And now for the paperwork...
Mar. 14th, 2008 09:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
julesjonesThe first draft is now uploaded for the crit group to look at, so that I can do any necessary revision as soon as I recover from Eastercon. (Already got one lot of comments back which suggests that I'll need to tweak part 1.)
That means I now need to think about the contract paperwork, because the book's not actually formally contracted yet. Get current version of paperwork files. Fill in contract hardcopy and post it to Nevada. Write synopsis. Write long blurb. Write short blurb. Write cover art request. Make sure I email all this to the right people.
I may end up doing some significant rewriting, or writing another segment, in light of crit comments, but at least I've now got something I'm reasonably happy with as a basis for signing a contract with a firm delivery date for the manuscript. I'd discussed this one briefly with my editor so I knew she was interested, and to be honest I'd have probably written it for *me* anyway, as I wanted to get this bit of Mark and Steven's story worked out, but I've been writing this one on and off over the last six months in part because the move was sufficiently disruptive that I couldn't commit to having anything novel-length ready by a particular date.
Of course, this also means that I now get to sit around and wait until there's a slot in the editing and publication schedules, rather than already having one pencilled in and ready to go, but even so it should be out this calendar year if my editor's basically happy with what I turn in.
That means I now need to think about the contract paperwork, because the book's not actually formally contracted yet. Get current version of paperwork files. Fill in contract hardcopy and post it to Nevada. Write synopsis. Write long blurb. Write short blurb. Write cover art request. Make sure I email all this to the right people.
I may end up doing some significant rewriting, or writing another segment, in light of crit comments, but at least I've now got something I'm reasonably happy with as a basis for signing a contract with a firm delivery date for the manuscript. I'd discussed this one briefly with my editor so I knew she was interested, and to be honest I'd have probably written it for *me* anyway, as I wanted to get this bit of Mark and Steven's story worked out, but I've been writing this one on and off over the last six months in part because the move was sufficiently disruptive that I couldn't commit to having anything novel-length ready by a particular date.
Of course, this also means that I now get to sit around and wait until there's a slot in the editing and publication schedules, rather than already having one pencilled in and ready to go, but even so it should be out this calendar year if my editor's basically happy with what I turn in.