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Any news on Peace Talks
123Chikadee:
Ah ok, then, I see. I just want it so bad, lol. Well hopefully when they are ready to announce that he's done, they state a date.
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: noblehunter on June 18, 2019, 08:13:16 PM ---The soonest possible date is probably November or December but that would involve the publisher spending a few buckets of extra money, parallel edits and copy edits, a lot of *really* tight deadlines and betting there won't be major revisions of the manuscript. I think the publication process can be condensed down to about three months (which I think is the plan for GRRM's book) but that assumes writing and editing can be done in parallel. Given that the Dresden Files are a single POV in rigid chronological order, I don't think that can be done.*
More likely is spring or summer of next year, which is what most of me hopes they'll do. It tends to make for a better book and is less likely to burn out the author. I'd rather Jim get back into the rhythm of regular releases than go into a major editing crunch just to get the book out a few months earlier.
*I don't know how Jim's writing process fits into editing or what state his submitted manuscript is in. But what I've heard about the more common methods is that edits in later chapters can often mean revising previous chapters to make it look like they knew what they were doing all along.
--- End quote ---
In the past, Jim has used Beta readers that get chapters as he goes. They provide notes, so there are fewer surprises at the end. I don't know if he's continued to use them or not, but it seems likely. That should help with the editing turnaround.
Still seems likely that the end of the year would be the earliest, and early next year more likely. Depends on if the publisher wants the sales sooner or later. I imagine they'd bump someone else off the schedule for a sure #1 if they need the 2019 sales.
Con:
I mean I'm hoping for a Christmas release. That would make sense for the publishers to push for.
magnuskn:
From reddit, the turnaround time for prior books, after Jim posted "The End" on Twitter:
Skin Game: 191 days* (6.4 months)
Cold Days: 120 days (4 months)
Ghost Story: 109 days (3.6 months)
Changes: 93 days (3.1 months)
Turn Coat: 97 days (3.2 months)
Small Favor: 208 days (6.9 months)
Bad Alias:
Storm Front: 86,961 words
Fool Moon: 102,149 words
Grave Peril: 116,932 words
Summer Knight: 111,764 words
Blood Rites: 121,308 words
Death Masks: 107,382 words
Dead Beat: 144,555 words
Proven Guilty: 154,598 words
White Night: 130,223 words
Small Favor: 139,798 words
Turn Coat: 141,745 words
Changes: 149,280 words
Ghost story: 162,899 words
Cold Days: 175,685 words
Skin Game: 151,922 words
https://www.reddit.com/r/dresdenfiles/comments/29lhkq/word_count_for_all_books/.
--- Quote from: magnuskn on June 19, 2019, 02:46:45 PM ---From reddit, the turnaround time for prior books, after Jim posted "The End" on Twitter:
Skin Game: 191 days* (6.4 months) [151,922 words]
Cold Days: 120 days (4 months) [175,685 words]
Ghost Story: 109 days (3.6 months) [162,899 words]
Changes: 93 days (3.1 months) [149,280 words]
Turn Coat: 97 days (3.2 months) [141,745 words]
Small Favor: 208 days (6.9 months) [139,798 words]
--- End quote ---
I have to run. I haven't done the math, but it looks like there isn't much correlation between word count and time to publication. Good news?
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