Pred Done…Epic Struggle Complete
Jeff VanderMeer • January 14th, 2008 @ 4:59 pm • Uncategorized
Oy. Pred novel done. Going to go collapse now.
That’s 87,000 words, four drafts plus copy edits, etc., mostly in the last two months. And yet…I’m really, really satisfied with this one. I think it rocks. (Thanks in part to my first readers, who I’ll mention in a future post.)
AND, dual cause for celebration, Ann just got her copies of her first edited issue of Weird Tales!
Jeff
January 14, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Is there a pub date for this yet? I’ll have to rewatch the movies to get up to speed.
January 14, 2008 at 5:24 pm
It’s September, I believe.
I took the movies as my main inspiration–and action/adventure movies in general.
JV
January 14, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Cool! Any chance of a stray fungus or meerkat making it into the novel? In all seriousness, though, I’ll check this out when it’s released :D
January 14, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Yes to the stray fungus…
January 14, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Yay!
January 14, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Way to go Jeff! Have a cigar. Sleep late. Congratulations!
January 14, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Hey, you two are among the primary reason it IS done–and done well.
JV
January 14, 2008 at 6:51 pm
waaaah, congrats! can’t wait! let’s hope for a simultaneous release in romania!
January 15, 2008 at 5:51 am
Sorry I didn’t make it to that last draft in time. Congratulations!
January 15, 2008 at 5:52 am
Not to change the subject, but any idea when Ann’s first issue of Weird Tales will hit the bookstores?
January 15, 2008 at 10:25 am
Dave, it should be hitting the newsstands any day now if not there already. If you don’t see it, ask! It’s beautiful, if I do say so myself. And I can thank Stephen Segal and everyone at Wildside (and also the contributors) for making this such a success.
January 15, 2008 at 10:48 am
Ann, I’ll check it out at lunchtime. Can’t wait!
January 15, 2008 at 11:32 am
I hope we have WT where I live.
January 15, 2008 at 11:49 am
And I can thank Stephen Segal and everyone at Wildside (and also the contributors) for making this such a success.
Glad he’s doing something besides those godawful action movies now.
January 15, 2008 at 2:58 pm
One cigar also from here! Looking forward for the finished product.
January 15, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Congratulations on finishing the novel!
Wow, two months. That’s kind of like NaNoWriMo except for the not sucking part.
January 16, 2008 at 11:12 am
Thanks. I’m happy with it. I think I’d know if it wasn’t good–at least, I hope so!! But people I trust say it’s good, so…
And, Mr. Moles–no worries.
Jeff