Update: THERE’S NO END

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Update: THERE’S NO END

What I should actually lead with:

Sure, SILVER CIRCLE is coming along fine and Part II should be ready to send to the earliest readers very soon. Really. Tomorrow, maybe.

What I have been doing:

You know, when I whap into a bolded sentence at the top or bottom of a chapter that says, “Add a conversation about whatever” or “Refer to this thing” then I have to pause and do that. Argh.

Also, I got so confused trying to make sure I knew when each chapter was happening that I added bold-faced tags at the top of every chapter. These tags say Early Morning of the Seventeenth or Late Afternoon of the Eighteenth or whatever. This is SO HELPFUL, even though there are time cues worked into the beginning of most chapters. I doubt readers will really need tags like that, but when I’m trying to make sure everything happens in order, this has been just crucial.

Quick, guess how many minutes it took to work out all those tags? Right, quite a few. Aaargh.

The whole of Part I takes place during one day and part of another, by the way. Part II boldly breaks new ground by taking place in, get this, two and a half days. This is SUCH a fast-paced story. Though there are occasional restful chapters. Just not very many.

Also, I moved a chapter to Part III, thought YAY, LESS TO DO RIGHT NOW, then realized that wouldn’t work and moved it back into Part II — but earlier, so I had to re-do the timing of that chapter. Aaaaargh.

What I will do next:

Finish primary revision of Part II, obviously. And then —

What? What should I prioritize after I send Part II to readers?

A) Secondary revision of Part I and make a proofing copy for my mother.

B) For crying out loud, read through the whole dratted Griffin Mage trilogy like I keep meaning to do and haven’t done yet. The first two book covers are finished! I have to get this done so I can make the individual book files and tell the artist how many pages per paperback!

C) Finish proofreading and loading the updated version of all the Black Dog books. (I’m on Shadow Twin.)

D) Oh, look, I totally lost track of the “Midwinter” novella I’ve started. Last newsletter didn’t have an installment of this story! Aargh! Would readers be okay with several more chapters of Silver Circle Part II or do I need to get the third piece of “Midwinter” written before the end of the month?

AND THIS IS WHY THE FANFIC POST IS DRIVING ME MAD. I literally do not have time to read a 76,000-word Vorkosigan fic with a strong loyalty theme and this is killing me!

Well, such is life, I suppose, but a LOT of those fics look really neat. I’m really happy I did that post because SOMEDAY IN THE DISTANT FUTURE I will enjoy reading those very much.

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