Maureen Bush

Launching The Veil Weavers

It’s time to launch The Veil Weavers, third in the Veil of Magic trilogy.

If you’re in Calgary, please come:

Saturday, May 5, at 2:00 pm

Monkeyshines Children’s Books

113, 2215 – 33rd Ave. S.W., Calgary

Amber from Coteau has planned a Spider scavenger hunt, but don’t ask me anything about it, because I don’t know! I love a surprise.

I hope to see you there,

Maureen

They’re Here!!!

The Veil Weavers have arrived, and they’re gorgeous. The colours are icy, perfect for a winter mountain story. It’s now my favorite cover of the Veil of Magic books.

I’m doing two sessions at the Calgary Young Writers Conference tomorrow, and I’ve been checking to make sure there would be copies for the bookstore. I received an email this morning – they’re here. But mine hadn’t arrived yet.

I worried that the first book I’d get to hold would be one a student brought me for signing. I figured that might be exciting for them, but not, perhaps, for me. But I got home from an errand and the box was waiting on my doorstep. Now I can take my own copy to the conference.

Maureen

Finished Proofing

All the corrections for the page proofs are in the mail. Now I’m really almost totally done editing The Veil Weavers.

There will be the inevitable phone calls, as other people find odds and bits to correct or consider changing, but this may be it for paperwork until the book itself arrives next spring. Or not. There’s something oddly unpredictable about publishing.

Maureen

The Veil Weavers

The editing of The Veil Weavers is complete. It’s always a little scary, letting go of a story. I comfort myself by remembering I get one more crack at it when I get the page proofs.

And we have a cover! It’s starting to feel like a real book, although I won’t be able to actually hold it until next April.

Maureen

Muddling Along

I’m supposed to be editing, but I’ve had no brain for it. I’ve been pulled in a million directions – summer and family and renovations and planning for fall (both daughters heading to university, one out of town). The garden has been growing voraciously, and we’ve been fighting back. I dug out a clematis bent on world domination, getting stronger every time I cut it back. We’ve taken out at least three compost bins worth of trimmings and weeds.

I have odds and bits to do for the Banff course in September, admin work I’m simply ignoring, and I just remembered the pending deadline for a grant application.

What I really need to be doing is editing the third in the Veil of Magic series. It’ll be out in the spring, so the pressure is on to get the manuscript ready for publicity before the release date.

We’re still editing for content, although I’ve been assured the remainder won’t be extensive, as the manuscript is quite clean. For now, the focus is on working threads a little deeper, intensifying, adding tumult and more magic. I love all that, couldn’t possibly argue against more magic, and yet… my brain has had no sparkle, no creativity to launch in and tackle this.

Until this weekend.

I was woken in the night by drunks partying on the street (hot night, open window), and instead of settling back to sleep I found myself sitting in the living room with a note pad, writing out the changes I want to make.

I’m hoping I can find a quiet time and quiet mind to finish this round of editing without having to write in the middle of the night.

Maureen