Firefly novel from Brust: free for the reading

[netmouse]

skzbrust has released as fanfic his Firefly novel, My Own Kind Of Freedom, under a creative commons license.

I had the unique experience of copyediting an early draft of the novel with Steve, unique in that we sat on the phone, he in Nevada, I in Michigan, and discussed how to best fix all the errors and problems spots I identified (we were using collaborative software, both viewing a document as I was changing it). Usually a copyeditor only gets to highlight and query, not knowing how the author will respond to each point. I got to sit there and get confirmation of my corrections and also see the process when the author said, "You know, that whole section doesn't make sense, and it's because I left out this part I meant to put in the last chapter. Let's go back and do that."

It was a joy to work with Brust on that project, and I hope everyone enjoys the book as much as he clearly enjoyed writing it and I enjoyed editing it. Actually, I'm sure you will-- Steve's special delight during our collaboration was in hearing me chuckle and finding out where what he wrote worked. And it does. :)

Comments

[netmouse.livejournal.com]

The novel is set before Serenity.

*smile* yes, I do know him. And he's coming near here this May as the Toastmaster for Marcon (http://www.marcon.org), so if you'd like to meet him, head over there for Memorial Day Weekend.

He's quite er, approachable. ;)

[urban-exotic.livejournal.com]

Set before Serenity, you say? Fabulous. I wouldn't be all that into reading Firefly fiction with Wash and the Shepherd gone.

*giggles about your comment about "approachable"*