamper · Jun 20, 2011

Hola, all! Sorry to have been away so long! Looking forward to getting back in the loop!

Anne Lyle · Jun 21, 2011

Welcome back, HC!

I've written a new blurb for my book (my publishers do spoil me so!), which should filter through to the various websites eventually. When that happens, I'll promote it more widely - I just don't want to draw attention to something that doesn't describe my book as well as I'd like.

HappyCamper · Jun 21, 2011

Hi Anne!

Excited to see your blurb!

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