David F.
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Just hypothetically, if another Vorkosigan novel was in the works, what is the process of discussing the unveiling date with Baen?
Lois McMaster Bujold
There is no Vorkosigan (nor, just at the moment, anything else) in the works, so the question is moot.
As a general rule for all my work, my process is to have the idea and to have worked through at least the first several chapters, and ideally most of the first draft, before discussing contracts or even content with anyone. I want it to feel really solid before making promises.
Historically, this has varied quite a lot, including having sold a work on a one-word outline as part of a 3-book contract and then writing something completely else. (As I dimly recall, it was "Quaddies", a vague notion for a sequel to Falling Free, which actually ended up being The Vor Game. No one complained.) But I'm much more comfortable selling work after it is written.
Ta, L.
As a general rule for all my work, my process is to have the idea and to have worked through at least the first several chapters, and ideally most of the first draft, before discussing contracts or even content with anyone. I want it to feel really solid before making promises.
Historically, this has varied quite a lot, including having sold a work on a one-word outline as part of a 3-book contract and then writing something completely else. (As I dimly recall, it was "Quaddies", a vague notion for a sequel to Falling Free, which actually ended up being The Vor Game. No one complained.) But I'm much more comfortable selling work after it is written.
Ta, L.
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Elizabeth Kerner
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hello Ms Bujold! I have been a huge fan of your work for some time, thanks to Anne McCaffrey (she practically threw Komarr at me). I wanted to congratulate you on your recent news, and ask if you find it constricting to be constantly asked to provide yet another Vorkosigan novel, despite your success with other story arcs in other worlds?
Alex Shrugged
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I am told that a good writer must be willing to put characters he/she loves in danger and even let them die for the sake of the story. You have killed off a number of likeable characters in the Vorkosigan series. How hard was that for you? I am being vague to avoid any spoilers, but in general, was it hard?
Catherine Nemeth
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
If the Bastard’s Hell isn’t a place, but the process of a soul being stripped of all personal information and being boiled down into pure chaos, and demons are said to have escaped from the Bastard’s Hell, does that mean that demons come from the souls taken in the death miracle that find a host before dissolving into nothingness? If that’s the case, perhaps Quadrenes have some justification against the Bastard?
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