{"id":6734,"date":"2020-11-27T17:57:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T17:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/?p=6734"},"modified":"2021-01-26T20:17:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T20:17:50","slug":"owl-be-home-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2020\/11\/27\/owl-be-home-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Owl Be Home For Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ETA: <em>Owl Be Home For Christmas<\/em> is now complete! You can purchase it here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/OwlBeHome4Christmas\"><em>Owl Be Home For Christmas<\/em> at Ebooks Direct<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8230;Sometimes work and life come at you fast, in tandem.<\/p>\n<p>I was taking a break from work on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.middlekingdoms.com\/tales-of-the-five-3-the-librarian-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Tales of the Five 3: The Librarian<\/em><\/a> last week, and (as I do frequently during the day) having a look at Twitter, when something unusual came across my dashboard: this.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">They found a small owl inside of this year\u2019s Rockefeller Christmas tree, he hitched a ride all the way to NYC and is now being treated and cared for at a wildlife rehab facility. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f4PkBm6MGo\">pic.twitter.com\/f4PkBm6MGo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Allison Esposito Medina (@techladyallison) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/techladyallison\/status\/1329133725779628033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8230;There are writers who routinely get images before words. I would (often) be one of those. And the image I got<span class=\"ILfuVd\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">\u2014<\/span><\/span>very much sparked by the expression of the small creature in the box<span class=\"ILfuVd\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">\u2014<\/span><\/span>was straightforward and immediate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hmm, I see a (forget-the-heartwarming) children\u2019s book in this. (Because that expression says \u201cWTF?? YOU CHOPPED DOWN MY F*CKING TREE!\u201d) So on Christmas Eve, a MILLION OWLS mount a rescue mission from the North, pick up the tree, and take it (and their buddy) home. The End. &#x2764;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bRy2rshIin\">https:\/\/t.co\/bRy2rshIin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Diane Duane (@dduane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dduane\/status\/1329140062597115904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The response to those tweets was pretty enthusiastic, and I realized that I was in the position of the fisherman wandering up the beach after work who finds a pretty stoppered bottle washed up at the tideline, picks it up, wonders what he could get for it, uncorks it to have a look inside&#8230; and finds that the situation has abruptly changed. Because (a) the image wouldn&#8217;t let me be: and (b) &#8230;well, just look at the responses. The saying in the PR-handling business used to be: &#8220;For every person who writes to you saying that they want a thing, there are ten more who want it who haven&#8217;t bothered writing.&#8221; And leaving that issue to one side&#8230; here were all these people who <em>do<\/em> want it, and said so.<\/p>\n<p>And possibly the <em>coup de grace<\/em> was being delivered the title on a silver platter by the fabulous <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/airawyn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Airawyn<span class=\"ILfuVd\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">\u2014<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Owl Be Home For Christmas<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emily &#x1f419; (@airawyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/airawyn\/status\/1329144183156736000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So: nothing to do but rev up the storytelling engine and get <em>busy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It took me a day or so to sit with the concept and decide how it was going to be handled. Normally I keep my storytelling away from the here-and-now, but dealing with this situation was going to make that impossible. I then spent another day or two in data-gathering<span class=\"ILfuVd\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">\u2014<\/span><\/span>not necessarily stuff that was going to show in the story, but stuff that was nonetheless vital: there&#8217;s no putting flesh on the bones until the skeleton&#8217;s assembled.<\/p>\n<p>But I was also waiting for a specific event to occur, as it was going to have to be part of the story: that event being this.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rocky&#8217;s release was a success! She&#8217;s a tough little bird and we&#8217;re happy to see her back in the wild. She will feel your love &amp; support through her journey south.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RockefellerOwl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RockefellerOwl<\/a> Please help us continue our mission to help birds like Rocky for years to come <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wg4S9kJZbb\">https:\/\/t.co\/Wg4S9kJZbb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AJZ5xPrVQt\">pic.twitter.com\/AJZ5xPrVQt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ravensbeard Wildlife Center (@Ravensbeardorg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ravensbeardorg\/status\/1331446527995355136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nOnce that had happened, I was ready to go, and started work in earnest.<\/p>\n<p>So: a status report. I&#8217;m well into the body of the story now. My estimate at the moment is that it will run about 20.000 words. (If I need more, I&#8217;ll take more: but I refuse to push a story into being longer than it needs to for mere length&#8217;s sake.)