…and it’s beyond good. It’s really, really, really good. She’s taken a long hiatus from writing, with all the work that landed on her, and the health crisis (now solved) but she not only hasn’t dropped a stitch, she’s pent up a head of steam, assembled her skills and written a beginning that’s so smooth any writer has to envy it.
She’s happy with this one and she ought to be…she’s about one third of the way through, and if she goes at this pace, she should be through by summer. Happy, happy!
Yay for Jane!!!!
That’s very good to hear! Sounds like she’s going really fast now she’s got back in the flow, and to have it turn out smooth right away is really lovely. Please take lots of showers and keep that Bannik contented, so the flow keeps going. 😉
Go Jane! [Shakes pom-poms and gyrates madly, albeit not gracefully ;)] It’s so nice to hear that both of you have re-centered in the work you love.
I’m sorry that both of you had to step away from your primary love (writing) and deal with household cruft, including kitteh matters and health issues. Now that the bathroom is back in order, the kitchen is tolerable, Jane feels better, and the cats have normalized (IS there such a thing for cats?) one hopes that you and Jane may return to cranking out teh books.
Sending virtual okolehao for teh Bannik 😉
“Okolehao?”
Okolehao is Hawaiian liquor, brewed from roasted and fermented ti plant roots. Originally it was distilled in whaler’s huge cast iron kettles; okole-hao means literally ‘iron bottom’. A secondary rude explanation is because the iron kettles resemble a person’s bum, and tertiary is the effect okolehao has on the overimbiber — it will knock you on your okole!
Oh thank you! I love the humor “behind” the connotations. 😀 Learn all sorts of things just by taking an interest and asking nicely.
Yaa for Jane!
On another topic, knowing you like animal cams, check out this bald eagle next in Iowa. Two chicks, and unhatched egg and mama feeding from a dead squirrel. Riveting! http://sportsmansparadiseonline.com/Decorah_Bald_Eagle_Nest.html#
Long as you’re not a squirrel!
I am envious and excited. Can’t wait to read the new one!
Lovely.
Wonderful news. About time both of you had things going well again, in general and in writing life.
My cats will be entertained seeing me dig a garden bed in my back yard, over the next few days. I am going to be SO sore and tired! But this is needed and I’m actually looking forward to it. The tomatoes need to go in the ground this spring, plus whatever else I’m going to do this year. I’m brand new at this. I did learn a lot despite (and because of) last year’s drought. — I’ll let the cats explore the yard with me for a bit before shooing them back in. They will be so surprised at the strange goings-on of the human! I’m pretty surprised myself. I’m not naturally the athletic type. 😉
Great to hear how quickly Jane’s going through the book. She had it all saved up in there, waiting to spring out.
Sending a virtual slug of Столичная to teh Bannik. На здоровье!
A note in passing, whilst rereading “Cyteen” and “Regenesis” earlier in the week, I was reminded of an observation I had made on several earlier occasions: Your characters seem to eat a lot of sandwiches. Not a criticism, understand. Just an observation.
Lol—I developed the habit myself when I was writing while teaching: I’d even make egg sandwiches for breakfast; supper sandwiches. I wore out desk chairs, no others. I’d be there before I left for school—I’d park myself there after school, I’d get up, make a sandwich, and watch telly while writing late into the night. A sandwich is good for eating with one hand while typing, in those days. One hand for the sandwich, while proofing and turning pages in the stack of sheets.
Allegedly the Earl of Sandwich invented them so he and his cronies could eat and play cards…
As the daughter of a ship captain allegedly invented doughnuts so her father could handle the wheel and not have to drop his sweet roll.
I tend to credit the Earl of Sandwich’s cook—but I’m a little skeptical of the daughter and the sea captain.
I live at my computer. I eat here, I talk to Russ via Skype here, I do all my work on computer and except for the camera and short walks with the neighbor and her pug, I really don’t get away from here much. This is where I work, have fun and communicate with others. The picture a day blog (which is close to 2000 entries now) does get me to at least go hunt something fun for a picture now and then if the cats aren’t close by being cute (grin).
I would eat sandwiches all the time, but I have trouble getting to the store and getting bread, so I end up with whatever happens to be around. On days when I’m really writing and enjoying myself, that’s generally whatever is at hand and is easiest to fix. Sometimes, if Russ and I can get a good video connection on Skype, we’ll have pizza together.
Guess what? CJ, your ebooks show up in iTunes for purchase in iBooks. Evidently through DAW. I was curious and searched. The iTunes also turned up the audiobook for Cyteen, which I think I’ll get through Audible.com directly.
I don’t know how indie authors work with Apple to have their works available in iBooks, but it’s worth a look. Apple makes it readily doable for podcasters to make their podcasts available in iTunes, and there must be ways for musicians and authors to make their works available. This might benefit Closed Circle sales. Just a thought.
Wonderful news. Good for Jane! It appears that Jane is not the only one making progress in the household (besides the kittehs, of course.) PEACEMAKER…I love the title.
The Colt .45 1873 Single Action Army, aka “The Peacemaker”.
I’m merely chuffed at the likelihood of two more books that end in -or. I’ll look forward to Jane’s new one, but my decades of history reading Cherryh have somewhat ordered my priorities on this.
or -er.
Or -ress or -rix? 😉 Or -euse?
As long as CJ is writing it, who gives a poot?
BTW, we’re understanding next April as the release for Protector.
This is all such good news,for you, for Jane, for all of us readers! The Bannik (a remarkably discerning one who selects only the best writers to inspire)should be congratulated and toasted with the best vodka.
Hear, Hear!
Thanks for the Protector release date (disappointing but expected). Also looking forward to Jane’s new book (sometime in 2013 ?).
I assume you’ve seen the rumors of an out-of-court settlement on “agency model” ebook pricing. As a book buyer, I’m all for lower ebook prices. Will discounted ebook pricing get through to you and cost you money?
Link: http://www.macrumors.com/2012/03/30/settlement-over-e-book-pricing-to-undo-apples-agency-model-for-pricing/
I’m not sure. We try to stay with the market, and we’ve matched our price roughly to Amazon’s new book price, so I’m not sure how that will change.
FWIW, the prices for J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, newly available in ebooks, are $7.99 and $9.99 US, with about a 10% discount if one buys them all in a set. As hers are thicker/larger format as PB, this gives an estimate for what one author thinks is the going cost (or worth) of her books in ebook form. (Now I have no excuse not to read the rest. I’ve been hoping they’d get out on ebooks soon.)
Some authors or publishers are offering trilogy or series / omnibus editions, so people can buy all the books of a series in one ebook, or else as a bundle. This is a welcome idea. It might be worth it for CC. A slight discount for the series, or else “free bonus content,” might sweeten the deal for buyers. But honestly? Fans who’ve searched for and found Closed Circle are likely motivated buyers anyway. 🙂
One thing noted by Michael R. Menenga and Michael Stackpole over at The Dragon Page Cover to Cover podcast, they found that when they offered sample chapters of another book or two, and a listing of their ebook catalogue in with each of their ebooks, (with links) it boosted sales all around. — That’s very similar to the sample chapters and single-page ads that used to run in the backs of some PB, either for a given author or related SF&F by the publisher. (And yes, it piqued my interest. I liked knowing what other volumes or stories a given author might have, new author to me or old favorite.)
Closed Circle’s prices are quite fine, well worth it.