State of the Author · 11:09pm Jul 1st, 2019
First thing: Today I saw a double rainbow, and probably the strongest single rainbow I've ever seen in my life.
My smartphone camera no doubt impairs it somewhat, but you can see it. It looked like a cartoon rainbow in real life. The colors were so strong I felt like I could see the dividing lines between the colors.
Second thing: The Bronycon bookstore survey ran its course and I got the results. But I gotta confess, the numbers I got tell me very little and I still have no idea how many copies is appropriate to stock. So if anyone feels like they can dispense sage advice to me on that front, please do. I have to send my final notification to Aquaman on the 7th, which is getting a tad close for comfort.
Third thing: I mentioned in early June that I was working on the long-unfinished next chapter of The Crown of Night. The one that's been lying around in some form or other since 2015, vexing me with its uncertain existence. I actually continued making progress on it, sort of. It moved slowly, but it moved. I have come around to laying down a few specific criteria for exactly what constitutes a "first draft", something not exceptional but concrete and achievable, and I worked on getting each scene in the chapter to that. And one by one, the scenes fell in line. Until there was just one left I hadn't written at all. And having no better ideas I just sort of glared at that blank page for a few days, from across a moat.
The other night I was afflicted with insomnia, and having no better ideas I sat down and plowed through the last scene, because I was too tired to care that it wasn't good. That can be useful sometimes. And... I got through the scene. It's a first draft. And it was the last scene, and now the whole chapter is a first draft.
The four year chapter is now a first draft. I really don't know how to feel about that.
So that's me. I hope you are well.
What does it mean? it's so intense
I, for one, feel very excited.
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I know exactly how I feel!
(Kool & The Gang - Celebration)
Congratulations!
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To the best of my knowledge that guy was never put in MLP, which is a bit odd when you get right down to it.
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Thanks! Mind you I still have no idea when it'll actually be published. First draft is still first draft. But if you're interested in an early look I'm interested in getting feedback
I sent half the number of books that the survey indicated people were interested in. Mostly because that falls in line with what I know of people and the vicissitudes of con attendance. (And I didn't want to burden Aquaman with leftovers.)