Like, literally survived. Last week, just as I was going into Crunch Time, I came down with one of the worst colds I’ve ever had in my LIFE. And, unfortunately, because of my deadline, I couldn’t take a single day off to rest. And “non-drowsy” cold medicine? Yeah. That’s a LIE. Try world-building when you’re so out of it you can barely remember your own name. Horrible, horrible, horrible.
So, I pretty much lived on alkaseltzer-plus for five days. BUT I emerged victorious, because:
- I sent in my edits today!!! HOORAY!!!!
- I frakking LOVE the work I did. I couldn’t stop grinning while I read through the manuscript one last time before sending it.
- Despite the misery of being sick, I’m kinda proud of myself for fighting through the vicious cold. It makes me feel like a Hardcore Real Author Person.
So, now that I’ve sent in my edits, what am I going to do?
READING BINGE.
Yep. I’m taking the next few days off from working on other projects and just READING. Besides, I can’t do much else, since I’m 95% sure I broke my toe this past weekend (…I smashed my foot into the 10-pound weight I’ve had sitting on my office floor for months…totally karma for never using it). Seriously--I can't even drive my car. :(
Anyway, I’m already halfway through CLEOPATRA’S MOON by Vicky Alvear Shecter. It’s super-fascinating and intense. And I’m definitely going to be Cleopatra for Halloween (so you KNOW the book is good).
Once I finish it, I’ve got these lovely books to keep me company:
And then I’ve got BEHEMOTH and GOLIATH by Scott Westerfeld to read, but they might have to wait until my next reading binge, because I have some secret-y stuff due by the end of October/early November, and I can’t take *that* many days off.
Annnnnd…in case you were wondering what I’m obsessively listening to today…
If my toe weren’t broken, I would be dancing through my house to that song right now. It’s my “I’m Done With Revisions…For Now!” victory jam.
What are you guys reading??
Hope you’re all well!!
- Current Music:Cradle : The Joy Formidable : The Big Roar
Hi! I'm Sarah J. Maas, a YA fantasy author. My debut novel, THRONE OF GLASS, was published by Bloomsbury in August 2012. Book 2 - CROWN OF MIDNIGHT - will be released in August 2013!
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I just finished Daughter of Smoke and Bone last week and couldn't put it down. I literally finished it in something like four hours. I'm not reading anything (fun) right now though. I'm so behind on uni stuff and it's not even October!
Enjoy your reading days off!!
I've heard SUCH great thinks about DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE...I can't wait to read it!! Good luck on catching up on your schoolwork!!!
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And let me know how ANNA DRESSED IN BLOOD is! It looks fabulous. :)
And AMERICAN GODS...I haven't read it, but it's sitting on my bookshelf, waiting to be read! I really should read it one of these days...
And THE GRAVEYARD BOOK...omfg, I LOVE that book SO much. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!!! :)
As for books, I just finished Midnight Pearls by Debbie Viguie today. As in, 50 minutes ago, ha ha. It was an enjoyable little read. :)
Next on my list is Mrs. Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. I actually bought that when you and the LTWF girls were in Jax and we went to Barnes & Noble. I'm looking forward to it! :D
Ahhh, every time I see the cover for MPHFPC, I get SO freaked out! Let me know if it's good--it looks so creepy!!!!
Right now I'm reading The Grimm Legacy (the concept for it is AWESOME! The girl is a bit of a whiny loser though) and DragonSpell which is good so far too! So many books, WAY too little time. Arghhhhhhhhhhhh!
And yes....there's never enough time to read all the books we want to read, is there? Especially if we want to have time left to WRITE. And have lives. :P
I'm sorry to hear that you worked yourself sick. That sucks. My lymph nodes were swollen the other day; I freaked out and took really good care of myself for the next 24 hours and was beyond relieved when I couldn't feel my lymph node anymore. I have two weeks worth of exams starting next Wednesday. Yueck, can't get sick!
I read In True Blood by Truman Capote and Heart's Blood by Juliet Marillier. In Cold Blood was good--gave me the chills. Heart's Blood was okay; I liked it, but I'm still searching, searching, searching for a fairy tale retelling that really just hits the spot like no other (c'mon, 2012!!! hehe).
YAYYYYYY for finish QOG revision: part deux!!! YAYYYYYY for working on secret projects after a mini-reading-vacation!!!!!
ahhhhhhhhh, I always think it's prudent to help others, especially one SJMAAS, remember just how brilliant they are. *sigh* Look how far you've come . . . ^______^
*btw, on a totally unrelated note . . . I know that LTWF is on summer vacation just like the publishing industry is, but can you remind me again when the regular blogging is going to start up again? I forgot, but I can't wait. I loved the daily updates. :)
Two weeks of exams? Holy crap, that sucks. GOOD LUCK!!! And stay healthy!!!
