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Clarion Week 3: Proof of Asimov's July 9, 2006 The galleys/proofs for my novelette "Outgoing" arrived yesterday (Jen forwarded them to me, along with some organic fruit leather). After a week of dissecting stories with Michael Swanwick, I was worried that I would use that recently acquired perspective to hate every word, that I would actually be embarassed at what I wrote about nine months ago (and revised more recently) even as it neared publication. I was very pleased to read it over again and find that overall I'm still happy with it. I had a few tiny changes ("replace poetry with poems," etc.). But I probably would have been okay if it went to press as is/was. And the most exciting news with the proof: on the top of every other page it says "February 2007." Ladies and gentlemen, I believe we have a publication date. Also got Telltale contributor payments figured out, statements sent. I went on a walk yesterday to find a local Kinko's-type place to print some related PDFs and get an extra photocopy of my proof, but all the locally owned shops were closed. So Kinko's it was. Also stopped at a local comic shop to pick up the Sergio Aragones issue of Solo. Not his best work, but still one of my favorite single issues of the year. I realized this weekend that I've now made a post every day since I got to Clarion. That was never my intention, even though I do get some processing benefit out of it. But I bring this up now because I'm not going to post just to post. If I miss a day it's not necessarily because I'm blog-slacking or overworked in other areas; it's just because I didn't think I had something particularly interesting to say just then. Oh and the general malaise I felt last Wednesday lasted about a day. I'm not loving my current story, but I'm not very down about it. Thanks, all, for asking, for caring. This week: Nancy Kress. Filed under Clarion, Journal, Prose and Poetry  
Comments: Discuss this entry at LiveJournalCongratulations! Posted by: Robert at July 9, 2006 5:54 PM 
February 2007--I will possess it without fail, primarily because I've been buying them regularly since the eightites. But and if, however, there were any other way I could get a read before then--well, I wou'nt say no! Posted by: Alan at July 9, 2006 11:09 PM
Thanks! Posted by: Alex at July 11, 2006 7:56 AM
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