I have just finished the narrative editing for Elite Dangerous Premonition. Now this third draft goes to the copy editor for grammar and typo zapping. Full speed ahead.
Yay! As they say in some countries, stop talking and take our money
Yay! As they say in some countries, stop talking and take our money
Congratulations on reaching another significant milestone! o7
Also o7 for the stirling work of your editor to complete the narrative edit for a piece of that size so quickly.
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I know FD aren't going into details about it yet but I hope they invite you to the 'big event' they have planned about the major updates after 2.4. Maybe they could even invite you to give a short reading of a suitable part of the Premonition story. It feels like the pace of the evolving storyline is about to start accelerating. (The approach of bringing in 2.4 content in stages seems suggestive to me of building a narrative supported by events in game.)
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Looking forward to reading it!
Also o7 for the stirling work of your editor to complete the narrative edit for a piece of that size so quickly.
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I know FD aren't going into details about it yet but I hope they invite you to the 'big event' they have planned about the major updates after 2.4. Maybe they could even invite you to give a short reading of a suitable part of the Premonition story. It feels like the pace of the evolving storyline is about to start accelerating. (The approach of bringing in 2.4 content in stages seems suggestive to me of building a narrative supported by events in game.)
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Looking forward to reading it!
Congratulations!
I look forward to reading another Harry Potter book.
I look forward to reading another Harry Potter book.
+1 from me!
Great news! Congratulations!
Congratulations Drew.
I loved Reclamation, it really made the Elite Dangerous world come to life for me. Currently reading the Shadewood Saga Book I and I am gripped by that as well. It also has a very high level of literary elegance.
All the best,
Capitan Ace Rimmer
I loved Reclamation, it really made the Elite Dangerous world come to life for me. Currently reading the Shadewood Saga Book I and I am gripped by that as well. It also has a very high level of literary elegance.
All the best,
Capitan Ace Rimmer
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rootsrat
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Awesome! How long before it starts showing up on Amazon and so on? (or if not Amazon, where?)
Details on availability are coming, but I'm going to have to defer to the Frontier 'Soon' for the time being. I'm expecting it to be earlier than I originally thought though.
Also, I got this from my copyeditor. We'll be able to drop his cloak of anonymity once the book is out, but he is a player and a fan of the game and he had this to say at the end of the copyedit process.
"Just to get the hype train going a bit here, I just want to say that Drew did something amazing.
I was lucky enough to be brought on to do a final line edit, and Drew managed to make a book that not only felt like it lived within the game, but within the ED the community as well. I saw story events I'd only heard snippets of detail about through GalNet revisited, but in a fresh context that changed (or confirmed) various suspicions, and I saw milestone moments that players experienced uncovering the mysteries of the game brought to life and made part of the story universe.
Despite needing to focus intently on the structure and not to read like a fan, I still managed to get swept up in events right up to the end, and even found myself laughing out loud a number of times. The fact it got past my barriers like that says something.
I think you guys are in for a treat. "
When I have news on availability I'll post up straight away. The next part of the process is type-setting, which is basically formatting the book for ebooks and print production, incorporating legal and copyright t&cs and also the very important cover!
Cheers,
Drew.
Also, I got this from my copyeditor. We'll be able to drop his cloak of anonymity once the book is out, but he is a player and a fan of the game and he had this to say at the end of the copyedit process.
"Just to get the hype train going a bit here, I just want to say that Drew did something amazing.
I was lucky enough to be brought on to do a final line edit, and Drew managed to make a book that not only felt like it lived within the game, but within the ED the community as well. I saw story events I'd only heard snippets of detail about through GalNet revisited, but in a fresh context that changed (or confirmed) various suspicions, and I saw milestone moments that players experienced uncovering the mysteries of the game brought to life and made part of the story universe.
Despite needing to focus intently on the structure and not to read like a fan, I still managed to get swept up in events right up to the end, and even found myself laughing out loud a number of times. The fact it got past my barriers like that says something.
I think you guys are in for a treat. "
When I have news on availability I'll post up straight away. The next part of the process is type-setting, which is basically formatting the book for ebooks and print production, incorporating legal and copyright t&cs and also the very important cover!
Cheers,
Drew.
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Details on availability are coming, but I'm going to have to defer to the Frontier 'Soon' for the time being. I'm expecting it to be earlier than I originally thought though.
