What do George R.R. Martin and I have in common?
We both take obscenely long amounts of time to finish our books.
But while Winds of Winter is still nowhere near being finished, I’m psyched to announce that Chasing Nonconformity is at the final proofreading stages, and should be published in a matter of weeks!
Feel free to throw your baby in the air in celebration. If you don’t have a baby, acquire one. This is not the time for half-measures. This is the time for VICTORY!
So here’s the official update: The sequel is done. My mother/editor is currently proofreading it for the second (and last) time. Yes, she gets two rounds of proofreading. Then I proofread it. Once that’s done … publication time!
We’ll start off with the ebook, and then proceed to the print book once I get the print cover from Ravven. Speaking of which — if you’re interested in grabbing a signed copy of the print book, shoot me off an email at michellishelli@gmail.com. I’ll write a post about that when the print book actually goes live, but basically it will be ~$10 for the book + shipping. And obviously I’ll throw in assorted swag. What is life without swag? No life I want to live, I can tell you that.
That’s all for now! Thanks for checking in, and have a fabulous weekend.
Unrelated media of the day:
Inspirational T-shirts spotted in Asia:
Find more here: http://imgur.com/gallery/gLaWg
Michelle Proulx - Author 
Pingback: Chasing Nonconformity Is Approaching! | mishaburnett
Hurray! At least it was Harper Lee levels of time between releases. 😉
Hehehe. I’m going with the JK Rowling approach. ~2 years between books. Hopefully I can get future books out faster as I streamline the process 😀
Was it really 2 years between every book? Never realized that. Felt like one was always coming out.
Yeah, they were approximately 2 years apart. I grew up with Harry Potter, so I remember every painstaking day of waiting between releases.
Guess it was that my friends wouldn’t be quiet about it. So it felt like it never ended.
Ha! If you’d known me back then, I would have been one of those friends who wouldn’t shut up about it. Sorry in reverse-advance 😀
The worst were the ones that read the book in a weekend and spouted spoilers.
… probably a bad time to mention I would sit down and read each one in 10 hours … (although I don’t think I ever spouted spoilers, so I’ve got that going for me, which is nice)
The spoiler part was the irking thing. It’s one of the reasons I never read the whole series. I already knew everything.
Yay – really looking forward to this one Michelle.
Woo hoo! That is exciting news indeed 😀
Sometimes great just takes a bit longer. Looking forward to reading it.
I’m currently in that zone somewhere between “OMG I’m so excited for people to read it” and “OMG when will I finally get this published so I can move on with my life” lol
I know the feeling. I’m there with my latest re-write. Trying to get it done before my daughter is born.
Yayayayayah! Well you know I’m excited girl. 😀 ❤ And of COURSE I want a signed version!! So it can sit all nice and awesome next to my other two~ Plus I helped beta-read, so! ^^ And lol about wanting to just move on with your life. xD That's kind of how I've been feeling about mine lately–like I want to feel free to write something else without this unfinished chain fettering me to my other book. GOTTA FINISH IIIIIITTTT.
Anyway, you rock. 🙂
You’d better be! Otherwise I’d have to fire you. Except I don’t pay you, which makes that tricky. Maybe you could apply to be my unpaid intern, and then I could catch you stealing staplers from the file room and be forced to let you go.
Where was I going with this again?