karenmiller ([info]karenmiller) wrote,
@ 2008-04-23 16:16:00
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Current location:on the way out the door
Current mood: cheerful
Current music:silence
Entry tags:life, witches inc, writing

A wibbly day
Well, now that I'm getting organised and back on track, I'm back to putting proper words down on paper, or screen, or however you'd like to phrase it. The last few days have involved intense thinking and plotting for another project. I've discovered, as part of my process, that while I'm in that phase I can't do anything else but that. My brain won't give me any more room. But then I got that finally nailed and suddenly my brain is free again. A big relief!

So the morning started with the most amazingly surreal phone call, which I can't discuss, but trust me ... it was a real 'pinch me' moment. *g* Sometimes my life is too bizarre for the saying.

That was followed by not one, but two, instances of receiving cover art for me to check out. The main cover illustration for the Australian version of Rogue Agent #2 came in -- and can I just say WOW!!!!!!!! It's so beautiful, I want it hanging on my wall. Seriously. So beautiful I can't begin to tell you. It's just so beautiful. I'm all misty-eyed just thinking about it.

And then the rough art for the UK/US version of The Accidental Sorcerer -- and it's so different to the cover work for the Australian version, and yet just as amazingly striking and arresting. This is the fun part of the game, seeing how different artists/art departments/designers envision the same collection of words.

By the time all that stuff got sorted it was time to have some lunch ... during which I listened to a bit more of the director and writer commentary over the BSG movie Razor -- and wow! Ronald D Moore and I have exactly the same writing process, which gives us exactly the same result! (Not in terms of brilliance, but in balance of the work) It's so exciting, hearing someone I admire so enormously and I have some tiny weeny little thing in common. *g* Because I think he's a total genius.

And then, at last, the writing thang. I'm really revving up on Witches Inc, which is Rogue Agent #2. Certain amount of fear and trepidation with this one -- I'm terrified I can't recapture those voices, terrified I won't be able to bring the funny, terrified the first book was a fluke and that'll be that. But then some stuff happened, and I'm not quite so scared. Cross your fingers for me!

Witches Inc wordcount:


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[info]kayseas_place
2008-04-23 07:25 am UTC (link)
Okay - on the pinch me moment, I'd have to say either:

1. You heard from one of the stars mentioned in the interview about how much they like your work and would love to star in a movie about Mijak.

2. You heard from a producer who'd like to produce a movie based on the book.

**Hopes it is one of the above.** For your sake and mine. LOL

Sorry I just thought after the other entry you made... well stranger things have happened. :o)

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[info]karenmiller
2008-04-23 07:37 am UTC (link)
Heh heh! I wish! *g*

Neither of the above ... but cool nonetheless. All will be revealed in due course ... *g*

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[info]eneit
2008-04-23 07:38 am UTC (link)
Granny approves of smszingly surreal phone calls and beautiful cover art. Here's wishing you many more such days.

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[info]karenmiller
2008-04-23 07:44 am UTC (link)
Oh, so do I! *g*

And I wish you days like this one, with much recognition for your publishing efforts. You rock!

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[info]keris45
2008-04-23 09:45 am UTC (link)
Hey there, no fluke involved you idiot. Hard work and talent combined, that's all. Heh.

Btw, go read the second last comment on my Tiptree blog thingy...

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[info]karenmiller
2008-04-23 09:40 pm UTC (link)
Maybe, and thank you, but there's also that element of luck! And now I begin to understand the trauma of a comedian's life ... bringing the funny, bringing the funny! Also the gear shifting into that world, those voices -- sheesh! I think I need to develop a case of Multiple Personality Disorder! *g*

And that's a lovely comment! Big smile, big smile!

I still haven't watched Season 2 of Life on Mars. I'll get around to it at some point.

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[info]badgermirlacca
2008-04-26 02:14 am UTC (link)
The main cover illustration for the Australian version of Rogue Agent #2 came in -- and can I just say WOW!!!!!!!! It's so beautiful, I want it hanging on my wall.

Call your editor and tell her so. She can get in touch with the artist or (if you're unlucky) the artist's agent, and you can make a deal to buy the original cover art. I did this for the cover of Unearthed, and tried to do it for QL:The Wall, but in that case I was dealing with the agent and the price they put on it was just ridiculous.

And yes you can recapture those voices. I am so looking forward to reading these!

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[info]karenmiller
2008-04-26 08:40 am UTC (link)
Good idea! I'd love the first book's cover art too ... though this is even more atmospheric and yummy.

As for the voices thang, well, from your lips to the Muse's ear, chookie! *g*

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