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pameladean) wrote2015-04-27 05:08 pm
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OUT OF ALL HOOPING
I have, not exactly in my hand right now, but very near by, and honestly I think I might sleep with it under my pillow, the termination paperwork for The Dubious Hills AND the cancelled and as-yet unpublished sequel to Hills, that is, the work sometimes known as Going North.
This has been imminent for some weeks now and I have been trying to figure out what to do. I will let you guys know as soon as I have.
What I can say is that Going North needs to be re-expanded, not to its former two-volume length, but by perhaps 20,000 words; that probably not all of them will be words that I have already written; and that I am very well, indeed painfully, aware that people have been waiting for far, far too long for this book; so I will do my best to be expeditious.
One might well ask why I didn't do the revisions while I was awaiting the paperwork, but I can only say that they had not come properly into focus, and in fact I needed to write a short story first to get things to line up or clear up or whatever this analogy thinks it is doing just now. I would apologize for my creative process, but that wouldn't make it any less annoying.
Pamela
This has been imminent for some weeks now and I have been trying to figure out what to do. I will let you guys know as soon as I have.
What I can say is that Going North needs to be re-expanded, not to its former two-volume length, but by perhaps 20,000 words; that probably not all of them will be words that I have already written; and that I am very well, indeed painfully, aware that people have been waiting for far, far too long for this book; so I will do my best to be expeditious.
One might well ask why I didn't do the revisions while I was awaiting the paperwork, but I can only say that they had not come properly into focus, and in fact I needed to write a short story first to get things to line up or clear up or whatever this analogy thinks it is doing just now. I would apologize for my creative process, but that wouldn't make it any less annoying.
Pamela
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looking forward to hearing when and how it will be available!
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I cannot imagine doing revisions while waiting for the probable but not certain paperwork, and I don't see why you should be able to, either.
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edit to add: I've probably already told you I think Dubious Hills is the perfect novel and I am always talking about it and telling people I wish they could read it. I don't wish hard enough to give away my only copy, though.
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edit to add: what ritaxis edited to add.
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I look forward to reading whatever final version of the accordion novel you end up with.
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I look forward to the book existing in the form it needs to. Then I look forward to being able to read it.
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oh most excellent.
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And how very exciting! Congratulations!
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Good luck fixing it! Will wait with calm patience to read it, and not pressure you in any way. (Are we there yet?)
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