Announcement: if you noted that frenzy of glee happening in NYC?

[lagilman]

Note icon.

Seriously. The past week's been a blur of me quietly flailing and freaking behind the scenes, while Best Agent Evah Jenn did her thing. Her thing done, I can now -- with great glee -- announce that the project formerly known as "The Project Eating my Brain" has et an editor's brain* as well.

Henceforth, it shall be known as The Vineart Wars 1-3, and they will be coming from Pocket Books (via the amazingly talented and most-excellent judge of books, Jen Heddle).

Because, really, a second-world fantasy based on wine-magic? Totally me, yes. :-)

Now I get to move from "hopefully someone will want this" to "OMG they want it when?" Eeeep.


I think I'm still slightly in (delighted) shock. Wheeeee!

(and no, I haven't forgotten about/lost any love for the Cosa Nostradamus books. Like any parent with more than one child, they're ALL my favorite. Just more on some days than others...)

EtA: and yes, fakefrenchie, this means what you think it means. Dust off that guest room! ;-)


*two editors, actually, hence the flailing and freaking

Comments

[debg.livejournal.com]

highfives suri

[karenmiller.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's wonderful!!!! Huge congrats!!!!

Hurry up and visit DownUnder so we can celebrate at the vineyard.

[lagilman]

Hurry up and visit DownUnder so we can celebrate at the vineyard.

Hrmmmm..... I DO need to do research on harvests and bottling....

[karenmiller.livejournal.com]

And where else can you get a personally guided tour of the entire process, complete with unfettered wandering through rows and rows of bloody grapes? All tax deductible????

[nycdeb.livejournal.com]

OMG! This is soooooooooooooo exciting!

wine-magic????? You have my utter and FULL attention!

edited to add: Oh yes! And CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!

[miladyinsanity.livejournal.com]

Wheeeeeee!

[jimhines.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! That sounds like an awesome project. And I know at least one friend I'll be recommending it to already. So ... when will it be out? ::Drums fingers impatiently::

[lagilman]

I defer all questions of scheduling to madame editrix Jen.

[nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com]

Big congratulations! I remember when you told me this idea over Chinese food months ago I thought it was a good one. Now my opinion has been vindicated by Pocket!

[marinarusalka.livejournal.com]

Yaaaay! Go you!

[stevenagy.livejournal.com]

Congrats. :-)

Congratulations

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

I'm glad that editors are interested.

I'm intrigued by the wine-magic. That sounds new and worth reading.

[miintikwa.livejournal.com]

Congrats, and oooh! What an interesting concept!

[leethomas.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Many yays and huzzahs. Is wine magic the belief system by which the ugly turn hot after one consumes a bottle of wine?

[lagilman]

Is wine magic the belief system by which the ugly turn hot after one consumes a bottle of wine?

"Vinius transmogrifuggus!"

[delkytlar.livejournal.com]

"Vinius transmogrifuggus!"

Channeling J.K. Rowling now, are we?

[leethomas.livejournal.com]

Yeah, what she said.

[music-lover3.livejournal.com]

Wow, sounds amazing!! Congrats!!!

[house-draven.livejournal.com]

Congrats! You rock.

[girasole.livejournal.com]

Dudesse! Brava! I would raise my glass of Sancerre, if it weren't allergy season and I could drink freely.

[delkytlar.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, to you and Jen both. Sounds like an interesting project.

Wine magic, hmm? Knowing how much you hate researching your books, I'd be very happy to hire on as a research assistant. Anything for a friend.

[lagilman]

Knowing how much you hate researching your books, I'd be very happy to hire on as a research assistant. Anything for a friend.

Hah. Get in line....

[windrose.livejournal.com]

WOOHOO!!!!!

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Whee! Congrats!

[jmward14.livejournal.com]

Congratulations to you! More books for us. This is what I call a win-win situation. Cheers and cyber-champagne, Jean Marie

[difrancis.livejournal.com]

Congrats! You and me at Pocket together. We shall take over the world!

Di

[lagilman]

The Pocket Posse!

[difrancis.livejournal.com]

I have this image of us in very strange pocket covered clothing wearing cool sunglasses with cowboy hats and drinking wine. I don't know about that . . . The wine would be good.

Does this mean that you'll throw a launch party that involves wine tasting?

Di

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

...wow. I was reading through comments on my way to posting a congratulations, but now I am stuck gazing at your icon, and may never be able to tear myself away...

[difrancis.livejournal.com]

Isn't he pretty? And there's going to be a new Sharpe's movie soon too.

Di

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah, she said happily. Yeaaaaaaaah. Mmmmm. Sean Bean. Sharpe. Mmmmmmm. *wriggles* :)

[neutronjockey.livejournal.com]

Because, really, a second-world fantasy based on wine-magic? Totally me, yes. :-)

*applause*

Only you...

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[ex-fashioni.livejournal.com]

Yay, you! Jen was my editor for Accent and she's definitely wonderful!

[arouraleona.livejournal.com]

Wine magic? That's one I can't recall ever reading about before...

[melinda-goodin.livejournal.com]

Sounds fascinating. Congratulations!
The last wine I drank was that sickly-sweet Passover stuff. I wonder what you might do with that :}

[lagilman]

The last wine I drank was that sickly-sweet Passover stuff. I wonder what you might do with that :}

dunno, it's been banned from our Pesach table *grin*

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

Dusting madly

I'm pre-ordering this. Tell me it's coming out in MMPB, please.

[cybermonklives.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!!

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

Congrats! It's a good idea.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

HOORAY! Oh, congratulations, that's *awesome*! I can't wait to read these! (I said eagerly, because they're not urban fantasy, and I can read not-urban-fantasy! :))

[ceosanna.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

>...a second-world fantasy based on wine-magic...

If you need any help doing wine-related research around the D.C. area (which can realistically span several states), I'll be glad to throw myself under that bus.

[shui-long.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! I'll certainly drink to that... (a rather nice Fleurie, as it happens)

It's quite clear that producing good wine is magic, notwithstanding all the science they try to claim. That winemaker wandering round the cellar muttering darkly must be having more influence than he'll admit... and who's to say that the plagues of unseasonable frost, mould, hailstones, badgers and taxmen are really just natural forces...

The magical effects of drinking it are, of course, well known (L'Elisir d'Amore etc.)

[kateelliott.livejournal.com]

Whoo-hoo! Congrats!

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... that name sounds familiar... :>

FABULOUS news, CONGRATULATIONS!

[jer-bear711.livejournal.com]

Jumping in late to say congrats!! As you know from working with her, Jen is an amazing editor. She's phenomenal from this end, too. :-)

Can't wait to read it!

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

Hi Jeri.