7.22.2005

i'm done

I just turned in the final chapter of the ancient civs book. All I can say is...

I'm done, I'm done, I'm done done done done done, done done done done-done-doooone... (Sung to the tune of the "Dallas" theme song.)

This weekend I'll start catching up on the outside word, so expect comments on your blogs, or at least a uptick in page views.

Whooofuckinghooo! I'm off to pour myself a glass of wine.

9 comments:

James Redekop said...

Done, and on deadline! Congratulations. When do you start the next one? ;)

laura k said...

Thank you! Actually... when I turned in the last chapter, my editor offered me another book. Yay!

The reason I'm so psyched about these books is that they could save me from a full-time "day-job" in Canada. Which in turn means I'll have more time to write them.

This is writing work I enjoy which also pays well - the two seldom go together for me. Between these books and some magazine work, I could just temp between writing gigs. It would be very nice.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations! Do you know what the title will be yet so we can take a look at it when it comes out?

Crabbi said...

OMG, congrats! Hooray! If I get off my butt to get some wine, i will totally toast you.

Marnie said...

Congratulations! That's great news about the new book.

laura k said...

Thanks guys. Dean: I don't know yet, but you can be sure I'll post a picture as soon as I see it in print.

David Cho said...

Will there be book signing tours?

Anonymous said...

Great news! Hope it turned out well!

laura k said...

Will there be book signing tours?

Ha ha, no, I'm afraid not. In fact you'll not notice it out there in the world at all. But with any luck, some 9-year-old will marvel at what people accomplished in ancient times - maybe be moved to go online and read more - maybe dream of visiting the ruins of ancient cities, and maybe one day do that... I'd like to think so, anyway.

Hope it turned out well!

I guess it did, since I've been offered another book in the series. A big relief! I had been handing in chapters as I went along, and had gotten some positive feedback, but you never really know. Now I can relax.