Hi everyone!
Just a quick note to let everyone know that GG5, OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF TIME went to copyediting yesterday afternoon!
What does that mean exactly?
Well, it means the book IS NOT finished, but I will never again work on it on the computer. Right now, my editor and a copyeditor are going over the manuscript, looking for typos, continuity errors (someone having blue eyes on page 5 and green eyes on page 35), and other misc. mistakes that always seem to make it into a book.
In a few weeks, I will get a hard copy of the manuscript in the mail. It will be covered in red marks and questions and post its. Then I’ll spend a few days reviewing those marks and questions and send it back.
At that point, the book will likely go “into galleys” meaning that it will be typeset and designed and everything to look like a REAL book and not just a Microsoft Word document (which is what it is now.)
Then it will go BACK to copyediting and we’ll do that whole process again.
Then those changes will be input into the file. My editor and/or copyeditors may read it one more time. At some point after that it will start the process of being printed and stuff.
So, see. There is still A LOT of work left to do.
It’s just that the workload has shifted from “mostly me” to “mostly my publisher”. This is why begging and pleading to “release the book early” does no good because, believe me, we’re going to be pushing it to get it out in March. (To put it in perspective, most books releasing in March went into copyediting LAST March–a full year in advance.)
What will I do now?
Well, I’ll rest and relax a bit. And clean my house. Seriously, you would not believe how filthy my house is. And then I’ll start getting ready for the UK tour!
At some point I’ll also start putting together the bare bones of Heist Society 3 and soon after I return from the UK I will roll up my sleeves and dig in.
Have a great weekend, everybody!
Ally
Kia (loves Zach & Hale) says
September 3, 2011 at 4:34 pmYay! Wahooo! Congrats, Ally! I absolutely cannot wait for GG5; I know it’ll be fantastic. And HS3?!?!?!
CANNOT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sugar&Spice says
September 3, 2011 at 4:39 pmYou never gave us the deleted scene from one of your books.
Anonymous says
September 3, 2011 at 5:02 pmYes, she did. Go to the blog post pictures. It’s on her computer!
Anonymous says
September 3, 2011 at 5:05 pmHey Ally,
Can you make a preview of Out of Sight Out Of Time like there is one for gg4 under fun videos.
I think we would all like that!
Thanks.
Anonymous says
September 3, 2011 at 6:25 pmYay! Good job, Ally! Can’t wait for GG5!
-ML
A says
September 3, 2011 at 12:04 pmthats loads of work, but be glad you’ll have some chill time. I can’t wait till you go on tour!
-forever reading your books
A xx
Emily says
September 3, 2011 at 12:32 pmCongratulations Ally!!! Good luck with the rest of it!
Anonymous says
September 3, 2011 at 12:55 pmYay!!!!!!!! Good job! I cant wait!!!
ella says
September 3, 2011 at 1:16 pmCongrats, Ally!
Stephanie Summers says
September 3, 2011 at 1:24 pmally you rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous says
September 3, 2011 at 1:41 pmCongrats Ally!!!
Colleen says
September 3, 2011 at 1:51 pmyay there’s gonna be a hs3!
Oh and by the way ally, did you know about the whole writing publishing process before you wrote your first book, or did you basically have to go with the flow? And is the process different for gg and hs than it was for your adult books?
You rock ally, thanks!
alexandra says
September 3, 2011 at 1:57 pmGreat job ally!:D I AM SO EXCITED 4 GG5 IM GOING TO EXPLODE 1 OF THESE DAYS!hahahaha BUT YEA now we know that theres a HS 3 book and THANK U FOR THE CLUE hey u know what that most likly means? well since GG4 came out u did HS 2 so when GG5 comes out ur going to work on HS3 so… is that when ur going to write the GG6!? i dont want the series the end thought:( please make more GG books(if thats even possible) and ally u need a vaca. really i mean the secong ur done with 1 book u hav another mmmmmm ur a great person ally carter!:D
-alexandra
Anonymous says
September 3, 2011 at 2:00 pmGood job ally!!!!
Anonymous says
September 3, 2011 at 2:15 pmawesome!! Go Ally! My birthday is today so that is music to my ears!! Can’t wait to read it!!!
Anonymous says
September 3, 2011 at 2:34 pmi cant wait for GG5. i must say that when my friend and i got bord during english class we would start talking about what we think you will do in the next book
Anonymous says
September 3, 2011 at 2:39 pmYay! Way to go Ally! And OMG o.o There’s going to be a Heist 3?!?! YAY!!!! LOL I can’t wait to see Kat and Hale be “together” for the entire book. Hopefully 😮
Anyway, I’m so happy for you Ally and have fun on you UK tour! 🙂
nicloe says
September 3, 2011 at 2:52 pmHAvE fUn CleAniNg THe HouSE!!!!!!1
m says
September 3, 2011 at 3:12 pmwow can’t believe all that work. Hurray for GG5 and HS3!
good luck ally.
-M
Monica says
September 3, 2011 at 6:45 pmYay! Thanks so much for all the hard work, Ally! You’re a fantastic writer!!
Monica says
September 3, 2011 at 6:47 pmHappy Birthday!!!
WannaBeGallagherGirl says
September 3, 2011 at 7:17 pmYay!!! The author finally gets a well desvered break!!!! We love u Ally!
Keep up the good work!
Taylor says
September 4, 2011 at 4:45 amBut that wasn’t really a deleted scene, it was just a sneak peak of GG5.
Elizabeth says
September 3, 2011 at 7:55 pmHow many heist society books are there going to be?
Raine says
September 3, 2011 at 8:06 pmWoohoo! You go Ally! 🙂
One step closer to having the book in hand.
I CANNOT WAIT TO READ IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jill K says
September 3, 2011 at 8:23 pmuh continuity error? i’ve read some books where a name or a person or building or whatever has changed over the course of a series…it’s weird, especially because then you’re like ‘wait…i thought the name was this, not this.’ and then you check back in the other book, to find out that you were right.
Lola says
September 3, 2011 at 9:51 pmOMG I JUST GOT THE EMAIL AND I LOVE THE COVER OF OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF TIME!!!!!!! OMG A HS3?!?!? WAY EXCIED!!! Counting down the days until GG5 comes out! yea!!!!!!! FANTASTIC JOB ALLY!!!!!!!!! <3
Bekah says
September 3, 2011 at 10:32 pmGo Ally!!! Good job!
Anonymous says
September 4, 2011 at 1:29 pmHonestly, that isn’t that bad. I think I’ve only seen that in the series once or twice. Three times tops. It really isn’t that bad. I think that happens in every series.
Leah says
September 5, 2011 at 12:48 amI read a book where a character’s hair color changes. In the first chapter it’s blonde and in the eighth it’s dark blonde. Her eyes also change color