Also, I got this from my copyeditor. We'll be able to drop his cloak of anonymity once the book is out, but he is a player and a fan of the game and he had this to say at the end of the copyedit process.
"Just to get the hype train going a bit here, I just want to say that Drew did something amazing.
I was lucky enough to be brought on to do a final line edit, and Drew managed to make a book that not only felt like it lived withing the game, but within the ED the community as well. I saw story events I'd only heard snippets of detail about through GalNet revisited, but in a fresh context that changed (or confirmed) various suspicions, and I saw milestone moments that players experienced uncovering the mysteries of the game brought to life and made part of the story universe.
Despite needing to focus intently on the structure and not to read like a fan, I still managed to get swept up in events right up to the end, and even found myself laughing out loud a number of times. The fact it got past my barriers like that says something.
I think you guys are in for a treat. "
When I have news on availability I'll post up straight away. The next part of the process is type-setting, which is basically formatting the book for ebooks and print production, incorporating legal and copyright t&cs and also the very important cover!
Cheers,
Drew.
That are grat news, can't wait to start reading it
Thank you very much for the community involvement possibilities in your book, I think it was a fantastic idea to let us knowingly influence the story and not only doing a write up of the past after things happened.
Keep up your great work
Details on availability are coming, but I'm going to have to defer to the Frontier 'Soon' for the time being. I'm expecting it to be earlier than I originally thought though.
Also, I got this from my copyeditor. We'll be able to drop his cloak of anonymity once the book is out, but he is a player and a fan of the game and he had this to say at the end of the copyedit process.
"Just to get the hype train going a bit here, I just want to say that Drew did something amazing.
I was lucky enough to be brought on to do a final line edit, and Drew managed to make a book that not only felt like it lived withing the game, but within the ED the community as well. I saw story events I'd only heard snippets of detail about through GalNet revisited, but in a fresh context that changed (or confirmed) various suspicions, and I saw milestone moments that players experienced uncovering the mysteries of the game brought to life and made part of the story universe.
Despite needing to focus intently on the structure and not to read like a fan, I still managed to get swept up in events right up to the end, and even found myself laughing out loud a number of times. The fact it got past my barriers like that says something.
I think you guys are in for a treat. "
When I have news on availability I'll post up straight away. The next part of the process is type-setting, which is basically formatting the book for ebooks and print production, incorporating legal and copyright t&cs and also the very important cover!
Cheers,
Drew.
So excited!! I cannot wait... any updates on an audio-book version coming also?
Masheikh Scytale
Banned
Great !
I can't wait to finally understand how the many clues you provided for the FR mYsTeRy did fit in the storyline !
I can't wait to finally understand how the many clues you provided for the FR mYsTeRy did fit in the storyline !
Details on availability are coming, but I'm going to have to defer to the Frontier 'Soon' for the time being. I'm expecting it to be earlier than I originally thought though.
Also, I got this from my copyeditor. We'll be able to drop his cloak of anonymity once the book is out, but he is a player and a fan of the game and he had this to say at the end of the copyedit process.
"Just to get the hype train going a bit here, I just want to say that Drew did something amazing.
I was lucky enough to be brought on to do a final line edit, and Drew managed to make a book that not only felt like it lived within the game, but within the ED the community as well. I saw story events I'd only heard snippets of detail about through GalNet revisited, but in a fresh context that changed (or confirmed) various suspicions, and I saw milestone moments that players experienced uncovering the mysteries of the game brought to life and made part of the story universe.
Despite needing to focus intently on the structure and not to read like a fan, I still managed to get swept up in events right up to the end, and even found myself laughing out loud a number of times. The fact it got past my barriers like that says something.
I think you guys are in for a treat. "
When I have news on availability I'll post up straight away. The next part of the process is type-setting, which is basically formatting the book for ebooks and print production, incorporating legal and copyright t&cs and also the very important cover!
Cheers,
Drew.
Congrats Drew!
I recently read your first Elite book and very much enjoyed it and want to thank you for including the backstory of how it was funded.
That said, while I did enjoy it the one thing the first half of the book lacked was a truly likable character.
So, here's hoping you have at least one character who comes in early in the book who is truly likable, because if everyone is self centered back stabbing scum like in the first book it won't be able to compete with the scores of other sci fi novels that come out each month (of all the sci fi books I pick up each year, I only finish about 70 of them as those are the ones with a main character who is "likable")
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