Thursday, December 24, 2009

Copy edits done on MAGGIE (Forbidden Rose)

We're finished.
I say goodbye to Justine and Guillaume LeBreton, (who is William Doyle) and Maggie and Hawker.

Though I'll get back to them in a week or so when I start plotting the JUSTINE manuscript . . . which used to be the ADRIAN manuscript in my head but is now Justine's story.

As to Forbidden Rose and all I wanted to accomplish . . .
it's either in there, or it's not.

This post-copyedit period is when I walk around muttering, "I could have made it really good if I had another month."

I'm probably fooling myself.

15 comments:

  1. Oooh, very exciting news! Looking forward to some great reading time in 2010!

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  2. Thank ye kindly.

    I will point those who enjoy the swashbucking and the funny in the direction of Amber Quill and The Bride and the Buccaneer. Available right now.

    Can't link, but

    http://www.darlenemarshall.com/

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  3. Yay, Jo! Congrats...and I'm sure it's wonderful. Can't wait to read it!

    Jen

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  4. Hi Jen ..

    **jo waves***

    You are so kind.

    June. Not out till June.

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  5. My birthday's in June! One good thing about getting older is you get to read more books!

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  6. Not till June!! And I don't suppose it'll be in the UK even then. :(

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  7. I don't know how distribution works. The UK is funny about releasing foreign books.

    You will have noticed this ...

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  8. Congrats! Can't wait for the book. And I loved the post before this one too.

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  9. Hi Sabrina --

    (waves madly) Thank you.

    I write these long, self-indulgent, fairly incomprehensible Technical Topic posts wth the blythe certainty that no one actually reads them.

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  10. We have to wait until JUNE? (sigh) :)

    Congratulations! I can' t wait to read it.

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  11. Hi Tara --

    You sound just like my editor. She's saying ... will you be able to deliver JUSTINE early?

    AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH. HOw do people write two books a year? How do they even write ONE book a year? How? How? How?

    Why am I so much slower than everybody else?

    (jo ponders and comes to no grand realizations)

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  12. Jo,

    I think in the grand scheme, you are rather quick.

    I just have no patience whatsoever. Especially when waiting for books as good as yours!

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  13. Oh. Let us look at the grand scheme of things. I always look better when we take a broad and tolerant view.

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  14. Anonymous11:10 AM

    Umm... I'm coming late to your blog to just say wow & I am so happy to be looking forward to another of your stories. I got an ebook reader for Christmas and downloaded the Spymaster's Lady and then My Lord & Spymaster, and devoured them in a tour de force couple of days of blocking out children, husband, dinner, bill-paying, watering the Christmas tree, whatever got in my way. So given my ability to so devour, I share your editor's and other commenters' lack of patience. But your stories are so good, it's worth the wait. -- L.

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  15. Hi L --

    Oh my. Thank you so much. I love to know folks like the books and can get away for a little 'vacation', reading.

    My Maggie, in Forbidden Rose, is a 'softer' character than Jess or Annique. More feminine.

    Just as determined though.

    I hope folks enjoy her story.

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