Re: So when does Volume II come out?
And that's enough of that!
Cute but unfortunately accurate. Incidentally, I periodically post updates on issues relating to the bio on the blog of my author site,
www.whpattersonjr.com, and the most recent blogpost is about the editing process.
Let's see: David Hartwell started editing on the second volume after Labor Day, and I received the first batch of about 100 pages in mid-February. I received the third batch, chapters 17 and 18, last week, so it's about halfway done with the initial edit.
On a good weekday I can get through 1 or 2 pages of the edit, 4 or 5 pages on a weekend day. Since I wrote the thing at the rate of about 1000 words a day, the edit is taking a lot longer than the original writing.
This means if there are no great interruptions (doubtful), it will take a minimum of 6 months to get through the first pass of the edit. I'm setting it up so that the second-pass through David can simply strike the parts he doesn't want.
I'm also generating the index and list of permissions at the same time. Call it done with the basic stuff by end of the year.