Jo Walton ([info]papersky) wrote,
@ 2008-05-29 16:17:00
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Thud: ILE, Finished at last!
Words: 2107
Total words: 99080
Files: 4
Tea: still Emperor's Choice
Music: still Bach's orchestral suites 1 & 2
RSI: still awful
Reason for stopping: finished!

I need to read through the whole thing and do a smoothing pass, and I probably did rush that last bit, but anyway, a through draft!

Will take volunteer beta readers, but it'll be at least tomorrow and probably a few days before it's ready to send.

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[info]dd_b
2008-05-29 08:26 pm UTC (link)
Congrats on the draft!

I'd be interested in beta-reading.

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[info]rivka
2008-05-29 08:27 pm UTC (link)
I'd be delighted to beta for you again.

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[info]kate_nepveu
2008-05-29 08:30 pm UTC (link)
Congratulations!

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[info]rezendi
2008-05-29 08:30 pm UTC (link)
(applause!)

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[info]fjm
2008-05-29 08:31 pm UTC (link)
Congratulations, and a simultaneous, Me Please!?

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[info]fledgist
2008-05-29 08:32 pm UTC (link)
That word count reminds me of the height of Everest, for some reason.

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[info]drplokta
2008-05-29 08:33 pm UTC (link)
I should be able to beta on a reasonably short turnaround, and I think I'm reasonably familiar with the whole background of being a 16-ish SF fan in Wales in 1980, although admittedly I was nearly a mile on the English side of the border.

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[info]yunitsa
2008-05-29 08:34 pm UTC (link)
Hurray! It's been inspiring to watch it mount steadily upward (novels are like mountains).

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[info]zwol
2008-05-29 08:37 pm UTC (link)
Congrats! And I would be happy to beta-read, if you still need people.

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[info]elianarus
2008-05-29 08:40 pm UTC (link)
Mazel tov!

It sounds as if you are all set for beta readers, but, if you want/need another one, I'd love to do it! I can do either fast or leisurely turn around, depending on your preferences, and either detailed, lengthy reactions or more general, overall reactions... or anything in between.

Eliana

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Congratulations!
[info]betonica
2008-05-29 08:42 pm UTC (link)
It must be great to be done (well, with the first run-through). I would very, very much love to be a beta reader, if you don't have several people you've had read before that you'd prefer do so again. How exciting!

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[info]davidgoldfarb
2008-05-29 08:45 pm UTC (link)
Yay!

(I hope it's needless to say that I want to beta, but since I get nervous about that sort of thing I'll say it anyway.)

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[info]noveldevice
2008-05-29 08:48 pm UTC (link)
I would be excited to beta, and I should actually be able to, unlike the last time when I said I would and then life landed on my head.

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[info]piapiapiano
2008-05-29 08:48 pm UTC (link)
I volunteer! Let me know if you need my email address again.

And congratulations on finishing! Would you care to lend me your self-discipline for a couple of months?

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[info]oursin
2008-05-29 08:49 pm UTC (link)
Yay! Congrats!

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[info]ethelmay
2008-05-29 09:02 pm UTC (link)
I'd love to beta-read.

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[info]hawkwing_lb
2008-05-29 09:44 pm UTC (link)
Congratulations!

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[info]auriaephiala
2008-05-29 09:45 pm UTC (link)
I would be thrilled to beta it.

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[info]athenais
2008-05-29 09:50 pm UTC (link)
Neato. That seemed to go fast!

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[info]wcg
2008-05-29 09:52 pm UTC (link)
Congratulations Jo!

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[info]pameladean
2008-05-29 09:59 pm UTC (link)
Hooray hooray!

Since I am still revising the Book From Hell, I don't think I can beta. Meh. But you've got lots and lots of offers.

P.

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[info]carbonel
2008-05-29 10:39 pm UTC (link)
I'd love to have a chance to beta-read, if you don't have a sufficiency of readers already.

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[info]janetmk
2008-05-29 10:47 pm UTC (link)
Terrific!!!

I'd love to beta-read, of course.

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[info]daystreet
2008-05-29 10:56 pm UTC (link)
Beta volunteer reader here.

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[info]adrian_turtle
2008-05-29 11:30 pm UTC (link)
Yay!

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[info]sartorias
2008-05-30 12:05 am UTC (link)
Hand up

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[info]tournevis
2008-05-30 12:22 am UTC (link)
Of course ME, ME, ME!!!

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[info]sylvia_rachel
2008-05-30 12:47 am UTC (link)
Mazel tov on the draft-completing!

And beta-reading, yes, please! (Only if you still need people, of course...)

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[info]hobbitbabe
2008-05-30 01:06 am UTC (link)
i'd love to beta and have time to spend.

congratulations.

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[info]ashnistrike
2008-05-30 01:35 am UTC (link)
Congratulations! No beta-volunteering this time (not that it looks like you need it) as I'm a week behind on my usual work due to con crud, and by the time I catch up will be well into Baby Coming Any Moment Now territory. I will have to wait for actual publication. *pines*

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[info]mjlayman
2008-05-30 02:14 am UTC (link)
Yaaaay!

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[info]aquaeri
2008-05-30 03:05 am UTC (link)
Congratulations! It's been awe-inspiring watching this go from LJ post to complete novel in no time flat.

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[info]vassilissa
2008-05-30 03:20 am UTC (link)
Congratulations!

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[info]pyrzqxgl
2008-05-30 05:36 am UTC (link)
Wow! Congratulations!

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[info]sam_t
2008-05-30 08:32 am UTC (link)
I'll volunteer for beta reading - it looks like you've got enough people already, but I just thought I'd mention it in case you wanted to test the reactions of UK people who weren't there at the time. I've done some beta reading of non-fiction but no fiction yet.

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[info]heleninwales
2008-05-30 10:26 am UTC (link)
Congratulations! I do hope you have a publisher for this because I really want to read it.

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[info]sovay
2008-05-30 12:58 pm UTC (link)
finished!

Congratulations!

I am so looking forward to this book.

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[info]embryomystic
2008-05-31 04:00 am UTC (link)
I'd love to be a beta reader, but I suppose it's not very practical for me, because I don't have a computer I can read things at, and it would probably be a waste of printer paper to print me out a hard copy. hm.

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Be happy to Beta with a fast turn around
[info]cem
2008-06-04 02:54 pm UTC (link)
Reasonably well acquainted with England - not Wales - up to 1960 but not thereafter. Thoroughly acquainted with SF throughout the period discussed though again not so much recently.

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