And thank you so much for the encouragement re: QOG. You're amazing. :)
As for LTWF...A lot of us are super-busy right now, so I think we're still on the 3x a week schedule, BUT we're going to switch back to it at some point soon...We have some big changes coming up in January at LTWF, but it's all hush-hush for right now. :)
Hope you're well!!!!
I really liked both The Girl of Fire and Thorns and Witchlanders. Hope you like them!
Ouch, sorry to hear about your toe. Hope your toe and your cold are fixed soon :)
Great to hear from you!!!!
congrats on finishing the revisions! and will we know what your secrety stuff is at some point?
enjoy your binge!
And yes! I hope I'll be able to talk about the secrety stuff soon--because I am REALLY FREAKING EXCITED to tell you guys.
Anyway, Congrats on finishing your revisions and I hope your toe feels better soon! I feel your pain, I broke my toe at the end of 2009. It ruined my entire winter break because it was swollen to the point to where I COULDN'T PUT MY OWN SHOE ON. ;-; And it hurt like hell. And it felt like someone was pulling my nail back, like tearing it right off very, very slowly. And I broke it by...walking. Yup, I was walking across my bedroom, going to get my blanket to snuggle in and BAM, I dripped over my cable wire and my big toe bent back and CRACK. I hopped back to my bed hissing in pain like "JEEZ I JUST WANTED MY BLANKET! ;-;" ^^;
And ooooh--I hope you love the GOLDEN COMPASS! Those books are some of my all-time favorites. :)
I'm so jealous of all your reading time. My cushy class schedule this semester has suddenly morphed into two weeks of midterm doom. Seriously, last week I had time to seclude myself in the library for hours on end so I could just write, write, write. But this week I'll be lucky if I write for a few hours top, and next week is looking just as ugly. It's quite sad :(
But once these tests are behind me, I have some awesome weeks with barely any work, and I plan to spend most of my free time reading/writing. I've hear about so many great books out right now, and I'm dying to get my hands on them.
And blugh for so much school work...though i'm glad you found some time last week to write, and will have so much free time after your tests!!! I haven't picked up SHATTERHEART yet, so if you want to/need to send me a new draft or anything like that, feel free! I can't wait to dive into it!!!!
Great to hear from you, as always!!! :)
I loved Daughter of Smoke & Bone. It's exquisite. I also really enjoyed Behemoth & Goliath. And I want to read Girl of Fire & Thorns! Ack, so many books! I'm reading Cinder now, with How to Save a Life on deck.
I'm 1/3-ish through GIRL OF FIRE AND THORNS and reallllly enjoying it so far!!!! And I'm SO jealous you're reading CINDER! That book looks fab-fab-fab!!!
Hope you're well!!! <3
I can now totally understand why you raved about her so much when you went through your McKillip phase. =)
And how did you like MAGIC UNDER GLASS? I loved it. :)
All these books you're reading sound awesome, I've put them on my GoodReads to read post :D. Fablehaven sounds AWESOME, I love concepts like this, that somewhere through some magical door is all the neat mythological things humanity has talked about for thousands of years :D. Congrats on surviving Revisions Part Deux!
And OMG--your icon ROCKS.
I hope the interview went well!!!
How'd you like DAUGHTER OF SMOKE & BONE? I thought Akiva was smokin hot, lol.
Yay for smart people who watch JS!!! :)
One: CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING IT THROUGH REVISIONS! I think that nasty cold is making its way EVERYWHERE because I had one myself. And non-drowsy medicine totally lies. Never believe it.
Two: HOORAY FOR READING BINGE! Let us know how it goes! :D
Three: Randomly breaking your toe SUCKS. I did that last fall. Running into a child. Seriously. I spiral fractured my pinky toe. MY PINKY TOE. Because a kid stopped too fast in front of me. I spent three weeks in a boot (and couldn't drive), the doctors were baffled at how I'd broken my toe THAT badly running into a kid's sneaker, and everyone now jokes that I kick children. Upside is, you don't have to drive to work every day, right? :D
Enjoy the reading binge and congrats again! You are DEFINITELY a real hardcore author person! :D
Mer
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Omg--that sounds SO HORRIBLE. A boot!!!! I don't have one of those, though I have to tape my toe to another one, which is just weird and uncomfortable. Plus, my favorite writing position is sitting with my right leg tucked under my left, and now that my toe is broken (on my right foot), I can't do it!!! Woe is me!!!!
Hope writing is going well!!!! <3