Some late-breaking news & a corrective
I just finished the first draft of the great Australian feminist young adult Elvis mangosteen monkey knife-fighting cricket fairy novel. Woo hoo!!!
Now all I have to do is rewrite it till it all makes sense. *rolls up sleeves* What larks!
And just to say: None of the points I made in the previous post refers to any writer who actually reads my blog. Okay? And, in fact, I’ve met very few writers who were so obnoxious I decided not to read them. Very very very few.
Remember the whole this-is-writ-ironical thing? I was just going for the laughs, folks.
I am a cross between Pollyanna and the monkey dude. I see, hear, smell, touch, and taste no evil. It’s all about the glad game. That’s just how we happy-go-lucky Sydney folks are.
Right now I’m really really really vastly hugely fully wholly glad that I finally found the end of my novel.
Jeeves? Some champagne, please!
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orangedragonfly Says:
yay for justine!!!!
i must say, i quite look forward to this book!
January 9th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
margo Says:
Pop! Fizz! Clink! To your health!
Margo.
January 9th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
jennifer, aka literaticat Says:
ooh, I CAN’T WAIT!
eeeeeeeekkk!
champagne for the little lady!
January 9th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
lili Says:
hurrah!
(sound of applause)
January 9th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
robin Says:
Amazing — congratulations!
January 9th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
katerate Says:
Yaaaaaaaaaaay Justine! Congratulations times a thousand!
January 9th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Rebecca Says:
woohoo!! happiness and congratulations all around! i’m am quite happy for you!
January 9th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
Jason Erik Lundberg Says:
Conga rats on finishing! W00t!
January 9th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
jonathan Says:
woot! top stuff. can’t wait to see the final elvis cricket fairy mangosteen novel. i think you deserve to give yourself time off to watch tonk-a-pom tonight to celebrate.
January 9th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
10. Justine Says:
Thanks so much for all the kind words! I am dead chuffed!
And now I truly am off to celebrate!
January 9th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
CAAF Says:
bully & wooly marvelous!! congratulations and happy celebrating …
January 9th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Diana Says:
adding to the congratulations, lining up for my taste of the bubbly…
January 9th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
marrije Says:
ooh, splendid, congratulations! i, too, am eagerly anticipating this novel, as i have no clue about what it’s all about. lying, probably. enjoy the celebrations!
January 9th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
veejane Says:
When the time comes for
other people making the cover decisionI mean you getting listened to on the cover decision, make sure that the American edition gets a mangosteen on the cover, possibly with Elvis pompadour on top, because, the only reason I have ever heard of a mangosteen in my life is that you have one fighting fairy crickets with knives.(The back cover can have monkeys.)
January 10th, 2007 at 5:17 am
Tim Pratt Says:
Congrats on finishing the draft! Revising is fun.
January 10th, 2007 at 6:27 am