Celtic
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
All of the Murderbot novellas are very good - recommend. I'm thoroughly enjoying a re-read, building up to the novel that's just been released. Fascinating to see here how little gap there was between you finishing the latest Penric and it appearing online - is that a record?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Mm, it was a short gap, but perhaps made to appear shorter by the fact I was keeping quiet about the work until my test readers could see the final draft, and I could get some sense of how it would be received despite the unfortunate coincidence of subject matter and timing. There was also some back-and-forthing about the title and cover before we got it right, which, for similar reasons, I didn't particularly want to air to fans.
It seems to have all come together in the end, though. I'm looking forward to a summer off, after all the flurry of PR this month and leading in to Nebula Weekend.
Ta, L.
Mm, it was a short gap, but perhaps made to appear shorter by the fact I was keeping quiet about the work until my test readers could see the final draft, and I could get some sense of how it would be received despite the unfortunate coincidence of subject matter and timing. There was also some back-and-forthing about the title and cover before we got it right, which, for similar reasons, I didn't particularly want to air to fans.
It seems to have all come together in the end, though. I'm looking forward to a summer off, after all the flurry of PR this month and leading in to Nebula Weekend.
Ta, L.
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Greeting from your formerly Ohio librarian friend who now lives in Seattle. Have you heard of this? It just debuted on Facebook and online, there's an app too. Romance based, but I believe your books are romance based in addition to science fiction. Not sure what you have to do to be an author on the site. Might be worth checking out. https://bookandmainbites.com
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