Blog Entry: ARC ahoy!
Entry posted on January 25, 2010, 4.51 pm
Categories:
ARCs, Fanfiction, Giveaways, Kat Book3, Writing
I promised back in December that I would give away one ARC a month through April - and even in the midst of writing madness, I have not forgotten. But this time, you'll have to go on a visit with Kat to find it. She's been invited to take tea with Lisa Mantchev's Bertie and the fairies!
Join the teaparty and enter to win an ARC of A Most Improper Magick!
I love that Lisa let me write fanfic for her characters and world. And can I say how bizarre it is that it felt SO much easier to write fanfic for her characters than my own? Kat's voice is SO strong and clear in my head that it's been sheer pleasure to write her first-person narration in her own novels - but I found it almost impossible to write her in third-person in someone else's world. Funny, that...I guess I'll have to leave Kat fanfic to other authors! ;)
(And can I just say how much I LONG for people to write Kat fanfic and draw fanart for her world? That's one of the biggest things I hope for when the book is published. My understanding is that legally I'm not allowed to read any Kat fanfic...but oh, I really want it to exist somewhere out there in the world! And any fanart will be devoured by me with great delight.)
Today has been a day of irritating but mundane trials - our car battery is dead without warning, so far too much of today has been devoted to trying to get it replaced - but today has also been a great day, because I wrote 1,410 words, finished the first stage of Kat3's climax, and had such a fabulous time with it. I really think I might finish this draft by the end of January after all. Knock on wood for me, please...
And then go join Kat's ARC teaparty! Winners will be chosen on Sunday, January 31st...by which point I HOPE to be the tired but triumphant writer of a complete draft of Kat3.