Bookin'

[bloodyrosemccoy]

So I posted that last entry with the intent of adding a synopsis later that would actually catch people's interest,* but then life and other such inconveniences got in the way. And for some reason a bunch of you want to read it even without the synopsis. Y'all are weird.

Anyway, at this point mostly I'm looking for people to read it and say "Yes, sir, that's a book, all right!" and maybe point out whether any parts are wildly incoherent or fantastically stupid or whatever. And to provide myself with the illusion of control I figured I'd start with a smallish number of readers, selected through the precise and complex process of rolling some dice. So after I give it one last proof,** a few of you ought to start getting notes from me.

And yes, as I figure things out I'll probably want more readers. So keep an eye out.

For now, though, don't worry. You haven't really missed any car chases. Those'll be in Book 2.


*Magic mountain lions! Sarcastic old sprites who live in lighthouses! Dragons that taste of chicken! Librarians! World-saving ghosts! Shoes that can turn your world into Super Mario Galaxy! Car chases!

**I write by hand and then type everything up on a capricious keyboard. I go through and try to proof things, but after a while I stop being able to see the typos, and have to put the thing aside for a few days before I can spot them again. I am sure I've missed a few …

Comments

[finnyb.livejournal.com]

I do the same thing, as far as writing by hand and then typing stuff up. And yeah, typos definitely escape notice after awhile!

[flutterbychild.livejournal.com]

I want to read!

[baby-rissa-chan.livejournal.com]

Speaking for myself, I've been following you for a while, and you make a lot of references to OGYAFE, so you've gotten me very curious about it. I want to see what this thing you've been working on looks like!

[westrider.livejournal.com]

I've actually been trying to read stuff with as little foreknowledge as possible lately. Letting friends whose taste I trust just hand me stuff and diving in without reading the back/dust jacket. Or picking up other things by Authors I like, but where I haven't read any of this series. Picked up Seanan McGuire's Toby Daye novels on that basis after reading the Zombie stuff she writes as Mira Grant. Stuff like that.

It's been pretty cool, actually.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wastrel/]

Ooh, I've been gone for a family visit, and while I have a book started I might finish first (or not), and can't promise any especially illuminating insights, I hope I haven't missed my chance and that it's not too late for me to say I'd like to take a look at this too, if you'd be all right with that.