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With the October Daye series on the Hugo ballot again, I figure it's time to introduce y'all to the pieces in play. We begin with ROSEMARY AND RUE.
ROSEMARY AND RUE was my first novel. I originally wrote it when I was eighteen years old, meaning I finished draft one in 1996. I spent the next twelve years rewriting and improving it, until it was finally purchased in 2008, and published in 2009.
ROSEMARY started out as a fourteen-page short story called "Of Koi Fish and October Dayes." It was, at the time, the best thing I had ever written. My girlfriend read it and said "Toby wants a novel."
I objected, saying that Toby didn't have enough story to support a novel. She argued with me, and for about a month, all she'd say to me was "Toby wants a novel."
I really, really liked my girlfriend. I started writing Toby's novel, originally titled HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL. The original draft was written one chapter at a time, almost entirely out of order.
There are absolutely things I would do differently if I were starting the series now; some of the rules of the world would be heavily modified, if not thrown out completely. But I'm still pretty damn proud of this book. It makes me happy.
ROSEMARY AND RUE is available from @dawbooks at bookstores everywhere. There are currently signed copies available from @borderlands_sf.