<\/p>\n<p>My intention is to drop the story on both Amazon and at <a href=\"https:\/\/ebooks.direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ebooks.Direct<\/a> in the early evening (7PM-ish US\/EST) of December 2, 2020, to coincide with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockefellercenter.com\/holidays\/rockefeller-center-christmas-tree-lighting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the lighting of the tree in Rockefeller Center<\/a>. <strong>(ETA: This didn&#8217;t happen: the story dropped at Christmas 2020.)<\/strong> I&#8217;ll tweet the Amazon and EBD links then, and I&#8217;ll add purchase links \/ widgets on this blog post\/page: so you might want to bookmark it. If you&#8217;re a Twitter user, you can also keep an eye on the #OwlBeHomeForChristmas hashtag there<span class=\"ILfuVd\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">\u2014<\/span><\/span>I&#8217;ll use it to post the occasional update between now and Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><em>Please note that this will be an ebook-only release.<\/em> The technical challenges of a paperback or hardcover release for so short a work are too significant to attempt to deal with between now and next Wednesday. Other formats for the book will be something I&#8217;ll consider after the ebook comes out. (In particular, I might do an author-reads-it audiobook. We&#8217;ll see.)<\/p>\n<p>The Ebooks.Direct version of <em>Owl Be Home For Christmas<span class=\"ILfuVd\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">\u2014<\/span><\/span><\/em>available in Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Apple Books\/iBooks, and generic .epub formats<span class=\"ILfuVd\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">\u2014<\/span><\/span>will be less expensive than the Amazon version, by (ideally) about 15%. By getting it from EBD, you support the author directly and make sure that she gets a larger slice of the price &#8220;pie&#8221;. (Meaning &#8220;all of it&#8221; instead of &#8220;70% or thereabouts.&#8221;) Getting the ebook into your e-reader or system (especially Kindle) is simpler than it used to be, and store staff will assist you if you need it. Please consider this option: and thank you!<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who&#8217;re curious: This story will be told in the <a href=\"http:\/\/youngwizards.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Young Wizards<\/a> universe. That said, there are a couple of situational differences from previous works set there. (a) The emphasis<span class=\"ILfuVd\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">\u2014<\/span><\/span>as it should be<span class=\"ILfuVd\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">\u2014<\/span><\/span>is on the owl as primary POV character. (b) The timeline means that we&#8217;re talking about the 2020 Young Wizards universe (as a natural outgrowth of the &#8220;reset&#8221; timeline in the Young Wizards <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/YWNMESET\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Millennium Editions<\/a>). So while you&#8217;ll be seeing familiar faces&#8230; some of them won&#8217;t be kids any more. Be prepared. (Note please, also, that this work is hereby declared a canonical work in the Young Wizards universe. So if you see things you weren&#8217;t expecting&#8230; they&#8217;ll be <em>real<\/em> things.)<\/p>\n<p>Also: please note that we&#8217;ll be making a 25% donation from all our sales of <em>Owl Be Home For Christmas<\/em> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/ravensbeard.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ravensbeard Wildlife Center,<\/a> which took care of &#8220;Rocky&#8221; in the aftermath of her discovery in the soon-to-be-Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. If you feel like offsetting that contribution by dropping something extra in the author&#8217;s kitty, you can use the PayPal.me link or the &#8220;Buy A Cuppa&#8221; option at <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/EBD-cuppa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this Ebooks.Direct product page<\/a> to do that. (And those of you who feel inclined to encourage the author right now can do that, too. It&#8217;s gonna be a loooong weekend and a lot of caffeine&#8217;s going to be involved on this end&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all I have to tell you at the moment. December 2 is coming, and I&#8217;ve got a lot to do.<\/p>\n<p>For your interest, and your continued support: thanks, all!<\/p>\n<p>(And here&#8217;s the cover&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/YW-OBHFC-Owl-Be-Home-EBD-Amazon-Cover-Rough-FINALA1b-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/YW-OBHFC-Owl-Be-Home-EBD-Amazon-Cover-Rough-FINALA1b-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Cover for OWL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-wp-pid=\"6756\" data-pin-nopin=\"nopin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/YW-OBHFC-Owl-Be-Home-EBD-Amazon-Cover-Rough-FINALA1b-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/YW-OBHFC-Owl-Be-Home-EBD-Amazon-Cover-Rough-FINALA1b-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/YW-OBHFC-Owl-Be-Home-EBD-Amazon-Cover-Rough-FINALA1b-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/YW-OBHFC-Owl-Be-Home-EBD-Amazon-Cover-Rough-FINALA1b-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/YW-OBHFC-Owl-Be-Home-EBD-Amazon-Cover-Rough-FINALA1b-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/YW-OBHFC-Owl-Be-Home-EBD-Amazon-Cover-Rough-FINALA1b-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/YW-OBHFC-Owl-Be-Home-EBD-Amazon-Cover-Rough-FINALA1b-1170x1755.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/YW-OBHFC-Owl-Be-Home-EBD-Amazon-Cover-Rough-FINALA1b-585x877.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/YW-OBHFC-Owl-Be-Home-EBD-Amazon-Cover-Rough-FINALA1b-1200x1800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ETA: Owl Be Home For Christmas is now complete! 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