Lois McMaster Bujold
Hi Nicole --
It took me ten minutes to figure out how to actually answer questions using this feature... ah, the learning curve. Again. Succeeded, though, so there.
Anyway, first question, cool! The answer is less cool, I'm afraid. I have nothing new in the publishing pipeline at this time. In general, I find my work-in-progress to be too fragile to discuss during its early stages except with my old trusted Beta readers. Also, talking about things that are only in the idea stage tends to generate reader expectations that one risks disappointing. On the bright side, if I do start talking about something, you probably have a pretty good chance of actually seeing it someday.
The next thing up in the career-maintenance work queue (which goes on independently of anything new) will probably be helping prepare an edition of Sidelines: Talks and Essays for print-on-demand, but first we have to finish up The Spirit Ring, ditto.
Ta, L.
It took me ten minutes to figure out how to actually answer questions using this feature... ah, the learning curve. Again. Succeeded, though, so there.
Anyway, first question, cool! The answer is less cool, I'm afraid. I have nothing new in the publishing pipeline at this time. In general, I find my work-in-progress to be too fragile to discuss during its early stages except with my old trusted Beta readers. Also, talking about things that are only in the idea stage tends to generate reader expectations that one risks disappointing. On the bright side, if I do start talking about something, you probably have a pretty good chance of actually seeing it someday.
The next thing up in the career-maintenance work queue (which goes on independently of anything new) will probably be helping prepare an edition of Sidelines: Talks and Essays for print-on-demand, but first we have to finish up The Spirit Ring, ditto.
Ta, L.
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I hope you're having a lovely day, Ms Bujold. I was wondering if there was any chance of you attending NerdCon: Stories? The possibility of your attendance is probably just wishful thinking on my part, but I'm sure the panels and conversations being held there would benefit greatly from your input. And I (and the group I am going with,) would certainly be excited to see you in person!
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Are you done with the Vorkosigan universe? It's been a big part of our whole family's lives. We always anticipated a book in which Ivan's careful avoidance of obvious competence came out (probably because of a woman he was in love with) and I have to say that Vorpatril's Alliance did not disappoint. But I'd love to see one with Mark as the protagonist, and also Miles as he gets older.
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