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At the Sound of Triumph...

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Re: At the Sound of Triumph...
Post by n7axw   » Sun Apr 03, 2016 12:50 pm

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Duckk wrote:
Henry Brown wrote:Bummer to hear. I'm guessing that you were being serious here and not playing an April Fool's joke on us? It's a slender hope, but better than nothing.


Last I heard, he was still on the Honorverse, although that should be wrapping up soon.


I presume you still have some contact with David... Should that be the case, give him our regards and our hope that he had a better winter this year ... not just because are looking forward to the books!

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Re: At the Sound of Triumph...
Post by Braudel26   » Mon Apr 04, 2016 4:51 am

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Duckk wrote:Yeah, that's not going to happen, unless David has a time traveling DeLorean he hasn't told anyone about.

There is a possible scenario consistent with this date : when David wrote HFQ he in fact wrote HFQ AND AtSoT, gave both to TOR and went to Honorverse, where he is writing at the same time the next 2 novels, allowing him to both publish one in november this year and the other beginning of 2018.

Yes I know, I am an unrepentant optimist... :P
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Re: At the Sound of Triumph...
Post by Theemile   » Mon Apr 04, 2016 6:23 am

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Braudel26 wrote:
Duckk wrote:Yeah, that's not going to happen, unless David has a time traveling DeLorean he hasn't told anyone about.

There is a possible scenario consistent with this date : when David wrote HFQ he in fact wrote HFQ AND AtSoT, gave both to TOR and went to Honorverse, where he is writing at the same time the next 2 novels, allowing him to both publish one in november this year and the other beginning of 2018.

Yes I know, I am an unrepentant optimist... :P


Unfortunately, Duckk is the one individual on here who would know if that were true, and hasn't been known to mislead us.
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Re: At the Sound of Triumph...
Post by Alistair   » Tue Apr 05, 2016 2:22 am

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Given that DW has not been heard of for a long time i'm not usre if this is good news or bad news for the publishing date
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Re: At the Sound of Triumph...
Post by WeberFan   » Wed Apr 06, 2016 4:29 pm

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Pure, rampant speculation on my part, but perhaps MWW spends time on several works at the same time. He might work for a while on a Safehold work while the creative juices are flowing freely, then when they slow down he might shift attention to an Honorverse work, or even to a joint effort (like his recent release with Joelle Presby).

While this might slow down any individual work, it would "keep several irons in the fire" at all times. When I listened to David speak at the National Book Festival last year, I got the sense this was how he worked.

Then, on top of it all, the editorial process is always a wild card - even if you're using an editor you've worked with many times before.

And then finally, remember this - the Honorverse books come out of Baen. The Safehold books come out of Tor. I've really got no idea if / how well they might coordinate their publishing schedules.

I guess, when all the factors are considered, one could see several Weber works hitting the streets at almost the same time...
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Re: At the Sound of Triumph...
Post by Duckk   » Thu Apr 07, 2016 9:21 am

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David generally works on one book at a time. Sometimes he may have books in different stages, like one in first draft while a second is in final edit, but by and large he prefers to focus all of his attention on what he's writing on at the moment.
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Re: At the Sound of Triumph...
Post by thanatos   » Thu Apr 07, 2016 10:13 am

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Let's all just be grateful that RFC is not George R. R. Martin, who takes years to finish one novel.
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Re: At the Sound of Triumph...
Post by Henry Brown   » Thu Apr 07, 2016 5:01 pm

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thanatos wrote:Let's all just be grateful that RFC is not George R. R. Martin, who takes years to finish one novel.


Agreed. I got too frustrated waiting for the next book with GrrM. My current plan it to wait till the final book in his series has a publication date, then re-read the series.
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Re: At the Sound of Triumph...
Post by ryndieum   » Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:52 am

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Henry Brown wrote:
thanatos wrote:Let's all just be grateful that RFC is not George R. R. Martin, who takes years to finish one novel.


Agreed. I got too frustrated waiting for the next book with GrrM. My current plan it to wait till the final book in his series has a publication date, then re-read the series.



I heard about his "schedule" before starting the series. I will read it when he finishes it. Can't wait that long between books.
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Re: At the Sound of Triumph...
Post by Alistair   » Fri Apr 08, 2016 7:53 pm

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Hi Duckk

Is there any chance of getting an update from him?
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