I really like to plow straight through the first draft, however often the plot suddenly turns on itself and surprises me, figuring to fix it in the rewrite. Sometimes, however, there are just too many unexpected changes, and I have to stop and get things in line before I got on.
Iorich just did that, around chapter 11. The rewrite is complete, and now there’s a chapter 12 to go with it. So things progress.
Matthew Klahn was the 17th entry. Thank you to all who offered.
(Now I have to read the thing, and I hope get some of the answers I need for the my next project).
Just wanted to mention that I still haven’t gotten 17 emails. A signed personalized copy of Jhegaala will go to the 17th person who offers to send me a copy of Colin Turnbull’s The Forest People.
I’m running a small contest here. Two prizes, both of them signed and personalized copies of Jhegaala (now that I have my copies).
One copy will go to the seventeenth person (only one entry per person) to email me offering to send me a copy of The Forest People by Colin Turnbull. I know there copies available on Amazon for much less than Jhegaala. (Uh, just to be clear, you have to actually send me Turnbull’s book.)
On the Dragaera list, people have been talking about their favorite lines in Jhegaala–a conversation an egomaniac like me can’t help but love. So, in that spirit, the other copy will go to the first person who guesses my favorite line in Jhegaala. Only one guess per comment, minimum five minute wait between comments by the same person.
I now have a copy of Jhegaala. The cover is lovely, and the graphic representation of the Cycle came out great. My thanks to Steve Hickman, Silver Croft, and Tor production.
The copy is signed. The person to whom I signed it Knows Who He Is. Now I just need his address and I can send it on its way.