Finished!

[anteros_lmc]

Hello. Remember me? I haven't quite fallen off the edge of the internet :}

Work has been all encompassing for the last few months; I'm currently working on four different contacts so evenings and weekends have kinda gone to the wall. Hopefully I'll be able to off load some of the work soon though.

Anyway, enough of that, those of you who follow nodbear might have seen that our big news is that finally, after three years and many interruptions, our book on the midshipmen of HMS Indefatigable is finally finished. nodbear came up to Glasgow last week so we could finish off the manuscript and on Sunday we sent it off to the publishers. Hurray! I can't believe we finally did it. It'll be next year before the book sees the light of day, but we'll keep you posted and let you know how things progress. Thank you all for your interest and support over the years, it wouldn't have been half as much fun without you :)



Huzzah!

Comments

[vespican.livejournal.com]

I suspect it's a bit different than writing fiction, but it is a milestone! And when it is published and available, I'm sure the two of you will be as excited as I was when my first one was finally published.
Dave

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

I have no experience of publishing fiction, which I'm sure must be very different - sending your own characters out there into the world. However this is certainly a lot more exciting than the kind of stuff I usually publish for work! :}

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Thank you m'dear!

[mylodon.livejournal.com]

Looking forward so much to this being on the shelves.

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Heh, given the print run and the cover price I suspect the shelves it lands on will be few and far between! :}

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

LOL well, I shall buy a copy and I have a pal on LJ who wants one, so you're a bestseller already.

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Heh, you'd better start saving up then! Sadly the book will have a typical academic cover price which means you'll have to take out a mortgage to afford a copy :}

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

I am planning on selling my body to finance it.

[shepet.livejournal.com]

Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!
Шt is great news!:)

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Thank you! We're both chuffed to finally have it finished.

[amaraal.livejournal.com]

*bows* Great news, well done, congrats and champaign :) Will Ioan and Jamie press their lips onto the first page instead of an autograph??? Kidding :)

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Maybe ;)

[katriona-s.livejournal.com]

Great news! Congratulations! :D

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

Oh, hi there, yes, you vaguely ring some bell... *g* (*massive hug of welcome*)

Congratulations on the book! I wish you great reviews and plenty of readers! :)

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Lovely to be back, thank you for the welcome :)

We're a bit apprehensive about the reviews, some of the maritime history journals write absolutely scathing reviews :}

[kittycallum.livejournal.com]

Brilliant! :D Congratulations, you two, that's wonderful to hear. I can't wait to read it, and I promise you a non-scathing review, as I'm sure it will be worthy of the highest praise!

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Aww thank you m'dear! You're too kind :)

[latin-cat.livejournal.com]

Huge congratulations to the both of you! :D I'll be doing my utmost to persuade my professor to persuade the uni library to buy a copy. Long C18th Navy, gender, society and family is her area of study, so it's very possible I may be in luck.

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Thank you m'dear! I think I know your prof from #twitterstorians so I'll be giving the book a good plug on twitter as soon as it's published.

[nodbear.livejournal.com]

The views from the 'real' experts are the scary thought at this point= but we are really chuffed as Anteros reports. Its been against the odds here and there but we think the boys and their captain were watching over us!

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

I think it's fair to say that Ned has definitely made his presence felt :)

[ioanite.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! I hope I can stumble across a copy at the library sometime; I'd really love to take a look at all your hard work!

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Because our publisher is an academic press the book will have a ridiculously tiny print run, but it should find its way to a number of libraries so you might come across a copy one day!

[marine-lapwing.livejournal.com]

It is great news!:)
Congratulations on the book!
I hope it will be translated into Russian someday.

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Thank you m'dear! It would be wonderful to have our book translated into Russian. Perhaps we should suggest this to our publisher? They might be quite surprised to learn we have an audience in Russia! :)