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By: Justine Larbalestier » Admin Day

Justine Larbalestier » Admin Day — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:32:05 +0000

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By: Ysabeau

Ysabeau — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:29:04 +0000

Patience is a virtue they say. How virtuous we are all then! Being in the same boat as your friends, I feel their pain. I think I shall go lie on a deck-chair, request a bowl of bouillon, and while away the time reading the latest issue of GODEY’s LADY’s BOOK. Do join me…

By: Chris S.

Chris S. — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:48:27 +0000

Waiting bites. I wait patiently only when I have nothing else to do… and I always have something else to do. I mean, I have regrouted the bathroom tiles yet, have I?

By: carrie

carrie — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:20:57 +0000

i am *so* not a patient person. whenever i have proposals or query letters submitted i have to set a date that i’m allowed to start freaking out and wondering about responses. until that date arrives, i just have to put it out of my head. but once that date is here – watch out cause i become a huge worrywart with nothing else on my mind!

By: Elmo

Elmo — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:20:34 +0000

comment really, but post has less letters, oh well, the incorrectness is killing me, therefore, I must correct…

…Really, must go to bed.

By: Elmo

Elmo — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:19:09 +0000

Well, here’s a waiting game that, tonight, is paying off:
The last time I can remember having rain, proper rain that you can fall asleep to while its thrumming on your roof, is way too long ago. (this year our summer was the driest in our recorded history)
And tonight, from the time when I started reading Maureen Johnson’s ’13 little blue envelopes’ (it might very well be a good luck charm, it was definitely a good book) to the time I finished it, so at least 2 hours, it has been steady, wonderful, fresh smelling rain.
And the waiting for it has honestly made it so incredibly awesome!

Orangedragonfly: patience is good, I’m one of five, I’m pretty sure my mum is an angel or something. Congratualations, by the way! I hope everthing goes wonderfully well for you!

Long post…I think I’ll go to bed now…

By: Doselle Young

Doselle Young — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:06:40 +0000

Yeah, that old devil. Waiting sucks. Waiting two years for a book proposal to get the greenlight…waiting for notes…waiting for money…waiting to start the next thing…waiting for the fog to rise so you can see the forest for the trees…waiting for inspiration…there should be some phases of waiting chart like the whole anger, bargaining, acceptance deal with death. Someone should get on that.

We’ll all be waiting.

By: orangedragonfly

orangedragonfly — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:41:46 +0000

okay, i know i’m a broken record………..but waiting for active labor to start is driving me mad (especially since i’ve been in painful early labor since friday!!).

(honestly, can you expect a woman pregnant for the first time to be thinking of anything else??! )

i will add, though, that waiting for a new book to come out has gotten worse since i moved to germany. sure i can order it from amazon to be shipped to me when it is first released….but that still means i have to wait an extra week to get it because the mail takes longer! alas, maybe i’m learning patience. (probably a good thing with a baby on the way….)

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:11:44 +0000

*TEARS OUT HAIR*

By: Danica

Danica — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:59:03 +0000

That’s a shame. Justine Patience Larbalestier has a nice ring to it. I also LOVED the pictures on Maureen’s site, and can’t wait for your news!! Gah!!

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:38:14 +0000

gad, you said it. i just finished sending my first revision back to my editor … after waiting months to hear from her in the first place. and yeah — no ability to concentrate while waiting. must learn that one.

By: Ally

Ally — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:32:41 +0000

justine!! i love the pictures of you on maureen’s site! it looks like yall had a ball at the spiderwick party!

By: The Bibliophile

The Bibliophile — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:13:32 +0000

Waiting is hard on us readers as well. It drives me to distraction knowing the the next book in a favorite series won’t be out for a year, or more! Or the next book by a favorite author! Argh! Speaking of which, I can’t wait for your next book to come out!!

By: Dawn

Dawn — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:13:14 +0000

I know what you mean. I’m one of the most patient people in the world, but when it comes to things I absolutely LOVE…or really care about…I’m VeRy impatient! Agh.

By: kevin wignall

kevin wignall — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:53:04 +0000

oh yes, a thousand times, yes.

firstly, i hope you’re waiting to break great news. if it’s the middle one, i know exactly how you feel – my ya book was finished just over a year ago and has been out with some uk editors for eight months. it’s the first of a quartet that i’m passionate about and i hate to even think about it because it drives me mad.

meanwhile, my next adult book was finished and handed in january 06 and will come out in the usa this coming november, just shy of two years later.

it’s always the waiting that kills you.

By: Dess

Dess — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:22:36 +0000

ooo i was the first commenter! fun! i could never be a writer. i can’t wait for anything. i’m to impatient. and i can’t spell. but i guess that’s what spell check and editors are for.

By: Dess

Dess — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:20:05 +0000

i hate waiting too. like waiting for a very important email. when ill it ever show up?!?!?!?!