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Offline General Battuta

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authorttuta secures mega contract
As those of you who follow my writing career already know, I just landed an incredible three-book contract with Tor. They'll be publishing The Traitor Baru Cormorant and my next two novels, at home and (perhaps) abroad. This is a huge vote of confidence in my work; I couldn't ask for more.

This'll be a lot of work to tackle on top of my position at Bungie and my commitment to Blue Planet, but I'm overjoyed to have the opportunity. And, as ever, thanks to everyone here who's kept up with my fiction.

 

Offline Scotty

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Damn HLP's lack of like buttons.

 

Offline AdmiralRalwood

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Congratulations! That's absolutely fantastic.
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<MageKing17> "There's probably a reason the code is the way it is" is a very dangerous line of thought. :P
<MageKing17> Because the "reason" often turns out to be "nobody noticed it was wrong".
(the very next day)
<MageKing17> this ****ing code did it to me again
<MageKing17> "That doesn't really make sense to me, but I'll assume it was being done for a reason."
<MageKing17> **** ME
<MageKing17> THE REASON IS PEOPLE ARE STUPID
<MageKing17> ESPECIALLY ME

<MageKing17> God damn, I do not understand how this is breaking.
<MageKing17> Everything points to "this should work fine", and yet it's clearly not working.
<MjnMixael> 2 hours later... "God damn, how did this ever work at all?!"
(...)
<MageKing17> so
<MageKing17> more than two hours
<MageKing17> but once again we have reached the inevitable conclusion
<MageKing17> How did this code ever work in the first place!?

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<MageKing17> It was all working perfectly until I actually tried it on an actual mission.

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Offline swashmebuckle

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Congratulations, Battuta! Looking forward to them.

 

Offline General Battuta

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There is a decent chance I could do a novel-length take on Morrigan in the Sunglare, which would effectively be a BP novel.  :nervous:

 

Offline Flipside

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Congratulations! :D

Just be careful not to burn yourself out, it hurts.

 

Offline SypheDMar

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I'm a fan of authortutta. May good things continue to go your way. Looking forward to reading your novels!

 

Offline deathspeed

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That is so awesome!  Congrats!!!
Maybe someday God will give you a little pink toaster of your own.

 

Offline StarSlayer

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Congrats!

“Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world”

 

Offline LHN91

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Adding my own voice to the chorus of congratulations.

Seriously, congratulations. Much deserved and much anticipated.

 
Re: authorttuta secures mega contract
do you have any future plans for a giga contract battuta
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Offline Colonol Dekker

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 :yes:

Congrats, remember, when you write your dedication / pulitzer prize acceptance speech-

Two D's in DEKKER.

Ok?


High five.


Also bonus kudos if you can sneak hlp members into destiny sequels.
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

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Secret bomb God.
That one time I got permabanned and got to read who was being bitxhy about me :p....
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Offline T-Man

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Massive Congrats Battuta, and I wish you all the best with it; I reckon you'll go far! :yes:
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Offline Sushi

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+1 Congrats. Now for the hard part, good luck!

 

Offline Rhymes

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Congratz, 'tutta! 
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Offline General Battuta

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+1 Congrats. Now for the hard part, good luck!

I think writing the book was probably the hard part (though I've certainly got to get started on book two...)

 

Offline Colonol Dekker

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Start with the end and work back. It's how Agatha Christie wrote hers!
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

Your friendly Orestes tactical controller.

Secret bomb God.
That one time I got permabanned and got to read who was being bitxhy about me :p....
GO GO DEKKER RANGERSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
President of the Scooby Doo Model Appreciation Society
The only good Zod is a dead Zod
NEWGROUNDS COMEDY GOLD, UPDATED DAILY
http://badges.steamprofile.com/profile/default/steam/76561198011784807.png

 

Offline BritishShivans

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This one adds their voice to the chorus. Congratulations, belated Authortutta.

 

Offline An4ximandros

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Cool.
;) Gratz, Gen-Batu.