{"id":43196,"date":"2025-07-28T06:30:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T18:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=43196"},"modified":"2025-07-27T18:29:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T06:29:50","slug":"your-publication-date-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2025\/07\/28\/your-publication-date-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Publication Date Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my most recent work-in-progress update<\/a>, I advised that Part 1 of the manuscript revision process is now complete and that I’m now into Part 2. If you haven’t already read it, the link will take you there. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"The-Chaos-Gate-The-Wall-Of-Night-Book-Four\"

Yep, there was an update recently.<\/p><\/div>\n

Subsequently, a few readers have come back to me regarding a publication date, so I’ve realized that it’s time for a reprise on the whys-and-wherefores of publication dates in traditional publishing<\/span>. Chiefly that it’s the publisher, rather than the author, that sets the publication date. <\/span><\/p>\n

The ‘catch’, of course, is that the publisher can’t set a publication date until the manuscript has been delivered and the editor has accepted it. (This is called “Delivery and Acceptance” or “D&A” in the traditional process.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Revision time…<\/p><\/div>\n

So until I have revised the whole manuscript and the publisher has accepted it, there won’t be a publication date for The Wall Of Night<\/a> #4. In other words, the ball is definitely in my court!<\/p>\n

Given this, you may be assured that I am striving for “full speed ahead” (“and damn the torpedoes”) on Part 2 of the manuscript, and will do my best to keep you apprised of progress as regularly as I can.<\/p>\n

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Knocking off those sections, one by one…<\/p><\/div>\n

I am always very conscious of how long readers have been waiting for this book. I also very much appreciate—and certainly never take for granted—readers’ commitment to the series. So I can promise you that my corresponding commitment is always to complete the series and the story and get it to the publisher immediately the revision is complete.<\/p>\n

You may also rest assured that I will let you know here immediately<\/em> any and all of these milestones are checked off. At which point…<\/p>\n

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Flowers, wine, chocolate — all the celebrations will ensue<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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