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AtSoT AFTER HonorCon??? (28-30 October!)

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Re: AtSoT AFTER HonorCon??? (28-30 October!)
Post by Charybdis   » Fri Jul 01, 2016 3:44 pm

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Randomiser wrote:Don't understand how the publishing industry works or how they can be so clueless about marketing. Given the lead times it must have been evident to TOR for several months that AtSoT wasn't coming out in October/November, because it hadn't been handed in yet so why on earth did they put it up on their own website and manifestly not tell Amazon there would be a change in the schedule?

To quote the immortal words of Strother Martin "What we have here is a failure to communicate!" (Cool Hand Luke - 1967 (I feel so OLD!)) FYI: It is still wrong on the HonorCon web site as well!
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Re: AtSoT AFTER HonorCon??? (28-30 October!)
Post by BobG   » Fri Jul 01, 2016 4:43 pm

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Duckk wrote:
Ok, I have spoken to Tom Pope (who in turn spoke to David), and he has confirmed that AtSoT is not complete. David is working on it right now, but he has not completed the first draft yet.

Thanks, Duckk. :cry:

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Re: AtSoT AFTER HonorCon??? (28-30 October!)
Post by Theemile   » Fri Jul 01, 2016 11:55 pm

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Duckk wrote:Ok, I have spoken to Tom Pope (who in turn spoke to David), and he has confirmed that AtSoT is not complete. David is working on it right now, but he has not completed the first draft yet.


Thanks Duckk, did you happen to hear how the rest of David's
projects are proceeding?
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Re: AtSoT AFTER HonorCon??? (28-30 October!)
Post by Duckk   » Sat Jul 02, 2016 7:01 am

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David is basically in crunch mode, and has been for the past 9 months or so. It's so bad it's not likely I will see him at all this trip. Sharon says maybe a few more weeks to finish Safehold, then he needs to go back and make some changes to Shadow of Freedom. After that, I'm guessing he'd want some time to relax.
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Re: AtSoT AFTER HonorCon??? (28-30 October!)
Post by Keith_w   » Sat Jul 02, 2016 7:47 am

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Duckk wrote:David is basically in crunch mode, and has been for the past 9 months or so. It's so bad it's not likely I will see him at all this trip. Sharon says maybe a few more weeks to finish Safehold, then he needs to go back and make some changes to Shadow of Freedom. After that, I'm guessing he'd want some time to relax.


Isn't it a bit late to make changes to Shadow of Freedom? :mrgreen:
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Re: AtSoT AFTER HonorCon??? (28-30 October!)
Post by Duckk   » Sat Jul 02, 2016 8:09 am

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Apparently not, according to Sharon.
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Re: AtSoT AFTER HonorCon??? (28-30 October!)
Post by Peter2   » Sat Jul 02, 2016 11:25 am

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Duckk wrote:David is basically in crunch mode, and has been for the past 9 months or so. It's so bad it's not likely I will see him at all this trip. Sharon says maybe a few more weeks to finish Safehold, then he needs to go back and make some changes to Shadow of Freedom. After that, I'm guessing he'd want some time to relax.



Well, I hope he's taking care! Sure, we would all like the books sooner rather than later, but not at the expense of damage to his health.
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Re: AtSoT AFTER HonorCon??? (28-30 October!)
Post by Henry Brown   » Sat Jul 02, 2016 3:45 pm

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Well, technically HonorCon is still correct. It will come out *sometime* after HonorCon. Just not as soon after as we hoped. ;)
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Re: AtSoT AFTER HonorCon??? (28-30 October!)
Post by Randomiser   » Sat Jul 02, 2016 5:39 pm

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Keith_w wrote:
Duckk wrote:David is basically in crunch mode, and has been for the past 9 months or so. It's so bad it's not likely I will see him at all this trip. Sharon says maybe a few more weeks to finish Safehold, then he needs to go back and make some changes to Shadow of Freedom. After that, I'm guessing he'd want some time to relax.


Isn't it a bit late to make changes to Shadow of Freedom? :mrgreen:


Are we really talking about Shadow of Freedom (published 2013) here or is it a misprint for Shadow of Victory? If it's SoF, why is he changing it now? If it's SoV 'A few more weeks to finish Safehold then some changes to SoV' means DW won't be finished with SoV till mid-August. Which gives about 10 weeks from turning in the final version to the publication date of 1 Nov. I know Baen are good, but ...
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Re: AtSoT AFTER HonorCon??? (28-30 October!)
Post by Duckk   » Sat Jul 02, 2016 10:10 pm

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Yeah, sorry, meant Shadow of Victory
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