Congratulations! When will we see this oeuvre?

Heh. I'm sure it'll be sooner. You'll be a famous author by then, and publishers will be rushing to get their hands on your stuff. Just remember to hold out for the best deal. *g*

Oh, and congrats on finishing da novel. Hey, it might be a long time till it comes out, but it's sure to be worth the wait. :)

I have no idea what it means. Am I dense? I know you're older than 30! *ducks* :)

Still gleeking for you...

- D

WOO-HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yay! Go you!
Get out and celebrate this weekend!
You deserve it!

So, have you had your fill of Shakespeare & Marlowe for the timebeing?

Last night in the grocery store, I saw a premium beer with Shakespeare on its packaging (Samuel Smith's Winter Welcome Ale) and thought of you. Then again, aside from teas, I don't know what you drink.

Woot woot! Woot! *dances with abandon!*

You rock like a rocking thing!
*happy dance*

Not half bad, Bear. Not half bad.

Could be, could be. Either way, it's better than a sharp stick in the eye, I think.

You never met my ex. Seriously, this is amazing for you. Just don't celebrate too hard until the advance comes in, ok? We both know the horror stories of authors over-spending their advances, and while I know you're smarter than that, the doting mother in me worries. :-)

Sadly, I don't even get to quit my day job.

I believe it. While I don't know your numbers (no one should), I've seen enough to know this. That was probably one of the most dis-heartening things about working for You Know Who, seeing all those numbers. I had thought of writing as a career before that, and it took me five+ years to readjust my reality. It's not a career. Careers have unions, and tenure, and minumum wage. Writing does not. It is a passion, a drive and a need. Otherwise, it's a hobby. We all know writers who made $.02 an hour on their first (and second, and fifth) book.

If having written it isn't enough, if seeing it with a (hopefully) pretty (but at least glossy) cover standing on a bookshelf (or "on backorder, I promise") isn't enough, then we'd be plumbers, or teachers, or hiring coordinators at tutoring companies. The fame and fortune is reserved for our talentless children. Just ask Christopher Tolkien.

Looks like I have some book buying in my future. :)

Congratulations!

And the length sounds splendid. I really like a good long novel.

What's insane is that you've finished it this fast. Okay, an eternity in Bear months... just a little longer than the last in Kat ones ::grins::

I'm still stunned from the good news, now I'm stunned and feeling that wonderful post great-book sloth.

Life is good -- at least sometimes :o).

You are really happying up my ultra-depressed Friends page this week! :)

*goes into another fit of bouncing*

Congratulations! What a wonderful week.

Amazing!

::That broke the sound barrier::

I don't care. It's amazing news

Two Mazel Tovs in one week makes this a Mazel FUCKING Tov, toots. Good on you!

Wooo!!!

I suspect that all it took was some good news from an agent to tell you what we already knew (yes, Dorothy, you do know what you're doing) to shake loose what was already there.

Congratulations yet again! I think you probably broke the world record for the most good books written in a single year though lol.

And makes me think, damn, maybe if *I* actually finished things I started then maybe *I* might get published too ...

I wonder how much of In the Balance I can get done over December/January if I really tried?

- K

Hmm ... 4 hours a day x 30 days = 120 hours. Divide 90,000 by 120 = 750 words per hour, or 3,000 words per day.

I've been watching too much Bob the Builder. I know I have, because I just thought of the character Lofty: when the others answer "YES WE CAN!" he says "Uh, yeah, I think so ..."

Now, where would I *fit* 4 hours into my day? There's the time from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. (if I get up on time), that's 2 hours. Then there's the time from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., that's 3 hours. Maybe I could manage 3,000 words a day in 3 hours and sneak in a few extra hours now and then ...

And if I'm serious about this I should be *writing* instead of nattering about it, shouldn't I? *g*

Watch my blog: maybe a cheering section will help me keep going. Starting handicap: 8,440 words in parts of 3 chapters & a couple of set-aside scenes. Only 81,560 words to go.

Wheeeee!

Allow me to add my congratulations on the many you have already received.

That is an accomplishment and I look forward to seeing the results in some form.

Now enjoy your very well earned vacation, because with the new year, it's back to the grind stone.

Even though this is comment number 37 (which says a lot in and of itself), I had to supplement my email congrats.

I am soooooo ready to go to the bookstore and buy a copy of Hammered. I think this will have a wider appeal than other 'not cyber punk' stories. I generally don't like the dark gritty dirty underbelly of a crappy future society type story. But yours is different. It combines hope with the tragedy. Even though we humans were stupid enough to cause a big world disaster, their is still a good side. Plus it is just a damn good rippin' yarn.

Congrats again and have a blast this weekend.

John B

YES!!!

Ah, that's such a great feeling. Bounce around and bask and all that fun shit.